Tag: United Nations
World Refugee Day 2025 facts and figures
(OSV News): This year’s observance of World Refugee Day on June 20, focused on solidarity,…
Catholic Church in Cambodia calls for end to war in Gaza
On the occasion of International Children’s Rights Day, on June 1, the Catholic Community in…
Holy See calls for respect for human dignity, international law as civilian deaths soar
(OSV News): “It is fundamental that, even in the midst of conflict, the protection of…
Flooding swamps Myanmar amid earthquake and civil war woes
MANDALAY (UCAN): Nearly a week of heavy rain triggered flooding in northern and central Myanmar,…
With Laudato Si’, Pope Francis firmly planted ecology into Catholic social teaching
VATICAN (CNS): Pope Francis, who took his name from the patron saint of ecology—St. Francis…
