This was followed by the Papal visit to Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories in March last year, when the Pope once again made gestures of reconciliation between Christians, Muslims and Jews. And now with his latest visit to Syria and the Umayyad mosque the official seat of Muslim caliphate for some 90 years preceding the Crusades in the Holy Land the Vatican's new vision of peaceful coexistence and religious tolerance seems to have completed its first major and opening cycle. The principal reason for this is lack of nutrition which makes new-born babies highly susceptible to disease. Thanks largely to research and investigation on the subject, a simple and virtually cost-free way of dealing with the problem of infant mortality is now available. Medical research has conclusively established that children who are breast-fed are likely to grow up healthier, are less vulnerable to disease and infection, and even develop stronger jaws.
Milk powder is a poor substitute for mother's milk.
All that is needed, therefore, is to popularize the idea of breast-feeding infants for their survival as well as for their healthy mental and physical growth.