Alessio Pecorario, Coordinator of the Security Task Force of the Vatican COVID-19 Commission and a senior official of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, shares a Vatican perspective on poverty alleviation, inequality, nuclear and conventional disarmament, peace building, and food and cyber security, among others. What is the meaning of integral human development and what is the role of the Vatican in promoting it? How is the Church uniquely fit to address these issues? What is the current state of poverty alleviation and food insecurity around the world? What are some of the lessons that are emerging from the pandemic?  What are the drawbacks and advantages of new technologies for integral human development? How damaging has the arms race been to economic development and human progress?