Holy See at UN: Build lasting peace through development, not military spending

Holy See at UN: Build lasting peace through development, not military spending

In 2024 global military spending reached $2.7 trillion, while the funding gap for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) remains at $4 trillion per year. For every dollar invested in peace, two are spent on war. Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations tells the UN that: โ€œEvery increase in military spending represents resources that could have been used to meet peopleโ€™s basic needs and to establish a lasting peace.โ€

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News from the Orient – October 9, 2025

News from the Orient – October 9, 2025

In this weekโ€™s news from the Eastern Churches, produced in collaboration with L’ล’uvre d’Orient: Syrian Christians honor Saints Sergius and Bacchus, martyrs whose legacy endures despite years of war; a new Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop is appointed in Paris to serve across Western Europe; and the De La Salle Christian Brothers celebrate 150 years of educational mission in the Holy Land.

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