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Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

Officials at the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development pose for a photo at the conclusion of a news conference at the Vatican Dec. 21, 2021, for the release of Pope Francis' message for the Jan. 1, 2022 World Day of Peace. Pictured are Scalabrian Father Fabio Baggio, undersecretary at the section for migrants and refugees; Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the dicastery; and Salesian Sister Alessandra Smerilli, interim secretary. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pour money into education, not weapons, wars, pope tells nations

Carol Glatz|Dec 21, 2021|4 Min Read

Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, participates in a news conference to unveil a new platform for action based on Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si', at the Vatican in this May 25, 2021, file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Cardinal Turkson says he offered to resign at end of his term

Cindy Wooden|Dec 20, 2021|4 Min Read

A cyclist passes a mural created by street artists depicting child labor in London June 8, 2016. Pope gave a talk to participants of an international conference on child labor in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Nov. 19, 2021. (CNS photo/Shanshan Chen, Reuters)

Pope Francis: Persistence of child labor is ‘shocking and disturbing’

Catholic News Agency|Nov 19, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis has named Salesian Sister Alessandra Smerilli as secretary ad interim of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. Sister Smerilli is pictured meeting the pope at the Vatican in an undated photo. (CNS photo/Vatican Media, courtesy Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development)

Pope names Salesian sister interim secretary of dicastery

Junno Arocho Esteves|Aug 26, 2021|2 Min Read

Seafarers who had spent months working aboard vessels during the COVID-19 pandemic arrive June 12, 2020, at Changi Airport in Singapore. (CNS photo/Edgar Su, Reuters)

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On front lines during pandemic, seafarers need prayers, Vatican says

Carol Glatz|Jul 13, 2020|4 Min Read

A file photo shows U.S. military personnel working on an F/A-18E Super Hornet as an aircraft carrier conducts drills in the South China Sea. (CNS photo/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gabriel A. Martinez, U.S. Navy, ABACAPRESS.COM via Reuters)

Vatican task force calls for an end to arms production

Carol Glatz|Jul 7, 2020|4 Min Read

Colorful wildflowers frame the peak of Byron Glacier near Girwood, Alaska, in this file photo. The Vatican announced May 16, 2020, that it will commemorate the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment with a year-long series of initiatives dedicated to the safeguarding and care for the earth. (CNS photo/Sam Lucero, The Compass)

Vatican announces Laudato Si' anniversary year

Junno Arocho Esteves|May 18, 2020|2 Min Read

Displaced Syrian children are seen at a camp in Idlib April 14, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Internally displaced people, those forced to flee their homes, but who do not cross into another country, still often need protection and special assistance, including from the church, said a new Vatican document released May 5. (CNS photo/Khalil Ashawi, Reuters)

Emergency multitasking: Vatican says keep all vulnerable in mind

Cindy Wooden|May 5, 2020|5 Min Read

A migrant woman and child are seen outside their tent in a makeshift camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, April 2, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Elias Marcou, Reuters)

Same storm, different boats: Vatican looks at ways to help all survive

Cindy Wooden|Apr 30, 2020|4 Min Read

Medical staff, wearing protective suits and face masks, treat a patient suffering from COVID-19 in an intensive care unit of a hospital near Paris April 15, 2020. Pope Francis created a new commission that will confront the challenges the world is facing in battling the coronavirus pandemic and what it will inevitably face in its aftermath, the Vatican announced in a statement published April 15. (CNS photo/Benoit Tessier, Reuters)

Pope creates coronavirus commission to respond to pandemic

Junno Arocho Esteves|Apr 15, 2020|3 Min Read

People collect clean drinking water from a tanker sent by government authorities as part of measures to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus in San Jose, Costa Rica, March 14, 2020. The Vatican said defending the right to clean water is part of the Catholic Church's promotion of the common good. (CNS photo/Juan Carlos Ulate, Reuters)

Vatican publishes document on right to water access

Junno Arocho Esteves|Mar 31, 2020|4 Min Read

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