UN Policies

In Ecuador, pro-life groups protest U.N. abortion conditions on coronavirus aid.

05/17/2020 at 9:30 AM By Kevin Edward White
By CNA Staff, Catholic News Agency, May 17, 2020 Pro-life groups in Ecuador say that United Nations aid to combat the coronavirus pandemic should not require access to abortion as a condition for assistance. On April 30, Ecuador’s Ministry of Foreign Relations and Human Mobility confirmed... read more

UN Expert: World Religions Should Defer to the Authority of UN Experts

03/06/2020 at 10:07 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Rebecca Oas, Ph.D., C-Fam, March 5, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. March 6 (C-Fam) According to the UN’s special expert on freedom of religion, the fringe views of UN human rights bodies must take precedence over the mainstream beliefs of many leading world religions, when it comes to law and... read more

Are the Holy See and the United Nations Too Close for Comfort?

02/04/2020 at 10:18 AM By Kevin Edward White
NEWS ANALYSIS: The relationship has come under closer scrutiny of late. By Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register, Febrary 3, 2019 VATICAN CITY — When Pope Francis received in private audience United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in December, the U.N. chief trumpeted the... read more

Vatican hosts youth conference with pro-abortion UN activists

11/15/2019 at 9:38 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Diane Montagna  ROME, November 8, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — With so much attention focused in recent weeks on the violation of the first commandment, further attacks on the fifth and sixth commandments have gone unnoticed in Vatican City. In the middle of the Amazon Synod, a smaller... read more

Trump pushes religious freedom theme at UN, but critics say it clashes with his own record at home

09/23/2019 at 3:33 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, September. 23, 2019 The U.N. Secretary-General is calling on all leaders to come with realistic plans to enhance their nationally determined contributions by 2020. WASHINGTON – Describing the USA as a country founded on religious tenets, President Donald... read more

Pan-Amazonian Synod Participants Include Former UN Head, Liberation Theologians

09/22/2019 at 11:34 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
The appointments appear to align with the synod’s expected emphases on environmental concerns, and on indigenous spirituality. Edward Pentin Blog, September 21, 2019 VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has personally invited Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston and Bishop Robert McElroy of San... read more

UN human rights official: ‘It’s clear’ US pro-life laws are ‘torture’

06/05/2019 at 4:53 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Claire Chretien, LifeSite News, June 4, 2019 It’s “clear” that American laws restricting the starvation, dismemberment, and poisoning of preborn humans are “torture,” according to United Nations deputy high commissioner for human rights Kate Gilmore. Gilmore also claimed that... read more

Pope Francis calls for new ‘supranational’ authorities to enforce UN goals

05/02/2019 at 9:20 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Diane Montagna ROME, May 2, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis made a strong push for globalism on Thursday, calling for a “supranational, legally constituted body” to enforce United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and implement “climate change” policies. Speaking to... read more

US Secretary of State expands Mexico City Policy

03/28/2019 at 7:51 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Christine Rousselle, CNA, March 26, 2019 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Tuesday an expansion of the pro-life Mexico City Policy and the slashing of funds to the Organization of American States in response to its abortion advocacy. These new policies are designed to ensure that... read more

UN Intervened to Change New York Abortion Law

02/14/2019 at 2:55 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Austin Ruse, February 14, 2019, C-Fam NEW YORK, February 15 (C-Fam) Hardly anyone will have noticed that the United Nations, at least a part of it, was involved in the controversial New York State law that codified the U.S. Supreme Court decisions imposing abortion on demand up to... read more

There is Much More to International Pro-Life than Mexico City Policy

01/10/2019 at 3:35 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Austin Ruse | January 10, 2019 NEW YORK, January 11 (C-Fam) Early this month, the Democrat controlled House of Representatives passed a spending bill that included the resumed funding of abortion groups overseas. Pro-life groups and Christian media pounced on this atrocious attack on... read more

New Trump-Supported Law Enshrines Obama-Era Gender Language

12/22/2018 at 9:38 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

African Governments Escalate Fight Against Abortion Giant Marie Stopes

12/13/2018 at 3:26 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Reckoning with the Baltimore Fiasco

11/23/2018 at 10:22 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Vatican autocracy and the U.S. bishops

11/23/2018 at 10:01 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Deep State Fights Trump’s Pro-Life Foreign Policy

10/12/2018 at 7:34 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

UN Committee Says Nations May Not Exclude Abortion from “Reproductive Health”

10/04/2018 at 4:25 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Indian High Court Says Sodomy is International Human Right

09/13/2018 at 4:03 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

No Matter the Question, Contraception’s the Answer

07/12/2018 at 5:07 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

How pro-lifers scored a ‘remarkable’ victory at UN meeting on ‘population and development’

05/14/2018 at 7:50 PM By Mary Anne Hackett