Posts Tagged ‘Archbishop Dominique Mamberti’

Vatican renews call against nuclear arms

Friday, September 20th, 2013

The Vatican early this week renewed the Catholic church’s call for global disarmament of nuclear weapons, telling a yearly assembly of world leaders they must reject “the temptation to face new situations with old systems.” Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States, told the conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency that Read more

Vatican criticises UN efforts to create new human rights

Friday, March 1st, 2013

The Vatican says the United Nations puts human rights at risk when it starts recognising “new rights” that stem from private interests rather than human dignity. Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States, said recent attempts to reinterpret certain terms in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to introduce “ambiguous expressions Read more