LiCAS.news PhilippinesLIGHT FOR THE VOICELESS

Priests and bishops like everyone else can be sinners and must be held responsible like everyone else for crimes against children

An increasing phenomenon of a “refugee” church, due to the number of Christians fleeing persecution has been noted

Church law says every act of sexual abuse against a child is not only a heinous crime in civil law but is a violation of Church law

“Let us not be afraid even if we are branded, or red-tagged," said Father Buenafe, adding that the call of the Gospel is very clear

Human life should be seen not just as a fundamental human right but as a gift from the Creator

“They don’t want me because of my leprosy. I don’t know what I have done wrong. It’s painful. It’s even more painful than leprosy itself.”

When teachers receive a credible report of child sexual abuse in a school, they have to act to protect that child and many other children

“Father Stan Swamy was arrested, incarcerated, and died based on fabricated evidence,” read a statement released to the media

Globally, 363 journalists were imprisoned, an increase of 20 percent over the previous year

His wife promises she will keep searching for her husband as long as she lives. He was 60 at the time of his abduction.

The number of online child sexual abuse reports received by the Philippine government cyber-crime office is staggering

On International Human Rights Day we remember that enforced disappearance is the most cruel among all human rights violations