Global News published this video item, entitled “UNGA 2020: Pope Francis says the coronavirus pandemic has exposed human frailty” – below is their description.
Pope Francis made an appeal for change when addressing the U.N. General Assembly via a pre-recorded speech on Friday and said the global crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic meant it was “a time to separate what is necessary from what is not.”
Speaking from the Vatican in a video address to the U.N. General Assembly, Francis also said the worldwide pandemic had highlighted human frailty and the urgent need to promote public health and ensure access to vaccines.
The poor and weakest members of society should get preferential treatment when a vaccine for the coronavirus is ready, Pope Francis said.
“We never emerge from a crisis just as we were, we come out either better or worse,” the pontiff told the 193-member world body.
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Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State, is the Holy See’s independent city state, an enclave within Rome, Italy. The Vatican City State, also known as The Vatican, became independent from Italy with the Lateran Treaty (1929), and it is a distinct territory under “full ownership, exclusive dominion, and sovereign authority and jurisdiction” of the Holy See, itself a sovereign entity of international law, which maintains the city state’s temporal, diplomatic, and spiritual independence. With an area of 49 hectares (121 acres) and a population of about 825, it is the smallest sovereign state in the world by both area and population.
As governed by the Holy See, the Vatican City State is an ecclesiastical or sacerdotal-monarchical state (a type of theocracy) ruled by the pope who is the bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church. The highest state functionaries are all Catholic clergy of various national origins. After the Avignon Papacy (1309–1437), the popes have mainly resided at the Apostolic Palace within what is now Vatican City, although at times residing instead in the Quirinal Palace in Rome or elsewhere.
Within the Vatican City are religious and cultural sites such as St. Peter’s Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, and the Vatican Museums. They feature some of the world’s most famous paintings and sculptures. The unique economy of Vatican City is supported financially by donations from the faithful, by the sale of postage stamps and souvenirs, fees for admission to museums, and sales of publications.
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