The Vatican in the Family of Nations

Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, C.S., Apostolic Nuncio, is a Member and Delegated Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. He became a priest in New York in 1965 and holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Fordham University, New York. A member of the Congregation of the Missionaries of St Charles-Scalabrinians, he served as Provincial Superior of their New York Province. He has worked and written in the area of migration, and has served as founding Director of the Center for Migration Studies of New York, as Director of Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, as Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerants, Rome, as Nuncio in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti, and Observer to the African Union. He has been Holy See Permanent Observer to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva from 2003 to 2016.

Methodological note; Abbreviations and acronyms; Preface: the Holy See's diplomatic mission in today's world H. E. Pietro Parolin; 1. The human person at the center of fundamental rights and protagonist of development; 2. Freedom as the foundation of human relations and social coexistence; 3. The economy as a means, not an end; 4. The quest for peace; 5. Solidarity with all humanity; 6. People on the move: the challenge of the XXI century; Conclusions: a beacon of inspiration for the family of nations António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres; Bibliography; Index.