Tag: human rights
Call for anti-red-tagging law after Philippine inquiry documents abuses
MANILA (LiCAS News): The Philippine Commission on Human Rights [CHR] has urged Congress to criminalise…
Negros killings prompt bishop’s call for truth, warning against labelling victims
MANILA (LiCAS New): The killing of 19 people in Negros Occidental has prompted Bishop Gerardo…
Nothing just about conflicts in the Philippines and the Middle East
MANILA (LiCAS News): Human rights lawyer Antonio “Tony” La Viña argued that a deadly military…
Choose leaders who still need the Lord, archbishop urges young Filipinos
MANILA (LiCAS News): “Choose leaders who still need the Lord,” Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan,…
Vatican condemns slavery, counters ‘partial narrative’ in UN resolution
(OSV News): Archbishop Gabriele G. Caccia, the Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations,…
Cardinal highlights role of women in peacebuilding and dialogue
ROME (RVA News): George Cardinal Jacob Koovakad, prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, highlighted…
Indonesian Church steps up anti-trafficking action after Flores rescue
MAUMERE (Agencies): The Catholic Church in Indonesia has intensified its fight against human trafficking after…
