Conjoined twins separated at Vatican-owned hospital
- Jul 8, 2020
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Pope praises UN efforts for worldwide cease-fire
- Jul 5, 2020
Pope Francis is praising U.N. Security Council efforts for worldwide cease-fires to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
Vatican backs debt relief for poor countries as part of COVID recovery
- Jul 4, 2020
The Vatican’s representative to the UN in Geneva says coordinated action by the international community is of “utmost importance,” as developing countries are already struggling under unsustainable debt burdens or because they are too poor to tackle the impact of the Covid-19 crisis.
Catholic aid agency urges Ireland to use UN Security Council seat to protect human rights
- Jun 19, 2020
Ireland’s main Catholic development agency has urged the Republic of Ireland to use its new position on the United Nations Security Council to protect the human rights of the world’s poor and marginalized.
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.”
Aid agencies warn of Yemen’s health care collapse, famine risk
- Jun 17, 2020
CAFOD and other humanitarian agencies warn that Yemen’s health care system, already ravaged by five years of civil war, is collapsing, while its people risk famine as the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country struggles with the coronavirus pandemic.
UN chief urges faith leaders to challenge harmful messages
- May 13, 2020
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged religious leaders on Tuesday to challenge “inaccurate and harmful messages” that are fueling rising ethno-nationalism, stigma, hate speech and conflict as the coronavirus pandemic circles the globe.
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