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Archbishop el-Kassis said hate speech “poisons public discourse, inflames division, and too often prepares the ground for violence and persecution.”

“Women can and should play a much greater role in all these processes which are intended to heal societies fractured by violence and chaos.”

“Everybody deserves a place to call home, where they can build relationships, nurture family life, and participate fully in their community.”

A permanent observer state at the United Nations on April 6, 1964, the Holy See participates in the work of the U.N. General Assembly and other U.N. bodies.

The U.N. agency UNAIDS serves “as the primary political mechanism for accountability and commitment in the global HIV response.”

Pope Leo said the WFP’s commitment to those in need “resonates profoundly with the Catholic Church’s mission to uphold human dignity.”

Several U.S. and Japanese Catholic bishops seeking nuclear disarmament are expressing both urgency and wariness as the U.N. head admits “arms control is dying.”

Lebanese Christians in Debel are celebrating the gift of a new statue of Jesus on the cross after a recent act of desecration by two Israeli soldiers drew global outrage.

An interview with conflict resolution scholar Laurie Nathan of the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.

(OSV News) — The Vatican’s top diplomat to the United Nations condemned modern and historical slavery — while countering what he called a “partial narrative” in a newly adopted U.N. resolution …