Tag: Human rights

Student leaders say sanctions and revised rules threaten dissent, conscience and meaningful participation at the Philippines’ oldest Catholic university

Faith-based and environmental groups urged stronger safeguards for communities facing fossil fuel projects, land conflicts and ecological degradation

Church leaders called for genuine consent, stronger environmental safeguards and Indigenous participation in decisions affecting ancestral lands and livelihoods

Changing water conditions are testing livelihoods, biodiversity and community resilience across one of Southeast Asia’s most important agricultural regions

Rural groups warn that worsening drought, rising fuel costs and delayed aid could deepen losses across agriculture and fisheries

“The Church recognizes indigenous peoples not simply as recipients of pastoral assistance but as partners in the mission of the Church and custodians of creation"

UN agencies warn worsening El Niño could disrupt food, water, health and schooling for millions of vulnerable children

Bringing child abusers to justice, convicting, and jailing them is a most important way to protect children from priests and laypeople committing heinous crime

The Church agency says coastal families need lasting remedies as pollution, illegal fishing and climate pressures threaten livelihoods

Responsible mining should also be measured by how we protect the people whose lives, labor, and communities make that industry possible