PRAYERS FOR PEACEMAKERS, Jan. 19, 2011
Give thanks that Canada and the USA, along with Australia
and New Zealand, have finally joined the rest of the world in signing the UN
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Pray that actions will now
match these words.
Doug Pritchard
Christian Peacemaker Teams
Chicago, USA
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