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Pope Francis, phase two of his diplomacy

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 6 ottobre 2014 · Leave a Comment · In Vatican

Phase two of Pope Francis’ diplomacy began with his advocacy of an intervention in Iraq. Anticipated by Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi, Holy See Permanent Observer at the UN Office in Geneva, Pope Francis launched the request in his flight back from South Korea. It was reiterated by the Secretary of State Pietro [...]

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Arms Trade Treaty negotiations failed. And the integral disarmament seems to be so far away

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 30 luglio 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Holy See

«The governments’ efforts will be judged by how many lives the treaty helps to save.» Christian leaders representing some of the world’s two billion Christians have issued a joint appeal to the 194 governments that negotiated the first global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). But this appeal remained unlistened. Having started on 2 July, [...]

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Step-by-step disarmament. The effort of the Holy See

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 26 marzo 2012 · 1 Comment · In Holy See

Within a political climate become red-hot because of next presidential elections on July, the 1st, Benedict XVI met the Mexican president Felipe Calderon. Then – on the initiative of the President Calderon himself – the Pope also met eight family members of the victim of the drug-trafficking. On that occasion, the Pope [...]

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Holy See promotes a reform of the United Nations. And invites Ban Ki Moon to discuss about it in Rome

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 12 marzo 2012 · 3 Comments · In Holy See

Next year, an important anniversary will be celebrated in the Vatican: it will be the 50th anniversary of the promulgation of the encyclical Pacem in terris, by John XXIII. And the Vatican decided to celebrate the anniversary his way: inviting the General Secretary of the United Nations Ban Ki Moon in Rome, [...]

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