Saturday, September 15, 2018

IN the NEWS - Soft Global Power?

... even of that horn that had eyes,
and a mouth that spake very great things,
whose look was more stout than his fellows.
Daniel 7:20

"The United Nations is vital, and without it we would go back to the jungle". The Holy See's work on the international stage was presented in a talk this morning by Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States of the Vatican Secretariat of State, who hails from Liverpool. He told journalists from 16 countries that in an age of global interdependence the Holy See
offers an ethical vision in many forums, especially UN bodies.

The outreach of the Secretariat of State ranges from supporting global pacts on Migration to helping the international community meet climate change commitments made at the 2015 Paris Climate Talks...

Assisting needy and vulnerable people is top priority and the presentation of the Holy See's mission to "hear the cry of the poor and the cry of the Earth", as it says in Laudato Si, was impressive and moving.

Catholics are around 16 percent of humanity and a significant "soft power" global network."
CatholicNews