Holy See Mission to the United Nations

Human rights of people on the move must be protected, says nuncio
- Nov 20, 2020
People on the move — refugees, asylum-seekers, migrants and victims of human smuggling — are “some of the world’s most vulnerable people,” said Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, who heads the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations.

By Catholic News Service
‘Catholics are like the leaven in the loaf’ of U.N.’s work, says Glendon
- Oct 24, 2020
The pillars of the United Nations overlap the tenets of Catholic social teaching and from the inception of the U.N. in 1945, the church has encouraged the international organization while simultaneously reproving it when it drifts from its lofty goals.

By Beth Griffin
Around world, men, women, children ‘bear burden’ of climate change, says nuncio
- Oct 15, 2020
Protecting “our common home for present and future generations is one of the most urgent demands of our time,” Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations, said Oct. 13.

By Catholic News Service

New U.N. nuncio addresses economic inequities made worse by COVID-19
- Oct 10, 2020
In an Oct. 7 address to the United Nations’ Economic and Financial Committee, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican’s newly appointed nuncio, took note of the many economic inequities made worse by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

By Catholic News Service
Vatican representative calls on U.S. to sign nuclear-test-ban treaty
- Aug 29, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the absurdity of “pouring valuable resources into the maintenance of weapons of destruction while so many on this planet are struggling to survive,” a Vatican representative told a U.N. meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day Against Nuclear Tests.

By Cindy Wooden
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.”

By Cindy Wooden