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  • Vatican official insists religious services are ‘essential services’

    Vatican official insists religious services are ‘essential services’

    • Feb 24, 2021

    For believers, the ability to practice their faith and receive spiritual guidance are “the highest of essential services,” and pandemic practices over the past year have shown they are not automatically super-spreader events, the Vatican foreign minister said.

    By Catholic News Service
  • Vatican supports waiving some patent protections for COVID-19 vaccine

    Vatican supports waiving some patent protections for COVID-19 vaccine

    • Feb 23, 2021

    The Vatican threw its support behind an effort by India, South Africa and a host of developing nations to loosen international patent protections and speed up sub-licensing agreements for the production of COVID-19 vaccines, pharmaceuticals and personal protective equipment.

    By Cindy Wooden
  • Cardinal Parolin tells Cameroon: For peace to be solid, it must be built on justice

    Cardinal Parolin tells Cameroon: For peace to be solid, it must be built on justice

    • Feb 3, 2021

    Peace is the “fruit of love, which go beyond that which justice can bring,” according to Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who was speaking in Cameroon a day after visiting the country’s troubled Anglophone regions.

    By Crux Staff
  • Catholic advocates welcome treaty banning nuclear weapons coming into force

    Catholic advocates welcome treaty banning nuclear weapons coming into force

    • Jan 17, 2021

    A Holy See-supported treaty banning the possession of nuclear weapons that is coming into force is buoying efforts by nations and nonprofit and church organizations working to abolish such armaments.

    By Dennis Sadowski
  • Peace only way to face global crises, Vatican U.N. nuncio says

    Peace only way to face global crises, Vatican U.N. nuncio says

    • Jan 13, 2021

    The crisis facing many countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic requires a united global response that shuns nationalistic interests and creates long-lasting solutions, said Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations.

    By Junno Arocho Esteves
  • Last Hong Kong governor: Pope ‘badly advised’ on China bishops’ pact

    Last Hong Kong governor: Pope ‘badly advised’ on China bishops’ pact

    • Dec 19, 2020

    The last governor of Hong Kong criticized the Vatican’s agreement with China on the appointment of bishops and said Pope Francis has been “exceptionally badly advised” in concluding the pact.

    By Sarah MacDonald
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