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July 26, 2017

Vatican conference aims to build momentum for nuclear disarmament

Demonstrators in Washington protest nuclear weapons April 1, 2016 while world leaders were in the U.S. capital for the Nuclear Security Summit.

VATICAN CITY – Nuclear disarmament will be the focus of a Vatican conference this Nov. 10-11, following recent progress toward international bans on nuclear weapons.

Published in Vatican
April 4, 2017

Manila Cardinal urges 'common security' approach to migration

Pope Francis speaks April 4 to participants at a Vatican conference marking the 50th anniversary of Blessed Paul VI's encyclical on development, "Populorum Progressio." At left is Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.

VATICAN CITY – A more Christian, as well as more effective, approach to the global migration crisis would be to move from a concern about "national security" to a concern for "common security," Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila told participants at a Vatican conference.

Published in Vatican
October 7, 2016

Where policy, religion fail, sports can lift spirits, say speakers

Pope Francis is seen with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, and Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, during the opening ceremony of a world conference on faith and sport Oct. 5 in the Vatican's Paul VI audience hall.

VATICAN CITY – Wherever public policy, communities and even religions may have failed, sports and recreation are ready and set to lift wounded spirits and build cooperation and peace in the world, said a number of speakers at a Vatican conference.

Published in Faith