H.E. Archbishop Celestino Migliore (Holy See)

Shortly after the tsunami I read a newspaper article written by the Archbishop of Canterbury fine title about the tragedy in Southern Asia.

Archbishop Migliore (Holy See) said that increased longevity called for a rethinking of the role of the elderly in society and in the development process.

On this point, I would only like to recall the dramatic statement made by Archbishop Makarios before the Security Council on 19 July 1974 in which he stated and I quote

He also undertook a follow up mission to Gitega where he visited the prison and the Mushasha primary school, and met with the Governor of Gitega Province and the Archbishop of Gitega.

In turn, the Archbishop of Cap Haïtien delivered to mission members a letter from the Conférence Episcopale de Haïti that calls for a peaceful transition towards democracy, as well as for social and economic development.

Archbishop Migliore (Observer for the Holy See) said that the emergence of transnational terrorism and the proliferation of nuclear material had directly called into question the ability of the Treaty to respond to new international challenges.

Archbishop Migliore (Holy See) The Holy See is grateful to you, Mr. President, and the sponsors of resolution 59 26 for this opportunity officially to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

Since then, the church, and, in particular the Archbishop became the head of a campaign aiming to inform public opinion and in particular the clients, who commit an offence by coming into sexual intercourse with women victims of human trade .

Another milestone was the renovation and opening of the 1,100 year old Armenian Aghtamar Church in March 2007. The first mass in 95 years was held in the church, led by the Armenian Archbishop Aram Ateşyan and attended by thousands of worshippers.

BRUSSELS The recent abductions of Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim and his Greek Orthodox counterpart, Paul Yazigi, reflect not only the increasing brutality of Syria s civil war, but also the escalating crisis for Christians across the Arab world one that could end up driving them away altogether.

Archbishop Migliore (Holy See) My delegation would like to express once again its deepest condolences to the concerned countries and add its support for those measures intended to strengthen emergency relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction, as well as prevention, in the wake of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.

NEW YORK In his play Murder in the Cathedral, T. S. Eliot describes the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, as a silently ordered hit. The English king, Henry II, did not need to give a direct order his knights knew what to do with somebody seen to be undermining the state.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a leader of South Africa s democratic transition, has described an alternative restorative justice that focuses on the healing of breaches, the redressing of imbalances, the restoration of broken relationships. With this constructive, forward looking understanding of justice in mind, Santos, too, can succeed, thereby securing the peaceful, secure future that Colombians deserve.

Last year, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, George Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, asked Secretary of State Colin Powell why the United States seemed to focus only on its hard power rather than its soft power. Secretary Powell replied that the US had used hard power to win World War II, but he continued What followed immediately after hard power?

LONDON In the face of the largest influx of refugees into Europe in decades, the responses and policy proposals from the European Union and its member governments have varied enormously, and the debate has become deeply politicized. International organizations and non governmental agencies such as the UNHCR and the International Rescue Committee, and religious leaders such as Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury, have weighed in as well.

If his years of amassing cash had led to victory, John might have got away with his arbitrary methods but when he was defeated in France, a group of barons rose up against him and captured London. As part of a peace deal brokered by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the king accepted the baron s demands, put to him in a document called Magna Carta, or the Great Charter.

Despite the idea that I love a good time, which I was rather amazed to see coming up on me I actually spend a great deal of time alone, studying, and I'm not very you're the people with media knowledge to explain to me how we can get this to everybody, everybody on the planet. I've had some preliminary talks, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, for example, is very happy to give his name to this, as is Imam Feisal Rauf, the Imam in New York City.