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Australia joins UN resolution on climate change
Australia has joined 140 other countries in passing a major United Nations resolution backing a landmark legal ruling on climate change, despite efforts by the United States, Russia and Saudi Arabia to sink it. Source: ABC News.
War, climate change affecting food security: Holy See
A Vatican official has lamented the impact of war, recessions, climate events, and political instability on the world’s agrifood systems, calling for local food systems to keep human dignity at their centre. Source: Vatican News.
‘Right to life’ should be focus of migration policies: Holy See
The Holy See emphasised the need to place human dignity at the centre of migration policies during an address to the Second International Migration Review Forum held at United Nations headquarters in New York. Source: EWTN News.
Vatican condemns slavery but takes issue with UN resolution
The Vatican’s top diplomat to the United Nations has condemned modern and historical slavery, while countering a “partial narrative” in a newly adopted UN resolution denouncing the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity”. Source: OSV News.
Surrogacy violates dignity, rights of women and children, UN told
The practice of surrogacy violates the dignity and rights of both women and children, while tearing at family bonds, said the Vatican’s top diplomat to the United Nations. Source: OSV News.
Christians the most persecuted religious community, Vatican tells UN
Christians are the most persecuted religious believers worldwide, with one in seven affected, said the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations in Geneva. Source: Vatican News.
More than 388 million Christians face persecution, UN told
Today’s persecution of Christians is one of the most prevalent crises in the world today, a Vatican official has told the United Nations. Source: Crux.
UN review says Australia needs human rights act
Australia has been urged to make sweeping reforms to keep Indigenous children out of prison and treat asylum seekers more humanely, after a United Nations review found it was “out of step” with international standards. Source: The Australian.
Faith leaders ask for Christmas gifts that ‘honour the Earth’
Religious leaders have asked government representatives at a United Nations environment meeting for Christmas gifts that protect the environment. Source: The Tablet.