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Holy See Raises Its Voice in Favor of Protecting Cultural and Religious Heritage Amidst Armed Conflicts

The Permanent Observer of the Holy See to UNESCO, Monsignor Roberto Campisi, addressed the 224th Session of the organization’s Executive Board on April 13 in Paris and stressed the urgent need to protect places of faith and culture amidst conflicts, especially in the Middle East and Ukraine. Their destruction damages the culture of peoples and erases the collective memory, he explained