Religious and political leaders have renewed calls for peace as they decried dozens of reported civilian deaths by poison gas... Read more
The United States has ended funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), saying the agency's support for Chinese population... Read more
A diocese in Argentina has decided to transfer a priest after a series of threats he's received for protesting the... Read more
Along the U.S.-Mexico border, Catholic bishops of both countries stressed the right of people to migrate and the need for... Read more
A Dutch doctor who drugged an elderly woman and had her restrained as she fought lethal injection has been cleared... Read more
Most fathers like to share their hobbies with their sons. But for José Manuel this proved a challenge – given... Read more
Meet Collette: a talented young baker from the Boston area, who has been working on her own original cookie recipes... Read more
Catholic leaders have spoken out against a drug war that has left thousands dead, and the Philippines' new president is... Read more
Emma and Isabella are suing their mother, Sofia Vergara, according to court documents obtained by the New York Post. Read more
A doctor in the Netherlands performed euthanasia on a 41 year-old father of two who claimed his alcoholism had made... Read more
China’s “utterly disgraceful” human rights record is not just bad, it’s getting worse every year, a new Congressional report has... Read more
In late July, the worst mass killing in Japan since World War II left 19 people dead and 26 people... Read more
There are severe ethical shortcomings in a British doctor's proposal to help unconscious patients die so their organs can be... Read more
As the U.S. lifted its decades-long arms embargo with Vietnam during President Barack Obama’s visit there, human rights advocates argued... Read more
The Parliament of Canada has until June 6 to consider Bill C-14, controversial legislation that, if passed, would legalize euthanasia... Read more
As the U.S. treasury announces the legendary Harriet Tubman as the new face of the 20 dollar bill, she also... Read more
In a region fraught with political, ethnic and religious divisions, the Central African Republic's motto of “Unity, Dignity, and Work”... Read more
Europe’s leading human rights body passed a resolution on Wednesday calling ISIS atrocities a “genocide,” a week before the European... Read more
The dark nature of abortion and choice come into sharp relief when considering the human rights abuses which result from... Read more
As the world observes Human Rights Day, advocates have turned their focus to China for its egregious abuses, particularly the... Read more