integral human development

Pope cautions governments on COVID-19 - to put economy before people would be 'viral genocide'

Pope cautions governments on COVID-19: to put economy before people would be “viral genocide”

Vatican bodies denounce 'selfishness and shortsightedness' of 'uncoordinated' national responses to COVID-19

Vatican bodies denounce “selfishness and shortsightedness” of “uncoordinated” national responses to COVID-19

Theologian warns on coronavirus -'This pandemic demands a different relationship with nature and the Earth'

Theologian warns on coronavirus: “This pandemic demands a different relationship with nature and the Earth”

Austrian cardinal insists question of women in Church leadership positions remains open

Austrian cardinal insists question of women in Church leadership positions remains open

Bishop Marc Stenger of France warns on COVID-19: "Serious questions must be asked about the relationship between humans and nature"

French bishop warns on COVID-19: “Serious questions must be asked about the relationship between humans and nature”

Human trafficking

Nuns in Italy, world step up to front lines in fight for migrant women, against human trafficking

Interfaith women insist in Rome on need for human 'sorority'

Interfaith women insist in Rome on need for human ‘sorority’, “feminine capacity to be bearers of life and guardians of our Earth”

Pope renews 'urgent call' to respond to ecological crisis

“The cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor cannot continue”: Pope renews “urgent call” to respond to ecological crisis

Man-made climate change

Catholic climate campaigner urges faithful “to stand up against” world’s “arrogance, apathy and avarice”

Ocean pollution

European Catholic social justice group warns of “terrifying decline in ocean’s capacity to withstand human carelessness”

IBM, Microsoft join Vatican in calling for greater regulation of facial recognition, 'algorithmic conditioning'

IBM, Microsoft join Vatican in calling for greater regulation of facial recognition, “algorithmic conditioning”

Pope denounces targeted commercial, political advertising on internet

“Dulls critical thought and freedom”: Pope denounces targeted commercial, political advertising on internet

'Economy of Francesco' event

March ‘Economy of Francesco’ event in Assisi could be next coronavirus domino to fall as Vatican studies postponement

Irish Church development org denounces climate change disasters kill 14 times more women than men

Irish Church development org denounces climate change disasters kill 14 times more women than men

Dublin archbishop Diarmuid Martin hits out again at government over 'failures' in healthcare system

Dublin archbishop hits out again at government over “failures” in healthcare system

Challenges of AI

Vatican calls on AI giants like IBM, Microsoft “to humanise technology, not ‘technologise’ humanity”

Pope Francis blesses a poor woman

Pope cries: “It is imperative to end the exploitation of the poorest!”

Vatican rep to UN in Geneva decries $2 trillion world spends on arms

Vatican rep to UN in Geneva decries $1.8 trillion world spends on arms: “How can we love our neighbour?”

Poverty and inquality in Europe

Church charity Caritas denounces bureaucracy, legal barriers to basic services increasing poverty, inequality in Europe

'Green deal' for Europe

Catholic aid org CIDSE calls on EU “to make ‘Green Deal’ work” for partner countries, climate, biodiversity

Mother and child refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos, 2015

Three cardinals urge EU governments, bishops’ conferences to take in refugees “stuck indefinitely” on Greek islands

German bishop Gregor Maria Hanke (Eichstätt) decries - 'We live with our prosperity at the expense of less developed countries'

German bishop decries: “We live with our prosperity at the expense of less developed countries”

EU Bishops of COMECE urge Brussels to 'policy coherence'

EU Bishops of COMECE urge Brussels to “policy coherence” on trade, development, climate, human rights

'Querida Amazonía', the Pope's post-Amazon Synod exhortation

‘Querida Amazonía’: 7 of the Pope’s most powerful political statements, beyond the Church debates

Vatican cardinal Ayuso highlights 'ABCs' of interfaith coexistence

Vatican cardinal stresses ‘ABCs’ of interfaith dialogue: “Friendship, peace and living together”

Interfaith Abu Dhabi document on human fraternity bearing fruit in Croatia

Interfaith Abu Dhabi document on human fraternity bearing fruit in Croatia

Pope's 'global compact on education' - Francis calls for 'covenant' to form 'more fraternal world'

Pope’s “global compact on education”: Francis calls for “covenant” to form “more fraternal world”

Pope Francis denounces 'dirty, underhanded... corruption' of people smugglers

“Blood money”: Francis denounces “dirty, underhanded… corruption” of human traffickers

Pope pleads for economy based on 'inclusion, care for our Common Home and integral human development'

Pope pleads for economy based on “inclusion, care for our Common Home and integral human development”

Pope agitates for global economic reform with leading world economists and finance ministers

Pope agitates for global economic reform: “A rich world can and must put an end to poverty”