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Pope Francis renewed a pledge by the Catholic Church to uproot the scourge of a notorious sexual abuser after the Vatican released an extensive report on Theodore E. McCarrick former archbishop of Washington.
The fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement and the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “go hand in hand”, the UN chief told a major development bank conference on Thursday.
A bold new blueprint to tackle all neglected tropical diseases has been agreed at the UN health agency’s World Health Assembly, which will involve a radical shift in approach by Member States and non-state actors, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
Pneumonia is not a new emergency, it takes the lives of some 800,000 children each year, but this year’s COVID-19 pandemic makes it even more critical to stop the deadly infection, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Thursday.
Speaking during a Caritas Internationalis webinar, Cardinal Tagle, President of the confederation, invited all the faithful to read the Holy Father’s new encyclical in order to learn to love concretely, universally and without bias.
The UN Support Mission in Libya has said the country’s warring sides have agreed to hold elections within 18 months. Pope Francis on Sunday appealed to the warring parties to work for an agreement that will finally bring peace and stability to the long-suffering nation. The breakthrough came at the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum taking place in Tunis:
Roberta Metsola elected as First Vice-President of the European Parliament
Listen to this week’s edition of our reflections on the Gospel reading for the thirty-third Sunday in ordinary time, prepared by the late Jill Bevilacqua.
The Holy See’s Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) made observations on freedom of religion or belief in the member nations during a conference on freedom of religion or belief, held in Vienna, November 9-10.
President of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) and Diocese of Chipata Bishop, George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu, says some trends in Zambia are worrisome and should not be left unchecked.
