Malian clergy seen as fourth branch of government
Islamic clerics can serve as a moralizing check on government and as counselors to political leaders
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Malian refugees gather to welcome Burkina Faso s foreign minister during his visit to the Goudebou refugee camp near Dori, Burkina Faso, on March 11, a year after Malian refugees fled under threat of jihadist attacks. (Photo: AFP)
Malians have come to see the African nation s Islamic clergy as a fourth branch of government in a country that has been buffeted by two coups in the past decade, said a professor from the University of Notre Dame who spent two years between the coups surveying Malians attitudes on war, peace and politics.
Clergy seen as fourth branch of government in coup-stressed Mali
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By Devin Watkins
The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development on Wednesday hosts a webinar to push for global nuclear disarmament.
It comes on the heels of Pope Francis’ recent encyclical
Fratelli tutti, in which he calls for international peace and stability to be based on mutual trust rather than the threat of mutual destruction.
According to Prof. Gerard Powers, a member of the Vatican Covid-19 Commission’s task force for security, the event was organized for a three-fold purpose.
The Coordinator of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network told Vatican Radio that the first goal of the webinar is to present the recent publication of a book entitled “A World Free from Nuclear Weapons”. The volume contains the papers from a major symposium held by the Vatican in 2017 to relaunch efforts toward creating a world free of nuclear weapons.
Vatican minister: Nuclear deterrence gives false sense of security
A nuclear-free world can only be achieved through a renewed sense of unity and solidarity, says Archbishop Gallagher
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Russian RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile systems are seen on Red Square for the Victory Day parade in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2019. (Photo: CGTN/Xinhua)
The goal of a nuclear-free world can only be achieved through a renewed sense of unity and solidarity among nations that breaks the dynamic of mistrust, said Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican foreign minister.
Addressing a webinar Dec. 16 on nuclear disarmament, Archbishop Gallagher highlighted the Vatican s support of political dialogue that goes beyond the theory of fear and of the need to emphasize how nuclear deterrence represents a false sense of security and of stability.