Human rights, religious freedom problems linger

On the eve of the Trump-Kim summit in Singapore, Pope Francis led a crowd of 20,000 in St. Peter’s Square in prayer for a successful outcome of the talks. Many other people throughout the world also undoubtedly prayed for that result. But

Everyone has the same human dignity no matter what

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith's document on human dignity highlights Pope Francis' decade-long insistence that every human being -- independent of their circumstances, stage of development or state of sin -- possesses infinite and inalienable dignity that must be

New human dignity document to publish April 8

The Vatican press office announced that the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith's declaration on human dignity, said to include a faith-based critique of "gender ideologies" and surrogacy, will be released April 8.

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the dicastery, and Msgr.

Access to clean water is a basic human right

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

Interesting theory, but rights do come from God

During a recent MSNBC appearance, Politico correspondent Heidi Przybyla attempted to differentiate Christian views from “Christian Nationalism” but muddied the waters by claiming that only Christian Nationalists think rights come from God and not human political bodies. But this is the mainstream