Below is the full text of the address delivered by Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Holy See Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations, at the 80th United Nations General Assembly.
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Pope Leo XIV receives the Working Group on Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue, an initiative of the European Parliament, insisting that ‘European institutions need people who know how to live a healthy secularism,’ and reaffirming that ‘being men and women of dialogue means remaining deeply rooted in the Gospel and in the values that flow from it.’
The Community of Sant’Egidio, together with numerous Catholic associations and movements, is promoting “Peace for Gaza”, a prayer vigil organised in response to Pope Leo XIV’s appeal and to “the extreme gravity of the war and humanitarian situation in Gaza.”
“Women for Peace” is a unique concept-concert that unites voices from around the world to promote reconciliation, hope, and solidarity and peace. The initiative blends opera and storytelling to highlight women as agents of peace. It uses music as a universal language capable of bridging cultures, inspiring reflection, and sending a clear message: peace is not a luxury, it is a human necessity.
Pope Leo XIV reflects on justice and its function in society at the Jubilee of Justice, inviting participants “to always express to the fullest the exercise of justice in the service of the people, with eyes fixed on God”.
As the Church marks the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, Fr Edmund Power reflects on the parable of the unjust steward.
Pope Leo XIV addresses the clergy and faithful of the Diocese of Rome during an assembly at the Basilica of St John Lateran, inviting the Church of Rome to walk alongside the people of God with “a pastoral ministry that is supportive, empathetic, discreet, non-judgmental, and able to welcome everyone.”
Following recent unrest, calm has returned to Nepal as schools reopen and confidence grows in the transitional government, according to Fr. Silas Bogati, Apostolic Administrator of the Vicariate of Nepal.
Marking Pope Leo XIV’s saint’s day on 17 September, the head of the Augustinian Province of St Thomas of Villanova says the Pope “is a man of prayer who listens to God and to people.”
