Catholic Review
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OSV News
Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News
In Somalia, 8.3 million people are in urgent need of assistance due to widespread drought that has displaced 1.4 million people, most of whom are women and children, according to the United Nations.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News
Various Catholic groups praised a United Nations’ resolution that calls on the International Court of Justice to outline countries’ obligations for protecting the earth’s climate, and the legal consequences they face if they don’t carry these out.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, Vatican, World News
The “distorted” thought that one person is better than another goes against Catholic teachings and flies in the face of universal principles laid out in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Holy See’s United Nations envoy told a U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis and his efforts to promote interreligious harmony featured prominently in United Nations discussions focusing on what could be done about rising hatred, discrimination and violence against Muslims.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News
A combination of U.N. ambassadors, religious leaders, diplomats, academics, representatives of nongovernmental agencies and several musicians gathered Feb. 3 in a vast conference hall at the United Nations headquarters in New York City to mark World Interfaith Harmony Week.
