"Noting an alarming increase in forcibly-displaced migrants around the world, the Holy See has asked the United Nations to take a more proactive role in working to prevent displacements.
"'Today we have reached the highest number of forcibly displaced persons since World War II. It is not merely an increase in quantity, but there is also a concomitant increase of complexity due to non-state actors in current conflicts and unpredictable massive displacement as a consequence,' stressed Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi, Holy See Permanent Observer to the U.N. office in Geneva."
A recent Catholic News Agency article reported on Archbishop Tomasi's presentation, including his encouragement of a "cultural shift, in which the human person, with his inviolable dignity and inalienable human rights."
To access the complete Catholic News Agency report, please visit:
Catholic News Agency: Vatican to the world: Displaced immigrants deserve your attention (9 OCT 14)
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