Ivan D. Soltanovsky officially began his mission as ambassador to the Holy See, four months after his predecessor left Rome. Soltanovsky, 68, presented the letters to the pope Sept. 18 at the Vatican, and also met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary
Without trust, "you can't build a lasting peace," said Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations. The archbishop shared his thoughts with The Good Newsroom, the New York Archdiocese’s online news outlet, at an annual vespers prayer
The World Health Assembly adopted a resolution to formalize the participation of the Holy See in the World Health Organization as a nonmember state observer.
The annual assembly, which is the decision-making body of WHO, held its sessions online and at its headquarters