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Friday, September 16, 2005




THE VATICAN AND THE UN

It's difficult to know what is a proper position on the UN. On one hand, it would appear that such a body is needed to be a voice for peace and charity in the world. On the other hand, the One World Order looms.

Zenit reports on Cardinal Sodano's recent remarks:

In the wake of recent criticism of the United Nations, the Vatican secretary of state says that "the hour has come for the resurrection of the U.N."

Cardinal Angelo Sodano is attending the summit of leaders from 170 countries, called to discuss the urgent reformation of the United Nations, weakened by recent scandals of corruption.

In an interview published today in the Italian newspaper La Stampa, the cardinal said that the ideas for the reform of the U.N. General Assembly presented in New York were "very good."

"Better late than never," he added. "Sixty years have gone by since that far-off June 26 of 1945, when this organization was born to apply the principles enunciated in the preamble of its statute: to save future generations from the scourge of war, to reaffirm the fundamental rights of man and to contribute to the development of peoples."

"Concrete fruits have been seen," Cardinal Sodano observed. "But it is also a duty to point out that the history of these 60 years has been marked by the scourge of wars and crimes against humanity, as well as by misery and hunger.

"I recall that after the tragedy of Bosnia, a book was written with the thought-provoking title: 'The U.N. Died in Sarajevo.' Now the hour of its resurrection has come."



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