New report shows Christian children face serious violent persecution
By Elizabeth Botha, Open Doors – World Children’s Day was celebrated on 20 November to commemorate the Declaration of the Rights of the Child by the United...
Category: Ethics & Human Dignity
We Owe it to Them
During the US-led coalition’s 20 year devastating war in Afghanistan against the Taliban, the poverty-stricken people of that nation suffered the brutalities of war of which most...
Pontifical Academy: Extreme poverty can be ended immediately
By Carol Glatz – Extreme deprivation could be ended “basically immediately,” said U.S. economist and member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Jeffrey D. Sachs. “What we...
Pope Francis: May God Preserve Us from a ‘Nest’ Mentality
Pope Francis at his Angelus said the Catholic Church must be open and welcoming toward others, warning that division and exclusion come from Satan. “We need to...
Bishop Sipuka: It’s time to act on discrimination and violation of women
By: Bishop Sithembele Sipuka I would be remiss to let the month of August pass without referring to women who, in the light of the prevailing patriarchal...
Pope Meets Nadia Murad, Genocide Survivor, Now Advocating for Afghan Women
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis held a private audience with Nadia Murad, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and survivor of the Islamic State-led genocide in Iraq,...
Catholics in China told to celebrate communist party and forgo Marian pilgrimage
Catholic dioceses across China hosted celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) this year, while pilgrimages to China’s national Marian shrine were forbidden....
Report that led to priest’s resignation prompts journalism ethics questions
By Tom Tracy – High-tech data collection and cellphone tracking services allegedly used in a report by The Pillar that triggered the resignation of a high-ranking US Catholic...
Give the Homeless Dignity in Photos
This is how homeless people in Durban were presented in the “Homeless 101” project, a 2019 collaboration between the Denis Hurley Centre and the Daily Maverick. It...
World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis
After six years of war, “Yemen remains the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe,” according to the International Rescue Committee. Confirming that terribly sad fact, Catholic Relief Services reports,...
Catholic Anti-Slavery Network in Australia becomes model for business
When Australia’s national customs and border law enforcement agency uploaded a Catholic document to a federal government registry monitoring modern-day slavery at the end of June, it...
Papal charity sees increased violations of religious freedom globally
By Cindy Wooden – The religious persecution exercised by China and North Korea, restrictions on religious freedom in dozens of countries and the continuing threat of violence...
