Category: United Nations

Religious leaders seek consensus-based approach for decisions on climate

by bcadmin | Nov 15, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Climate change, COP27, Holy See diplomacy, News, United Nations | 0 |

Vatican officials and other Catholic leaders around the globe believe the challenge of climate change requires a consensus-based approach rooted in solidarity

Young climate activists find their voices at COP27

by bcadmin | Nov 15, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Climate change, COP27, Environment Ecology, News, United Nations | 0 |

They sang, they danced and they clapped. As world leaders gathered at the U.N. climate conference to figure out how to deal with climate change, faith organizations found their voices through protests.

Madagascar offers stark picture of how climate change can hurt a country

by bcadmin | Nov 15, 2022 | Catholic Relief Services, Church in Africa, Climate change, COP27, Environment Ecology, lead, Madagascar, Natural disasters, News, United Nations | 0 |

As world leaders meet for the United Nation’s COP27 climate change conference, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is highlighting the environmental crisis in Madagascar.

African bishops: No climate justice without land justice

by bcadmin | Nov 10, 2022 | Africa bishops, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Climate change, COP27, Environment Ecology, lead, News, SECAM, United Nations | 0 |

As the U.N climate change conference unfolds in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh, Catholic bishops in Africa are warning that there cannot be climate justice without land justice.

Cardinal tells leaders at COP27 they have duty to act on climate change

by bcadmin | Nov 9, 2022 | Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Catholic News Service, Climate change, COP27, Environment Ecology, Holy See diplomacy, lead, News, Paris agreement, Secretariat of State, United Nations, Vatican, Vatican diplomacy | 0 |

Leaders gathered in Egypt for the U.N. climate summit have “a moral obligation” to act seriously and safeguard the planet, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

Catholic environment group welcomes COP27 discussion on ‘Loss and Damage’

by bcadmin | Nov 9, 2022 | Africa, Church in Africa, Climate change, COP27, Environment Ecology, lead, News, United Nations | 0 |

A Catholic environmental organization has welcomed the inclusion of “Loss and Damage” on the agenda of the ongoing UN COP27 conference in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.

As COP27 begins, religious leaders, civil groups have a wish list

by bcadmin | Nov 7, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Climate change, COP27, Egypt, lead, News, United Nations | 0 |

As the latest U.N. climate change summit began, some faith and civil organizations had a long wish list of what they hoped it would achieve.

Catholic voices to be ‘strong and organized’ at UN climate conference

by bcadmin | Oct 20, 2022 | Africa, Catholic Relief Services, Church in Africa, Climate change, COP27, Laudato Si, Laudato Si' Movement, lead, News, United Nations | 0 |

With just weeks to go before the COP27 UN climate change conference taking place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has called for bold action in the global effort to keep global temperatures at manageable levels.

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.”

Top Vatican diplomat calls Putin’s nuclear threat ‘repugnant’

by bcadmin | Sep 28, 2022 | Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Catholic News Service, Holy See Mission to the UN, lead, News, nuclear war, Nuclear weapons, President Vladimir Putin, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, United Nations, Vatican | 0 |

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warnings that he would consider using nuclear weapons is a “repugnant threat” that shows the urgency of moving to eliminate nuclear weapons, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.

Strong education will build a ‘better world,’ cardinal tells U.N. summit

by bcadmin | Sep 21, 2022 | Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Catholic News Service, Holy See Mission to the UN, News, United Nations, Vatican | 0 |

During a U.N. education summit, the Vatican’s secretary of state reiterated Pope Francis’ pre-pandemic call that education is “one of the most effective ways of making our work and history more human.”

Archbishop invites U.N. reps to begin dialogue on nuclear disarmament

by bcadmin | Sep 13, 2022 | Archbishop John C. Wester, Catholic News Service, Holy See Mission to the United Nations, News, nuclear disarmament, nuclear war, Nuclear weapons, United Nations, Vatican | 0 |

Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico, brought his summons to begin meaningful conversations to achieve full nuclear disarmament to the annual United Nations prayer service.