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World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Member States on Monday that efforts to tackle climate change and poverty had been set back by a lack of global unity since major agreements were struck five years ago, and welcomed the chance to work with the presumptive new US administration of president-elect Joe Biden.
Tropical Storm Eta has landed in Florida, USA, leaving death and destruction behind in countries across Central America.
Dalit Christians continue to be discriminated against within the Church, within society and by the State. India’s Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox Christians observe Dalit Liberation Sunday to demand justice and the rights and dignity due to Christians of Dalit origin.
The United States now faces the test of reconciliation after the most divisive presidential elections in the country’s recent history. From Lincoln to Pope Francis comes a reminder of the value of unity in diversity, an essential condition for the construction of the common good and the progress of society.
Nine million people risk displacement from the escalating conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the United Nations said, warning that the federal government’s declaration of a state of emergency was blocking food and other aid.
Pope Francis prays for the protection of water and for its fair distribution, as the Italian bishops celebrate a day of thanksgiving for this “blessing of the Earth”.
Ethiopia’s parliament votes to establish an interim administration in the country’s Tigray region, where fighting continues between government and regional forces.
Pope Francis appeals to Ethiopian authorities to choose the path of peace and expresses his hope that the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in Tunis may yield peace and stability in Libya.
“We exist only in relationships: with God the Creator, with our brothers and sisters as members of a common family, and with all of God’s creatures within our common home. We cannot live in harmony with creation if we are not at peace with the Creator who is the source and origin of all things.”
Archbishop Gomez congratulates the Democratic candidate: “We acknowledge that he joins the late President John F. Kennedy as the second United States president to profess the Catholic faith.”
