Posts Tagged ‘Jeffrey Sachs’

Vatican official says United Nations is not the devil

Friday, July 17th, 2015

The chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences says the United Nations is not the devil, and the academy is free to collaborate with it. Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo said the Church will continue to collaborate with the United Nations on any joint project that “does not go against the doctrine of the Church”. The Read more

Rome rebuts charge of collaboration with abortion backers

Tuesday, May 26th, 2015

A Vatican official has disagreed with pro-life groups over the involvement in a climate change conference of people who have supported abortion. Pro-life sources had expressed concern that the Vatican partnered with United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and US economist Jeffrey Sachs at an April 28 summit in Rome. The summit was hosted by the Read more