Holy See Mission to the United Nations Archives

U.N. nuncio praises nations for recognizing rights of indigenous peoples

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Oct 15, 2019

The Vatican’s nuncio to the United Nations called it welcome news that several nations around the world “have taken active steps to recognize the right to autonomy or self-government of indigenous peoples.”

Vatican rep to UN addresses violence against women, human dignity

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Oct 11, 2019

Filipino Archbishop Bernardito Auza, head of the Vatican’s permanent observer mission to the United Nations, called for the U.N. to uphold the dignity of women, and also to safeguard the “inherent dignity and inalienable rights” of the human person when dealing with financial issues before the international body.

Pope names Archbishop Auza, Vatican rep at U.N., as nuncio to Spain

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Oct 1, 2019

Pope Francis named Archbishop Bernardito Auza, who has represented the Vatican at the United Nations since 2014, to be nuncio to Spain and Andorra.

Caring for the poor, the hungry ‘is who we are’ as church, cardinal says

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Sep 30, 2019

To those who ask why the Catholic Church seems to be “obsessed” with the poor, the Vatican’s secretary of state said, “The answer is simple. Because this is who we are.”

Participants at UN prayer service praise pope’s Abu Dhabi declaration

Church in the US
Sep 18, 2019

Pope Francis’s Abu Dhabi agreement was spotlighted during the UN General Assembly opening prayer service.

Religion has ‘valuable role’ in forming culture of peace, says U.N. nuncio

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 17, 2019

Religion can make an important contribution “to forming a culture of peace,” both to “empower and transform individuals” and “humanity as a whole,” the Vatican’s nuncio to the United Nations said Sept. 13.