Pope Francis looks on as he arrives for a visit to the United Nations World Food Program headquarters in Rome on June 13, 2016. (Tony Gentile/AFP via Getty Images)
VATICAN | FEB. 3, 2020
Are the Holy See and the United Nations Too Close for Comfort?
NEWS ANALYSIS: The relationship has come under closer scrutiny of late.
Edward Pentin
VATICAN CITY — When Pope Francis received in private audience United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in December, the U.N. chief trumpeted the fact that the Holy See’s concerns “coincide with the core values” of the United Nations Charter.
These values consisted of reaffirming the “dignity and worth of the human person,” Guterres said in a statement, especially with regards to protecting the planet.
The Holy See’s communiqué was similar, focusing on peace, the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), climate change and migration. Neither statement mentioned the unborn, despite the SDGs (17 points for a sustainable future specifying 169 …More