Human Rights

As migrant workers wrestled with the pandemic, Niece listened to their growing concerns, wanting to do more than just refer them to the Ministry of Labor.

“Almost two-thirds of the world’s population lives in countries where serious violations of religious freedom take place,” the cardinal said.

While current immigration enforcement policy presents new challenges, it is not necessarily without precedent in the U.S. 

“Religious freedom allows individuals and communities to seek the truth, to live it freely and to bear witness to it openly,” the pope said.

A decades-long fight for justice in Brazil may be nearing a historic verdict. A Catholic priest first denounced the alleged crimes against workers at a cattle ranch in the Amazon …

1. All speeches and messages from Pope Leo XIV since his May 8 election are available on the Vatican website and should be consulted before sharing alleged quotes or videos, …

(OSV News) — As 40 years have passed since the murder of Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko, one of their church’s most famous priests, Polish Catholics are urging people everywhere to revisit …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church cannot be credible in its mission of proclaiming Christ unless it acknowledges its mistakes and bends down “to heal the wounds we have …

(OSV News) — The authors of a new book profiling 16 holy men and women who championed civil and human rights want readers to know: You can be a saint. …

(OSV News) — A number of Catholic pastoral leaders in the U.S. are applauding a new Vatican declaration on human dignity for its specific treatment of several key — and …