The Holy Father said rapid technological developments have profoundly shaped how society understands what it means to be human in our world today. “To the beloved people of Nicaragua: I encourage you ...
Ours is a society of many backgrounds and beliefs, all united by shared values. Foremost among these values is commitment to the inherent value of every human being. It’s a principle we find in the ...
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Pharaoh, Iran and the battle for human dignity

Jews cannot be indifferent to those who are fighting for their freedom; we learned very early on that resisting tyrants is a ...
The Vatican on Tuesday launched new pastoral care guidelines for the protection and promotion of human life to mark the 30th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s encyclical letter Evangelium Vitae. With ...
One modern advocacy group, Reproductive Freedom for All, states that it fights for “reproductive freedom for everybody.” But who do we mean by “everybody”? Does freedom for some come at the cost of ...
The investment portfolio is a powerful lever that nonprofits and faith-based organizations can use to support their missions. Not all of the over 200,000 nonprofits that have investment accounts or ...
Thomas G. Plante is the Augustin Cardinal Bea, SJ University professor, professor of psychology at Santa Clara University and emeritus adjunct professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of ...
It's been 25 years since I moved to the United Kingdom. On a recent visit to my home state of Goa in western India, I talked with our gardener, who had migrated to Goa from Bihar in northern India ...
Pope Leo XIV pictured in May addressing Catholic faithful from the Vatican balcony in Vatican City, Vatican. On Friday, the American-born Catholic Church head urged Italy's intelligence officials to ...
Apart from being a pervasive concept of present-day law, human dignity is a phenomenon regularly experienced by people in their lives. Yet before any protection for it can be advanced, it is ...
What does “near death” mean when death can occur anytime in life? The reality of a mortal existence determines that life is precious. For this reason, we are impelled to cultivate life. We know, ...
Rev. Val Handwerker, a retired Memphis priest, greets the men, women, and children summoned to immigration court. “I want them to know they are not alone.” (Photo: Karen Pulfer Focht) A 4-year-old ...