Church / Human Rights / Pope Francis / Religious Life
by CNS · Published October 2, 2019 · Last modified November 18, 2019
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis called on more religious orders of men and women, as well as foundations and benefactors, to get involved and help an international network of women religious in the fight...
Church / Human Rights / Letter of the Week / Violence
by Letters Editor · Published September 26, 2019 · Last modified September 19, 2019
Antoinette Padua, Cape Town – We women are angry. I can hear the men laughing already. Who would not wish to stand up to say or do something to express the horror of what...
Church / Crisis / Global Issues / Human Rights / Religious Life
by CNS · Published September 17, 2019 · Last modified September 15, 2019
By Valentine Iwenwanne – Fatima Atewe, a single mother, knew it would be hard work, but she was excited to start a new job loading bricks into delivery trucks, earning as much as $27 a...
Crisis / Human Rights / Justice & Peace / Magliano / Youth
by Tony Magliano · Published August 24, 2019 · Last modified September 3, 2019
For millions of working children worldwide, the adventures of school year remain but a dream. Sadly, these children will never learn to read or write. They will not acquire computer skills. They will...
It had been long time coming. I finally gathered enough strength to leave our local community’s social media page. Not only was this forum for our suburb slowly making me detest my community, but...
Christian Living / Ethics & Human Dignity / Human Rights / Magliano
by Tony Magliano · Published June 3, 2019
“The signs of meanness we see around us heighten our fear of ‘the other,’ the unknown, the marginalised, the foreigner,” and thus many migrants seeking a better life end up as recipients of this...
To be indifferent to or ignore human trafficking and modern-day slavery would be to become an accomplice to those crimes, Pope Francis said. “Although we try to ignore it, slavery is not something...
Church / Human Rights / Justice & Peace
by hazelelponiSC · Published December 7, 2018 · Last modified December 6, 2018
While the Apostleship of the Sea has as its primary purpose the pastoral care of seafarers, the international Catholic organisation also engages itself for the rights of those who spend their lives at sea.
Church / Human Rights / Pope Francis
by Tamar SC · Published November 12, 2018 · Last modified November 11, 2018
It is a horrible disgrace that in the 21st century, millions of people still do not have access to clean drinking water and so many become ill or die from contaminated water sources, Pope...
Ethics & Human Dignity / Human Rights
by Kilian SC · Published April 30, 2018 · Last modified May 1, 2018
A disaster in a building of clothing factories in Bangladesh five years ago changed fashion forever, with many now insisting on ethical production and consumption, as South African fashion writer CLOUDS DRUMMOND explains.
While we celebrate Human Rights Day today, it’s imperative that we don’t forget those who fought for their basic human rights to be observed.
He is acknowledged as a great leader in Christian history — a global leader, a world statesman. The most travelled pontiff in the history of the Catholic Church was hailed for his human rights and political activism. St John Paul II was a peacemaker.
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