The Vatican urged members of the UN Security Council to be “creative and courageous artisans of peace and weavers of constructive dialogue” to find a peaceful solution to the war in Ukraine. Addressing a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on Sept 20, Archbishop Paul R Gallagher, the Vatican’s foreign minister, said Read more
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“To feed the world, start with family farms” says Pope
Thursday, July 29th, 2021
Pope Francis has said governments must involve and listen to small farms and farming families to restart local economies and feed all the people of the world. “Closed and conflicting — but powerful — economic interests have prevented us from designing a food system that responds to the values of the common good, solidarity and Read more
Religious services are essential services says Vatican official
Monday, March 1st, 2021
A Vatican official is insisting religious services should be seen as the highest of essential services. Pandemic practices over the past year have shown they are not automatically super-spreader events, Vatican foreign minister Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher told the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. “There are numerous examples of how the freedom of worship Read more