Tag: human rights

WARSAW, Poland-- Ukrainian bishops backed U.N. reports that civilians are being forcibly deported from Russian-occupied areas of their country, recalling scenes from earlier decades. "Although...

HONG KONG -- Cardinal Joseph Zen, retired bishop of Hong Kong, reassured Catholics he is fine after being detained and held by national security...

WASHINGTON — Human rights groups in Washington sounded the alarm after the Salvadoran government began mass arrests and suspended personal freedoms following a record-breaking...

The Catholic Church believes that every person is created in the "image of God." We are made in the image of a community of...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that "the church's social teaching proposes principles for reflection; it provides criteria for judgment; it gives guidelines...

The United Nations was born in 1945 out of the rubble and human devastation of World War II. Like its predecessor, the League of...

"No one shall be held in slavery or servitude," the United Nations declared in the fourth article of its 1948 landmark Universal Declaration of...

WASHINGTON -- The desire for action on preventing more gun violence may face hurdles in Congress, but those pressing for change are having an...

VATICAN CITY  -- Access to clean, fresh water is a fundamental human right that must be defended, especially in poor areas where men, women...

HANOI, Vietnam -- A prominent Catholic blogger and activist ended a two-week hunger strike in a Vietnamese prison after she met with visiting U.S....