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Anthony Ho (賀忠義), the new ambassador to the Holy See, yesterday personally met with the prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, to thank the Holy See for its ...
John Klink, who was a Holy See negotiator at the Environmental Summit in Rio in 1992 and played a key role in the Church’s pro-life battles at other major U.N. discussions in the 1990s, told the ...
Andrii Yurash is the Ukrainian ambassador to the Holy See. He spoke with EWTN’s Andreas Thonhauser on Feb. 23 in a filmed interview. This transcript has been edited for clarity by Alan Koppschall.
Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, delivered a statement at the general ...
The Holy See's Permanent Observer to the United Nations in Geneva urged the organization to issue a moratorium on autonomous lethal weapons this week, citing ethical concerns.
"The Holy See may have one of the smallest delegations," writes John Leo Algo, "but it has the potential to make the biggest long-term impact in future climate negotiations, given its unique context." ...
The Holy See assumes this right by asserting that the Vatican City-State is a proper country — even though it has a population of 800 and no permanent citizens — and because it claims to have ...
Russia acknowledged the Vatican's diplomatic mission to broker a peace deal to end the conflict in Ukraine. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs mentioned the Holy See's ongoing peace mission in a ...
The Second Circuit affirmed that a New York federal court does not have jurisdiction, under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, to hear claims against the Holy See for child sex abuse cases ...
The Holy See also plays a significant role in pursuing diplomatic solutions to international predicaments. In 2007, for example, the Holy See helped secure the release of several British sailors ...
Once the papacy lost most of its territory in 1870, the commercial value of diplomatic relations disappeared. But in the eyes of the Vatican, the Holy See as head of the Catholic Church is an ...