Late Rwandan Catholic Gospel Singer Awarded Human Rights Prize
By Fredrick Nzwili – Kizito Mihigo, the late Rwandan Catholic gospel singer, song writer and organist, has been honoured with Vaclav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent, an...
Category: Human Rights
Caritas Warns Of Rise In Human Trafficking Amid Pandemic
By Junno Arocho Esteves – As governments and world leaders struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic, they must also work harder to protect victims of human trafficking, said...
Race And Film: Fiction And Nonfiction That Gives Food For Thought
By Kurt Jensen – No motion picture drama has had the power to change minds the way the on-video death of George Floyd in the custody of police...
Human Rights Champion Mike Auret Dies
Mike Auret, the long-serving chairman of Zimbabwe’s Justice & Peace Commission, parliamentarian and outspoken opponent of President Robert Mugabe, died on April 10, Good Friday, in Ireland....
Pope: Nuns’ Global Anti-trafficking Network must have More Support
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...
Disrespect Kindles Rape and Murder
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...
Nuns Try to Fight Lure of Europe by Offering Programs for Young Nigerians
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...
The Tragedy of Child Labour
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...
Are there Limits to Freedom of Speech?
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...
Pope Critical of ‘Meanness’ Toward Migrants and Refugees
“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...
Pope: To ignore Trafficking is to be Complicit in the Crime
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...
How the Apostleship of the Sea Helps Abused Sailors
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.
