Vatican diplomacy 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

Vatican envoy: After Iraq trip, Syrians want a papal visit

Mar 23, 2021

Several top Church officials in Syria, including the Vatican’s ambassador to the country, have praised Pope Francis’s visit to Iraq earlier this month, saying the visit sent a message of hope to the entire region.

By Elise Ann Allen

Vatican foreign minister says Pope wants to save Middle East Christianity

Mar 8, 2021

“That’s something that the pope is trying to do, but it’s very difficult,” Gallagher said when asked if he though part of Francis’ sense of urgency to go to Iraq despite the COVID-19 pandemic and safety concerns was the risk of Christianity disappearing from the Middle East.

By Inés San Martín

Vatican official insists religious services are ‘essential services’

Feb 24, 2021

For believers, the ability to practice their faith and receive spiritual guidance are “the highest of essential services,” and pandemic practices over the past year have shown they are not automatically super-spreader events, the Vatican foreign minister said.

By Catholic News Service

Pope praises ‘remarkable’ Christian witness of slain DRC ambassador

Feb 24, 2021

On Tuesday evening Pope Francis sent a telegram to Italy’s president conveying his sorrow for the death of country’s ambassador to Democratic Republic of the Congo, who died Monday in an apparent kidnapping attempt.

By Elise Ann Allen

Vatican supports waiving some patent protections for COVID-19 vaccine

Feb 23, 2021

The Vatican threw its support behind an effort by India, South Africa and a host of developing nations to loosen international patent protections and speed up sub-licensing agreements for the production of COVID-19 vaccines, pharmaceuticals and personal protective equipment.

By Cindy Wooden

Cardinal Parolin tells Cameroon: For peace to be solid, it must be built on justice

Feb 3, 2021

Peace is the “fruit of love, which go beyond that which justice can bring,” according to Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who was speaking in Cameroon a day after visiting the country’s troubled Anglophone regions.

By Crux Staff