human rights
Human rights activists fear arrest ahead of Pope’s visit to Cuba
August 28, 2015
Pope Francis is due to visit Cuba in September - but group's opposing the government have concerns
Activist Jerry Berrigan dies aged 95
August 3, 2015
"In his quiet way, Berrigan challenged the powers that be, whether it be war-making, or injustice."
The Church is in a muddle over human rights
July 2, 2015
The Church has in the past five decades stressed the importance of ideas that cluster around the phrase 'human rights' - in doing so,...
Priest defending human rights in Honduras: I am prepared to die
November 18, 2014
Jesuit has refused police protection because most police are linked to organised crime
Vatican nuncio asks United Nations to establish ‘rule of law’ definition
October 15, 2014
'Responsibility to protect' must be part of 'rule of law,' says nuncio
Police release Sri Lankan Catholic activists held under terrorism act
March 20, 2014
Bishop Rayappu Joseph of Mannar "happy and relieved" after human rights workers are freed
Venezuela’s Catholic leaders urge respect for demonstrators
February 25, 2014
'We call for political leaders to engage in sincere dialogue,' says Caracas auxiliary bishop
There are, we are told, 800 million people for whom the ECHR is the last recourse against tyrannical governments. But does this argument really hold water?
April 20, 2012
Tyrannical governments, unlike our own, just ignore the ECHR when they don’t like its judgments
The incredible story of pro-life heroine Ruth Pakaluk
February 20, 2012
Before her death from breast cancer the Catholic mother-of-seven devoted her life to life
Time to stop the Christian exodus from the Middle East, says Vatican
June 11, 2010
The plight of Christians in the Middle East is threatened by an "extremist current" of "political Islam" and is being ignored by the world,...
Human rights activists fear arrest ahead of Pope’s visit to Cuba
August 28, 2015
Pope Francis is due to visit Cuba in September - but group's opposing the government have concerns
Activist Jerry Berrigan dies aged 95
August 3, 2015
"In his quiet way, Berrigan challenged the powers that be, whether it be war-making, or injustice."
The Church is in a muddle over human rights
July 2, 2015
The Church has in the past five decades stressed the importance of ideas that cluster around the phrase 'human rights' - in doing so,...
Priest defending human rights in Honduras: I am prepared to die
November 18, 2014
Jesuit has refused police protection because most police are linked to organised crime
Vatican nuncio asks United Nations to establish ‘rule of law’ definition
October 15, 2014
'Responsibility to protect' must be part of 'rule of law,' says nuncio
Police release Sri Lankan Catholic activists held under terrorism act
March 20, 2014
Bishop Rayappu Joseph of Mannar "happy and relieved" after human rights workers are freed
Venezuela’s Catholic leaders urge respect for demonstrators
February 25, 2014
'We call for political leaders to engage in sincere dialogue,' says Caracas auxiliary bishop
There are, we are told, 800 million people for whom the ECHR is the last recourse against tyrannical governments. But does this argument really hold water?
April 20, 2012
Tyrannical governments, unlike our own, just ignore the ECHR when they don’t like its judgments
The incredible story of pro-life heroine Ruth Pakaluk
February 20, 2012
Before her death from breast cancer the Catholic mother-of-seven devoted her life to life
Time to stop the Christian exodus from the Middle East, says Vatican
June 11, 2010
The plight of Christians in the Middle East is threatened by an "extremist current" of "political Islam" and is being ignored by the world,...
