POPE WARNS DRUG DEALERS

GUARATINGUETA, Brazil -- Pope Benedict warned drug dealers yesterday
to "reflect on the grave harm they are inflicting."

"God will call you to account for your deeds," he said before a
cheering crowd of 6,000 outside the Fazenda de Esperanca, or "Farm of
Hope," a drug treatment centre founded by a Franciscan friar.

The centre claims an 80-per-cent success rate, giving addicts
spiritual guidance as they milk cows, tend apple orchards and work as
beekeepers.

The Pope urged the more than 1,500 recovering addicts in the crowd to
become "ambassadors of hope."