Vatican Secretary of State Parolin accuses UN of failing to respond to hostilities suffered by defenceless populations

The Vatican Secretary of State accused the United Nations of systematically failing to deal with the profound crises the world faces today. Addressing the UN General Assembly in New York Cardinal Pietro Parolin said the UN body, tasked with saving “generations from the horrors of war” was remaining “passive in the face of hostilities suffered by defenceless populations”. He was thinking in particular, he said, of the “tears, the suffering and the heartfelt cries of despair of Christians and other religious minorities in the beloved land” of northern Iraq. Implying that the UN’s grasp of world events was superficial, he said it was time for it to “deepen its understanding of the difficult and complex moment” we are now living in. The em