Holy See Mission to the United Nations Archives

Human rights are undermined when elderly are cast aside, says U.N. nuncio
- Apr 5, 2021
Universally recognized human rights are “undermined and rejected” whenever people “are no longer seen as a paramount value to be cared for and respected,” Archbishop Gabriele Caccia told a U.N. working group on aging.

By Catholic News Service
Internally displaced people have rights, deserve protection, says nuncio
- Mar 12, 2021
Countries should “design a clearer system of responsibility” for internally displaced people to “ensure their protection,” “achieve durable solutions” to the situations they are facing and “save lives,” Archbishop Gabriele Caccia told a high-level U.N. panel on internal displacement March 11.

By Catholic News Service
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

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