Pope Francis has called for March 22, World Water Day, as a time to recognize the importance of universal clean drinking water and sanitation as basic human rights, especially in the developing countries of the world.
In his encyclical letter Laudato Si’, he
The Catholic Church should hold a Synod of Bishops devoted exclusively to defining just war, just defense and just peace, said the president of the Institute of Religion and Society at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv.
Myroslav Marynovych, who is a human
Thousands of mourners gathered in nearby streets, despite tight police cordons, chanting Navalny's name and slogans against President Vladimir Putin, while the dissident's small entourage headed for his grave at Borisovsky Cemetery in Moscow. Media reported dozens of mourners had been arrested
One of two disappeared Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests seized from their church in Berdiansk in November of 2022 appears to have been illegally transferred to Russia, according to a human rights activist.
Redemptorist Father Ivan Levitsky is likely being held in an investigation
Human rights defender Bianca Jagger has accused the Nicaraguan dictatorship of creating a spiritual vacuum in the country by its purge of Catholic clergy.
Jagger said the Jan. 14 expulsion of two bishops, 15 priests and two seminarians to the Vatican was part
As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is celebrating its 75th birthday, the Vatican's Permanent Representative in Geneva, Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, organized a symposium that aimed to focus on both human rights and care for creation.
The Dec. 8 symposium, co-sponsored by the
The Nicaraguan regime has extinguished the Jesuits' legal status and ordered the expropriation of its assets, effectively making it illegal for the Society of Jesus to operate in the Central American country.
The legal cancellation of the Jesuits on Aug. 23 follows the
The pursuit of affordability and convenience in consumer choices has inadvertently given rise to a deeply troubling consequence: the proliferation of human trafficking. The allure of cheap labor and goods, driven in part by inflation and consumer demands, has fostered an environment
U.S. House lawmakers called the global status of religious liberty "dire" during a hearing July 18, citing concerns across the globe from China to Nicaragua.
At a hearing of the Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations titled, "The Dire
A leading Nigerian human rights organization has published a report with sobering statistics on summary executions, maiming, forced disappearances and illegal detentions in Imo state of southeast Nigeria.
Presenting the report during a press conference May 21, Emeka Umeagbalasi, a Catholic human rights