This issue of A Public Witness highlights important voices of opposition to imperial plotting from a variety of religious groups, ranging from Lutherans to Baptists, Anglicans, Catholics, and others.
Several women religious who have spent decades working on the front lines in the fight against human trafficking have stressed the important role young people can play in eradicating the problem.
Archbishop Jorge Lozano of San Juan, Argentina, doesn’t look like one of the most influential people in the Catholic Church: His pectoral cross is wooden, handmade for him by a prison inmate. The “chain” is of jute instead of a precious metal.
The United States is returning to the UN Human Rights Council more than three years after Former President Donald Trump withdrew from the body.
A proposal to require so-called “buffer zones” around abortion clinics - an area where protests would not be allowed - is reportedly drawing support in Northern Ireland’s parliament. If passed, the law, which has progressed past the first legislative stage, would be the first of its kind in the United Kingdom.
Deadly gunfights in Beirut have left six people dead and dozens more injured during violent protests over an investigation into last year's huge explosion at a Lebanese port.
Two Philippine dioceses announced they would close cemeteries on All Saints’ and All Souls’ days for the second consecutive year due to rising COVID-19 cases.
The Totus Tuus award is known as the ‘Catholic Nobel’ in Poland.
Five biracial women born in Congo when the country was under Belgian rule who were taken away from their Black mothers and separated from their African roots are suing the Belgian state for crimes against humanity.
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A video of a father and son weeping tears of joy after the birth of their newest family member is touching the hearts of thousands who have viewed the special moment from earlier this year.
