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Vatican envoy warns against militarisation of outer space
As space-based technologies and exploration expand, the Vatican’s top diplomat at the United Nations is warning against the militarisation of outer space – and the lack of a sufficiently strong legal framework to counter such a threat. Source: Catholic Review.
Prevention, protection key to fighting organised crime
The fight against transnational organised crime must go beyond punishment to include prevention and protection, according to the Holy See. Source: Vatican News.
Funding cuts put millions of displaced people at risk
Millions of refugees and internally displaced people risk losing access to essential protection and assistance as a severe funding shortfall forces the United Nations refugee agency to reduce its humanitarian operations worldwide. Source: Vatican News.
Vatican’s UN envoy calls for abolition of death penalty
The Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations has urged the international community to abolish the death penalty during a meeting at the 81st General Assembly. Source: EWTN News.
Hate speech poisons public discourse: Vatican diplomat
The Vatican’s top diplomat to the United Nations has told a UN conference that hate speech “contradicts the commandment to love one’s neighbour”. Source: OSV News.
Allow women to exercise their leadership, Vatican tells UN
Women must be able to “exercise their leadership” and become “artisans of peace and guardians of life”, as the global community fractures and conflicts increase, the Vatican has told the United Nations. Source: NCR Online.
Everybody deserves a place to call home: Holy See
Homelessness needs to be addressed in order to create sustainable cities that enable every person to flourish and that contribute to the common good, the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations said. Source: Vatican News.
UN condemns Ortega for ’abandoning democracy’
The United Nations’ human rights chief condemned restrictions on political freedoms and the repression of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua after its president announced a raft of measures. Source: The Tablet.
Pope appoints Holy See’s new permanent observer to the UN
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Christophe-Zakhia el-Kassis, apostolic nuncio to the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, as the Holy See’s new permanent observer to the United Nations in New York. Source: OSV News.