United Nations Archives - New Ways Ministry

Catholics Worldwide Ask Vatican to Withdraw Its Opposition to LGBTQ Refugee Protections

September 10, 2020/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The Global Network of Rainbow Catholics (GNRC) and its member organizations have appealed to Pope Francis and other ranking church official with a request that the Vatican withdraw its objections to a United Nations report seeking better protections for LGBTQ asylum seekers and refugees. Read More

Vatican UN Rep Objects to Language on LGBTQ Refugees

August 31, 2020/5 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A representative of the Holy See to the United Nations has objected to interpreting international law in ways that would specifically protect LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers. Read More

Vatican Rips United Nations Report on Gender Equality as “Unacceptable and Offensive”

March 16, 2020/2 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The Vatican has criticized sharply a new United Nations report on the human rights of women and of LGBTQ people, suggesting that "particularly unacceptable and offensive" are sections which the Holy See claims require religious liberty to be subjugated to "human rights." Read More