Boston cardinal: Getting COVID vaccine 'morally correct thing to do'
- Jan 20, 2021
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Vatican: More must be done to protect rights, dignity of refugees
- Jul 9, 2020
The international community must increase its efforts to help protect the lives of refugees, who are often exploited instead of being protected, a Vatican official said.
Vatican backs debt relief for poor countries as part of COVID recovery
- Jul 4, 2020
The Vatican’s representative to the UN in Geneva says coordinated action by the international community is of “utmost importance,” as developing countries are already struggling under unsustainable debt burdens or because they are too poor to tackle the impact of the Covid-19 crisis.
Racism in any form is intolerable, Vatican official says at U.N. hearing
- Jun 18, 2020
Speaking at a special U.N. discussion about racism and police brutality, a Vatican official repeated Pope Francis’ recent remarks: “We cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form and yet claim to defend the sacredness of every human life.”
UN report on gender equality attacks religious freedom, says official
- Mar 5, 2020
A United Nations report addressing gender-based violence and discrimination connected to religious beliefs “is now attacking the very reality it is called to defend,” a Vatican representative told a U.N. meeting in Geneva.
Vatican calls for electoral reform, negotiations to resume in Nicaragua
- Sep 10, 2019
With increasing concerns worldwide about human rights violations in Nicaragua, a Vatican representative has called for an immediate return to negotiations and a rollout of reforms necessary to hold “free and transparent elections” there.
Autonomous weapons systems threaten peace, says Vatican official
- Mar 28, 2019
The growing use of autonomous weapons systems poses serious risks to global peace and stability, a Vatican representative told a U.N. meeting in Geneva.
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