Vatican financial is reform going in the right direction, Pell says
- Jan 15, 2021
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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.
Biden administration signals commitment to Paris climate deal
- Jan 2, 2021
Joe Biden’s promise to return the United States to the Paris Climate Agreement will hopefully lead “a new level of diplomatic engagement and additional climate finance resources.”
Nations must work together to address pandemic’s challenges, cardinal says
- Dec 4, 2020
The world must respond to the COVID-19 pandemic with greater attention to the poor and vulnerable and with increased cooperation for fairly distributing ethical vaccines, the Vatican’s secretary of state told the U.N. General Assembly Dec. 3.
U.N. calls for governments to act after shipwreck kills 74 migrants
- Nov 13, 2020
The U.N. migration agency renewed its call for increased search and rescue efforts after another tragic shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea claimed the lives of 74 migrant men, women and children.
UN investigator: Rights of minorities to worship undermined
- Nov 5, 2020
The U.N. special investigator on religious freedom urged countries to repeal laws undermining the right of minorities to worship and hold beliefs, pointing as examples to China’s detention of Uighurs, 21 countries that criminalize apostasy, and sweeping surveillance of Christians in North Korea and Muslims in Thailand.
‘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.
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