Vatican City, Jul 16, 2010 / 08:45 am
An annual meeting of the Populorum Progressio Foundation dedicated to allotting funds to projects for vulnerable people across Latin America and the Caribbean will take place later this month. During the meeting, a substantial donation will be made in the Pope's name for the rebuilding of a Haitian school damaged in January's earthquake.
The administrative council of the Populorum Progressio Foundation, formed of Catholic prelates from across Latin America and representatives of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum," will meet this year in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from July 20-23.
During what is their first annual meeting in a Caribbean nation, they will be discussing the allocation of funds destined to finance projects that aid indigenous, mestizo and African-American laborers in the Caribbean and throughout Latin America.
According to the communique released by "Cor Unum" regarding the event, this year's encounter carries on the tradition of meeting in areas that permit "direct contact with the concrete reality of the various areas of the continent and, at the same time, make the activities of the Foundation in particular churches known."