The International Catholic Migration Commission
serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally
displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, ethnicity or nationality.
serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally
displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, ethnicity or nationality.
   Statements by the Holy SeeUN Human Rights Council Holy See calls on governments to respect, promote right to religious freedomGENEVA, 12 March 2010—Speaking before governments at the 13th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Holy See calls upon States to respect and promote the right to freedom of religion in all its aspects, through national legislation, including appropriate sanctions against violators to eradicate impunity effectively.Read more UN Human Rights Council Holy See: "Human rights provide positive contribution for solution to financial crisis"GENEVA, 3 March 2010—At the 13th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, the delegation of the Holy See restated its conviction that the perspective of human rights provides a positive contribution for a solution to the current financial crisis, recalling that "the enjoyment of human rights becomes possible when States translate principles into law and make change on the ground a reality."Read more International Organization for Migration Holy See speaks on need to better address irregular migrationGENEVA, 25 November 2009—Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi speaks before the 98th session of the International Organisation for Migration Council, calling for new attention to the horrific phenomenon of 'gauntlet migration', and analysis of forced, or survival, migration and migration that is genuinely voluntary.Read more The Vatican Papal address to congress on migrationVATICAN CITY, 19 November 2009 (Zenit.org)—Here is the address Benedict XVI delivered Nov. 9 upon addressing some 300 participants in the 6th Congress for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees.Read more World Day of Migrants and Refugees Message of His Holiness Benedict XVI on minor migrants and refugeesVATICAN CITY, 16 October 2009 (The Vatican)—In his message for the 96th World Day for Migrants and Refugees, Pope Benedict XVI focuses on the plight of children living outside their country. Structures must be created to allow for real integration.Read more UN Economic and Social Council Addressing the needs of individuals affected by natural and man-made disastersGENEVA, 20 July 2009—His Excellency Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, Permanent Representative of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva, calls for responsibility sharing and respect for international humanitarian law.Read more UN Economic and Social Council A need for more than financial solutionsGENEVA, 9 July 2009—His Excellency Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, Permanent Representative of the Holy See to the UN in Geneva, calls attention to the need for real solutions to the challenges posed by the economic crisis.Read more Encyclical letter of Pope Benedict XVI Caritas in VeritateVATICAN, 7 July 2009—The Vatican released today Pope Benedict XVI’s Encyclical Caritas in Veritate, focussing on the human development in charity and truth.Read more UN General Assembly The Holy See speaks out on GazaIn statements presented at the UN on 9, 14 and 16 January by the Permanent Representative of the Holy See in New York and Geneva, the Holy See called for an immediate end to the violence in Gaza, and for the protection of civilians on all sides.Read more UN General Assembly Promoting and protecting the right to religious freedomNEW YORK, 29 October 2008—H.E. Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Apostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer of the Holy See, speaks to the importance of ensuring the implementation of the right to religious freedom.Read more |
 
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