The passage of a United Nations treaty banning the possession of nuclear weapons comes at a time when the majority of world’s nations are frustrated with the slow pace of nuclear disarmament. The final tally saw 122 nations voting for the ban.
Nuclear weapons ban treaty has challenge of actual disarmament occurring
Global peace, security demand an end to nuclear weapons, pope tells U.N.
At a conference being held at the U.N. headquarters in New York March 27-31, a message from Pope Francis was sent to Elayne Whyte Gomez, president of the U.N. Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards Their Total Elimination.
World faces pressing need to protect water, Vatican official tells U.N.
Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations, called on all nations to recognize the responsibility to care for and share water because it is a life-sustaining resource.
Upcoming U.N. talks to abolish nuclear weapons face uncertain future
The United Nations is preparing to embark on talks to ban nuclear weapons.
In Syria, danger and misery are abundant, but solutions are scarce
Aleppo, once Syria’s largest city and once known as its jewel, sits in rubble, but more tragically so do its people.
U.N. vote on nuclear-test ban spurs hopes that nations will ratify treaty
The U.N. Security Council has brought new attention to a 20-year-old treaty that would ban nuclear weapons testing, but still has not gone into effect.
Catholics urged to reject partisan views on migration, heed Gospel message
Catholics must focus “on the moral teachings of the church that will help us build a vibrant public square,” said Auxiliary Bishop Eusebio Elizondo of Seattle.
World must respond to Islamic State genocide actions, U.N. conference hears
UNITED NATIONS (CNS) — While religious freedom in much of the Middle East is under siege and the civil war in Syria seems to have no […]