Category: Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia

Nuncio urges more accountability by nations for ‘crimes against humanity’

by bcadmin | Oct 13, 2022 | Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Catholic News Service, Holy See Mission to the United Nations, News, United Nations, Vatican, Vatican diplomacy | 0 |

The Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations told a committee of the world body that “civilian populations continue to be victims of widespread and systematic attacks.”

Caccia: Mutual trust is ‘vital’ to pursuit of nonproliferation, disarmament

by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Catholic News Service, Holy See Mission to the United Nations, News, nuclear disarmament, Nuclear weapons, United Nations, Vatican | 0 |

Nuclear-weapon-free zones model a way forward toward a world free of nuclear weapons, said Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations.

Jordan’s royal couple receives Path to Peace Award from Vatican foundation

by bcadmin | May 12, 2022 | Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Holy Land, Holy See Mission to the United Nations, Jerusalem, Jordan, News | 0 |

Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Queen Rania were honored May 9 with the annual Path to Peace Award from the foundation that supports the work of the Vatican Mission to the United Nations.

U.N. nuncio joins others in calling for end to hostilities in Ukraine

by bcadmin | Mar 4, 2022 | Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, General assembly, Holy See diplomacy, Holy See Mission to the UN, Holy See Mission to the United Nations, News, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, United Nations, Vatican diplomacy | 0 |

During an emergency special session of the U.N. General Assembly March 2, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia said the Vatican joins other nations in calling for the immediate cessation of hostilities in Ukraine and a return to diplomacy and dialogue.

Vatican UN rep urges ‘concrete action’ to protect civilians amid armed conflict

by bcadmin | Jan 27, 2022 | Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Catholic News Service, Holy See Mission to the United Nations, News, United Nations, Vatican | 0 |

Efforts by the United Nations to limit the use of explosive weaponry in highly populated urban areas gained the support of the Vatican’s nuncio to the world organization.

Hypersonic weapons open way to new arms race, Catholic observers say

by bcadmin | Oct 30, 2021 | Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Catholic News Service, China, Global church, News, North Korea, Nuclear arms treaty, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Nuclear weapons, Russia, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops | 0 |

It isn’t just the Pentagon taking note of hypersonic weapons development and recent testing reportedly undertaken by China, Russia and North Korea.

Global community is obligated to address Haiti’s plight, says U.N. nuncio

by bcadmin | Oct 22, 2021 | Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Haiti, Holy See Mission to the United Nations, News, UN Security Council, United Nations, Vatican diplomacy | 0 |

As Haitians seek to rebuild their country, “it is imperative that the international community take a shared and concrete interest in their plight,” the Vatican’s U.N. nuncio said

U.N. nuncio denounces nuclear weapons, other weapons of mass destruction

by bcadmin | Oct 16, 2021 | Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Catholic News Service, COVID-19, Global church, News, nuclear disarmament, Nuclear weapons, Pope Francis, United Nations | 0 |

he world’s leaders “cannot allow” themselves to be “spectators to violence and war, to brothers killing brothers, as if we were watching games from a safe distance.”

Vatican diplomat calls mercy, fraternity vital in administering justice

by bcadmin | Oct 4, 2021 | Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Archdiocese of Washington, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Holy See Mission to the United Nations, News, Red Mass, U.S. Supreme Court | 0 |

hose involved in the “sacred responsibilities of justice, public service and diplomatic work” must administer justice in a spirit of mercy and fraternity, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations said.

Religious leaders offer prayers before start of U.N. General Assembly

by bcadmin | Sep 15, 2021 | Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Bishop Gregory J. Mansour, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Holy See Mission to the United Nations, News, United Nations | 0 |

In the face of widespread evidence of humanity’s dark side, speakers a prayer service Sept. 13 — on the eve of the opening of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly — identified unmistakable signs of hope.

Human rights are undermined when elderly are cast aside, says U.N. nuncio

by bcadmin | Apr 5, 2021 | Aging, Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Elderly, Holy See diplomacy, Holy See Mission to the United Nations, News, United Nations, Vatican, Vatican diplomacy | 0 |

Universally recognized human rights are “undermined and rejected” whenever people “are no longer seen as a paramount value to be cared for and respected,” Archbishop Gabriele Caccia told a U.N. working group on aging.

Internally displaced people have rights, deserve protection, says nuncio

by bcadmin | Mar 12, 2021 | Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Holy See Mission to the United Nations, News, United Nations, Vatican | 0 |

Countries should “design a clearer system of responsibility” for internally displaced people to “ensure their protection,” “achieve durable solutions” to the situations they are facing and “save lives,” Archbishop Gabriele Caccia told a high-level U.N. panel on internal displacement March 11.