Human Rights Day: The Cornerstone of Human Dignity
By Fr Wenceslaus Wangila CMM of Diocese of Mthatha – As we come together to observe Human Rights Day, a moment to reflect on the principles that...
Ethics & Human Dignity
Migrants Are Not Invaders
By Tony Magliano – I bet there have been times that you, like me, have experienced that empty feeling that you do not belong here, that you are...
Infinite Dignity
By Tony Magliano – The Catholic Church firmly teaches that the acknowledgement and protection of human dignity is an absolutely central part of our faith. So much so,...
Pope calls for end of discrimination in Afghanistan
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Meeting leaders of the Afghan community in Italy, Pope Francis condemned violence and discrimination based on religion and later asked people to...
Slavery in the 21st century
By Tony Magliano – Slavery ended in the 19th century, right? Wrong. It’s an easy enough mistake to make. After all, the end of America’s civil war and...
Napier Centre for Healing: A Place of Mercy
About 50km outside Durban, a Catholic-run rehabilitation centre for drug addicts is offering the outcasts of society a new chance at life. Dawn Haynes tells the story...
‘Time is running out’ to address crisis in Sudan
“Time is running out”as famine, disease and fighting close in on the population, with no end in sight, said U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Clementine...
Words matter: Vatican publishes ‘lexicon’ on end-of-life issues
By Carol Glatz, CNS – Public debate on end-of-life issues seems more widespread every time states and nations consider new laws dealing with bioethics and because of...
So Many People are Hungry
The world is in the midst of a global hunger crisis – the largest in recent history. According to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP): More...
Vatican: Abortion, Surrogacy, War, Poverty are Attacks on Human Dignity
By Cindy Wooden , CNS – Being a Christian means defending human dignity and that includes opposing abortion, the death penalty, gender transition surgery, war, sexual abuse...
