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On Friday, Catholics have been called to pray and fast for people suffering in wars, including those in Gaza in the Holy Land ...
Seychelles: President Ramkalawan pays courtesy call on the Secretary of State of the Holy See, His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin ...
The Holy See , also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese ...
Archbishop Gabriele G. Caccia, the Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations, is pictured in a 2023 photo addressing the General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City.
In May 2014, a report from the Committee of the U.N. Convention against Torture tried to consider the abuse of children as torture to push the Holy See to introduce new measures.
The Holy See communiqué reiterated support for the Convention Against Torture. It voiced willingness to enact measures to prevent “any cruel and inhuman behavior” and to continue to support ...
In February, some members of the organization sharply criticized a request from the Holy See for $25 million for a Church-owned hospital that has been plagued by fraud and embezzlement scandals ...
Immunity & the Holy See MANHATTAN — 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 ...
Thomas Patrick Melady was appointed U.S. ambassador to the Holy See by President George H.W. Bush and served from 1989 to 1993. NCR editor Tom Fox interviewed Melady last week concerning the ...
Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, delivered a statement at the general debate of the U.N. Economic and Social Council's High-Level Political Forum ...