Image ~ The current United Nations emblem was approved on 7 December 1946. . The design is "a map of the world representing an azimuthal equidistant projection centered on the North Pole, inscribed in a wreath consisting of crossed conventionalized branches of the olive tree, in gold on a field of smoke-blue with all water areas in white. The projection of the map extends to 60 degrees south latitude, and includes five concentric circles".
A Vatican source says the meetings will afford the Holy Father the opportunity to ‘address real-world problems’ with agencies that promote abortion, sterilization and contraception on a global scale.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis plans to address all the heads of United Nations agencies on May 10 in what some are viewing as a crucial opportunity to help turn the U.N.’s satellite institutions away from their radical anti-life agenda.
Chaired by Ban, the board comprises 29 executive heads of the United Nations and its specialized agencies. These include …More