Vatican diplomats

“We need to pray and to explain to our brothers and sisters that we need to keep our hope. And our hope is Jesus, not this life.”

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 meeting between Pentagon and Vatican officials was a respectful and reasonable discussion,” said a Defense Department official’s statement.

“What Israel wants is the disarmament of Hezbollah, and this goal has not been achieved. A truce would reopen the door to diplomacy.”

(OSV News) — The Vatican’s top diplomat to the United Nations called for a “holistic approach” in securing access to justice for women and girls. “Ensuring access to justice for women …

Pope Leo XIV warned diplomats of rising global volatility, fractured communication and a growing disregard for human life in his annual speech to representatives to the Holy See.

Pope Leo spoke to members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See in the Vatican Apostolic Palace Jan. 9.

The Vatican diplomatic service requires priests who are diplomats to be “in love with Christ and dedicated to building up his body,” the pope said.

Iraq’s “mosaic” of faiths and cultures “asks to be welcomed and preserved in charity,” the pope said in his homily for episcopal ordination Mass for nuncio.

As the world grapples with “mounting challenges,” the global community must “recommit to the foundational pillars,” a top Vatican diplomat told the U.N.