Corporate greed threatens survival of world's poor say Catholic
bishops  By agency reporter 16 May 2012  Seventeen Catholic
Bishops are calling on the European Union to tackle corporate
secrecy and tax dodging which deprive the world’s poorest
countries of more than £100 billion a year.  The Bishops, who
are from around the world and include John Arnold, Auxiliary
Bishop of Westminster and William Kenney, Auxiliary Bishop of
Birmingham, have called for "rules to put more morality into the
financial system".  "The greed of a few threatens the very
survival of the most vulnerable populations",’ they said.  "To
end this, new rules are urgently needed that ensure that the
wealth produced, particularly from the exploitation of natural
resources, is not monopolised for the sole benefit of a
minority. These resources should benefit all equitably and in
particular the local people who are directly impacted by the
activities of production or extraction."  Nearly two thirds of
global trade is conducted within multinati