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...
Human Rights
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...
Pandemic Blamed for Creating Conditions for Increased Human Trafficking
By Tom Tracy – The pandemic-related economic downturn, business closures, increase in global unemployment and reduced incomes have contributed to...
Pray with the Pope: April 2021
Prayer Intention: We pray for those who risk their lives while fighting for fundamental rights under dictatorships, authoritarian regimes and...
SACBC Defends Rights of Farm Dwellers, Workers
SACBC Justice and Peace Calls On Human Rights Commission to Do More to Defend Rights Of Farm Dwellers And Farm...
Slavery in the 21st Century
Slavery ended in the 19th century, right? Wrong. It’s an easy enough mistake to make. After all, the end of...
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...
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...
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...
