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Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M., offers a reflection on the urgent need for nuclear disarmament during a prayer service for United Nations diplomats at the Church of the Holy Family in New York City Sept. 12, 2022. The service, hosted by the Vatican's permanent observer mission to the U.N., was held on the eve of the opening of the 77th session of the U.N. General Assembly. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

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Archbishop invites U.N. reps to begin dialogue on nuclear disarmament

Catholic News Service|Sep 13, 2022|4 Min Read

A man rides a bicycle near a traffic way covered with smoke from wildfires in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, May 7, 2022. Ukrainian bishops have confirmed U.N. reports of mass deportation of Ukrainian civilians to Siberia and Russia's far east. (CNS photo/Alexander Manzyuk, Reuters)

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Ukrainian bishops back U.N. reports of citizens deported to Russia

Jonathan Luxmoore|Sep 12, 2022|4 Min Read

An Somali woman and her children stand near the carcasses of their dead livestock following severe droughts at a camp in Dollow May 24, 2022. Catholic Relief Services is among international agencies warning of famine looming in Somalia. (CNS photo/Feisal Omar, Reuters)

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CRS, others call for increased aid to prevent Somalia's looming famine

Fredrick Nzwili|Sep 9, 2022|3 Min Read

A motorcade transporting the International Atomic Energy Agency expert mission arrives at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in eastern Ukraine Sept. 1, 2022. (CNS photo/Alexander Ermochenko, Reuters)

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After U.N. conference, nuclear disarmament advocates look to new strategies

Dennis Sadowski|Sep 9, 2022|6 Min Read

Chinese flags on barbed wired wall in Kashgar (Kashi), Xinjiang, China. (Jonathan Densford/Shutterstock via CNA)

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China defiant in face of Uyghurs UN report

Jonah McKeown|Sep 1, 2022|5 Min Read

Uyghur women work in a cloth factory in Hotan county, Xinjiang province, China. (Azamat Imanaliev/Shutterstock via CNA)

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UN: China’s mistreatment of the Uyghurs amounts to modern-day slavery

Jonah McKeown|Aug 17, 2022|3 Min Read

Members of the Haitian National Police patrol a street as ongoing gun battles between rival gangs forced residents to flee their homes in Port-Au-Prince April 28, 2022. Religious orders working in Haiti have called on the international community to directly intervene to address the reign of terror of armed gangs they described as "diabolical, frightening and unacceptable." (CNS photo/Ralph Tedy Erol, Reuters)

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Citing gang violence, religious coalition seeks U.N. help for Haiti

Catholic News Service|Aug 16, 2022|5 Min Read

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations, speaks at St. John's University in Jamaica, N.Y., April 6, 2022. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

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Caccia: Mutual trust is 'vital' to pursuit of nonproliferation, disarmament

Catholic News Service|Aug 11, 2022|3 Min Read

A man who said his village was burned and relatives killed by Myanmar soldiers comforts his wife as Rohingya refugees arrive by a wooden boat from Myanmar in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Oct. 1, 2017. (CNS photo/Damir Sagolj, Reuters)

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U.N. report: Myanmar junta 'committing systematic crimes against humanity'

Catholic News Service|Aug 10, 2022|3 Min Read

Congolese protesters face off with riot police outside the compound of a U.N. peacekeeping force's warehouse in Goma July 26, 2022. (CNS photo/Arlette Bashizi , Reuters)

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Congolese bishops offer dialogue after anti-U.N. protests

Jonathan Luxmoore|Aug 5, 2022|3 Min Read

Pope Francis holds a Ukrainian national flag from Bucha during his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican April 6, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope says UN, international organizations ‘impotent’ in Ukraine war

Inés San Martín|Apr 6, 2022|3 Min Read

Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine's ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during a news conference addressing the state of affairs in war-ravaged Ukraine March 24, 2022, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. Looking on are Archbishop Borys Gudziak, left, of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia and New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

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Leaders seek prayer, advocacy and relief for Ukraine and its people

Beth Griffin|Mar 25, 2022|5 Min Read

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