The Vatican Secre-tary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, in his address to the 79th Session of UN General Assembly in New York on 28th September expressed the Holy See’s concern for deadly conflicts in parts of the world and the Church’s desire for peace and human dignity.

In order to relaunch a shared commitment to the service of peace, the United Nations needs to recover the values that gave rise to the organization, while at the same time taking into account the chang-ed context, said the Cardinal. He reiterated the urgent need for re-form of the organisation to address the current conflicts raging across the world at this critical time. The most import-ant reform, he noted, is to return to a sincere and open dialogue, noting that the current world situation is also the result of the weak-ening of structures of multilateral diplomacy that arose after World War II.
(Vatican News)

• H.E. Pietro Cardinal Parolin,
  Secretary of State, Vatican