Tag: human rights
Catholic nuns empower distressed Nepali women
On a spring afternoon in early March, Usha Rokka took a break from sewing ladies’…
Philippine bishops slam ‘deceptive’ and ‘bad taste’ campaign for charter change
MANILA (UCAN/CBCP News): The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines [CBCP] has strongly opposed a…
Critics slam Sri Lanka’s online content law
COLOMBO (UCAN): Church representatives, civil society and rights groups in Sri Lanka criticised the Online…
Philippine Church joins justice call for jeepney operators
MANILA (UCAN): The national human rights commission and Church officials in the Philippines called on…
Doubts over Duterte’s claim to be changed man
MANILA (UCAN): Claims by former Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, that he is a changed, “holy…
Caritas Philippines says stop trying to change Constitution and focus on basic social services
MANILA (UCAN): “Any attempt to alter the Constitution, especially when shrouded in secrecy and lacking…
End savagery of war with dialogue and respect for human rights, pope says
VATICAN (CNS): Pope Francis called on the international community to ban surrogate pregnancy, calling it…
