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Holy See Statements


Links to Holy See Dicasteries :	Pontifical Council for the Laity Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

Papal Message for World Mission Sunday 19th October 2008 (30,4 KB doc)
Satement by H.E. Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, 16th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development of ECOSOC, 16 May 2008 (33,5 KB doc)	Prayer by H.H. Pope Benedict XVI to Our Lady of Sheshan to mark the Day of Prayer for the Church in China, which is due to be celebrated on 24 May. (English/Français/Español)
Address of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to the 62nd session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, delivered at UN Headquarters on 18 April 2008 (48 KB doc)	Holy Father's address to PC Justice&Peace on Conference on Disarmament, 11 April 2008
2008 Easter message from the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Michel Sabbah (29,5KB doc)	H.E. Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Apostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer of the Holy See at the 62nd session of the U. N. General Assembly, "Recognizing the achievements, addressing the challenges and getting back on track to achieve the MDGs by 2015", New York, 4 April 2008. (29,5KB doc)
Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Holy See's permanent observer to the U.N. in Geneva, affirms cluster bombs never acceptable (doc)	Address delivered Tuesday by Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, permanent observer of the Holy See to the Office of the United Nations and Specialized Institutions in Geneva, at the 7th session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, under way through March 28. (34KB doc)
THE HUMAN FAMILY, A COMMUNITY OF PEACE World Day of Peace 1st January 2008 English - Français - Espanol - German	The 'Gender' and 'Ideology of Gender' chapters from the Pontifical Council for the Family's Lexicon: Ambiguous and debatable terms regarding family life and ethical questions, English version published by Human Life International, 2003. Ideology of Gender (77,79 KB PDF) - Gender (57,72 KB PDF)
Role of Migrant Women (31KB doc)	Address by HE Arch. D. Mamberti, Sec. for the Holy See's Relations with States, 62 nd Session of UN GA, New York, 5 Oct. 2007 (39KB doc)
Climate Change Statement to UN 62nd GA (30KB doc)	General debate on all disarmament and international security agenda items - UN 62nd GA (45KB doc)
*Culture of Peace*; Statement by H.E. Arch. Celestino Migliore, Apostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer of the Holy See; 62 nd session of the UN General Assembly; NY 30 October 2007 (33KB doc)