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Rev. Roger Landry, “Catholic Social Teaching in Action: The Work of the Holy See at the U.N.”
Last Saturday, coming from the Holy See’s Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations in New York, Rev. Roger J. Landry shared with the students of Thomas Aquinas College, New England, how he helps carry out the Church’s mission at the United Nations (audio).
Fr. Landry’s talk, “Catholic Social Teaching in Action: The Work of the Holy See at the United Nations,” examined how the Holy See applies Catholic social teaching in diplomatic affairs, particularly at the U.N. An attaché and the director of special events at the Holy See’s Permanent Observer Mission, as well as a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, Fr. Landry discussed the rich history of the Holy See and its importance on the global stage. “There is a distinction between what we owe to the civil order and what we owe to God,” he said. “We are made in the image of God, so we owe Him everything. But, Jesus permits, clearly, there is a distinct order at the service of people that the Church is supposed to help.”
A native of Massachusetts, Fr. Landry obtained a biology degree from Harvard College, then attended Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and St. Philip’s Seminary in Toronto. Afterward, he studied at the North American College in Rome and, after his ordination in 1999, he completed his graduate work in moral theology and bioethics at the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family.
Over the course of his talk, Fr. Landry addressed the overlap between the U.N.’s mission and Catholic social teaching. “There are truths about who we are as persons, our social nature, how we interact, rights and wrongs,” explained Fr. Landry. “We engage at that level.” He also highlighted the unifying element of engagement at the United Nations. “We are not concerned with what most states are concerned with,” he said. “Our goal is to articulate the ethical principles that should govern the way we relate to each other as individuals, as groups, and as nations.”
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