Human Rights 
Human rights are moral principles or norms commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights “to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being,” and which are “inherent in all human beings” regardless of their nation, location, language, religion, ethnic origin or any other status. Article in this category would include subjects such as Right to Life and religious persecution or other violations of the Natural Law.
Pope issues urgent appeal for global help of Iraqi Christians
Vatican City, Aug 7, 2014 / 08:34 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As Iraq’s largest Christian city fell into the hands of the Islamic State, Pope Francis issued an urgent appeal asking for peace, and called for worldwide efforts to assist those affected by increasing violence.“In light of the very distressing events, the Holy Father renews his… Read More ›
Catholic groups unite to help Iraqis ousted by extremists
Mosul, Iraq, Aug 6, 2014 / 04:00 am (CNA).- Catholic Relief Services and Caritas have agreed to a common plan to help those who have fled from their homes in the portions of northern Iraq now controlled by the Islamic State.The militant Sunni Islamist organization Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant was among the… Read More ›
Pope Francis: You cannot understand a Christian without witness
Vatican City, May 6, 2014 / 07:57 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his daily Mass Pope Francis recounted the death of St. Stephen, the Church’s first martyr, explaining that being a Christian means giving witness rather than remaining sterile within ourselves.“You cannot understand a Christian without witness,” the Pope stated in his May 6 daily homily,… Read More ›
All people are stamped with the Divine image and likeness
The following quotation by Abraham Lincoln was his central arguement for the ending of slavery. It is striking that the same quotation could be used as an argument for ending of abortion:”. . .nothing stamped with the Divine image and likeness was sent into the world to be trodden on, and degraded, and imbruted by… Read More ›
A Pro-life Prayer for Every Day
Sunday: Rescue the Pre-born O God of Beginnings, You are the Creator of all life. As we begin this week, be near us as we unite with our Pre-born brothers and sisters who are scheduled for death. May you by your Holy Spirit and by the voice of your church lead your people to rescue… Read More ›
Alabama Supreme Court recognizes unborn as ‘children’
Washington D.C., Jan 15, 2013 / 05:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- An Alabama Supreme Court decision recognizing the unborn as persons deserving of legal protections could have significant implications in ending abortion in the U.S., say pro-life advocates. “The Alabama Supreme Court has dealt a massive blow to the constitutional fraud of Roe v. Wade by… Read More ›
Cardinal Dolan contrasts true freedom, ‘culture of death’ in new eBook
New York City, N.Y., Jun 19, 2012 / 04:07 am (CNA).- Society faces a choice between true human dignity, and a false concept of freedom culminating in the “culture of death,” New York’s Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan explains in his new eBook. This inhumane culture springs from “deeply rooted social, philosophical, and ethical tendencies that,… Read More ›
Belmont Abbey president slams contraception rule
By Franco Ordoñez Washington Correspondent Posted: Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 WASHINGTON The president of Belmont Abbey College joined religious leaders of different faiths who converged Thursday on Capitol Hill and charged the Obama administration with trying to violate their religious freedoms. William Thierfelder told a congressional oversight committee that his Catholic liberal arts college in… Read More ›
Catholic politicians who attack Church should remember God’s judgment
Rome, Italy, Feb 11, 2012 / 01:46 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Politicians who consider themselves Catholic but collaborate in “the assault against their faith” should remember they will one day have to give account for their acts before God, Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria, Illinois said Feb 10. “There is a last judgment. There is a… Read More ›
Steve Mosher: A Vision of ‘Hell’ Brought Him to the Church
His story reveals why the New Evangelization draws its strength from the Church’s pro-life witness. FRONT ROYAL, Va. — Steve Mosher was a rising Stanford University social researcher, schooled in the academy’s received wisdom on matters like abortion and the “right to choose,” when he was suddenly thrown off course. It was 1980, and he… Read More ›