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Kenyan bishops concerned Nairobi Summit will import foreign values

Nov 12, 2019

Although an international summit on health rights for women and girls is being held in their country, Kenyan bishops said they were concerned it was a ploy to introduce ideologies and practices seen as contrary to African cultures and their religious heritage.

By Fredrick Nzwili, CNS

Franciscan brother in Kenya named U.N. Person of the Year in Africa

Oct 31, 2019

A Franciscan brother who teaches mathematics and physics in rural Kenya has been named Person of the Year by the United Nations in Kenya.

By Francis Njuguna

Vatican’s U.N. rep pushes for world action to eliminate nuclear weapons

Oct 28, 2019

Expressing concern that arms control treaties are “abrogated and flouted,” the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations called on global leaders to work to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

By Catholic News Service

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

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.”

By Catholic News Service

Vatican rep to UN addresses violence against women, human dignity

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.

By Catholic News Service

Sights and Sounds: Is it time to switch the preposition in Synod ‘of’ Bishops?

Oct 9, 2019

A Synod of Bishops was conceived as a chance for the home office, i.e., the Vatican, to hear from its middle mangers around the world, i.e., the bishops. For some time, it’s been evolving into a chance for the middle-mangers in tandem with the home office to hear from two other constituencies.

By John L. Allen Jr.