On October 20, 2017, the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the UN sponsored a side-event entitled “Reconciliation and Peace in Colombia: The Impact of the Visit of Pope Francis,” together with the Permanent Mission of Colombia to the UN, Caritas Internationalis, the Catholic Peacebuilding Network, the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, and Grace Initiative.
The event highlighted the message Pope Francis brought to the country when he visited in early September: that all parties must take the first step in reconciliation to heal the wounds of the country’s 52-year conflict, which ended with the signing of the Final Peace Accord between the Colombia Government and Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) in November 2016. The event also featured the role of both the international community and Catholic organizations in working towards peace in Colombia.
Read the event report from the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the UN.