A true system of global sustainable development hinges on recognizing others as siblings in a shared world whose dignity and rights must take precedence over corporate interests, said a top Vatican ...

Pope Francis appointed Jesuit Cardinal Michael Czerny as the new prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development on Saturday. Cardinal Czerny, 75, succeeds Cardinal Peter ...

Salesian Sister Alessandra Smerilli has been appointed by Pope Francis as the secretary of the Vatican's Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) VATICAN CITY (CNS) ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s office for integral human development is rethinking its work in light of the implementation of Pope Francis’ curial reform, its prefect and secretary said Thursday.

One of the crucial factors that support and promote integral human development is to work together to live with human dignity. It means that Christians need to safeguard the rights to life, freedom ...