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European Council President Charles Michel addresses the European Parliament plenary session in Brussels in this April 26, 2021, file photo. Members of the European Parliament have adopted a report that defines access to abortion as a human right. Europe's Catholic bishops and pro-life groups have strongly criticized the statement. (CNS photo/Johanna Geron, Reuters)

European Parliament calls access to abortion a human right

Catholic News Agency|Jun 24, 2021|2 Min Read

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations, speaks at the U.N. in New York City Jan. 27, 2020. (Gregory A. Shemitz/CNS)

World

Human rights are undermined when elderly are cast aside, says U.N. nuncio

Catholic News Service|Apr 5, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis poses with Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations, Jan. 11, 2021, in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Internally displaced people have rights, deserve protection, says nuncio

Catholic News Service|Mar 12, 2021|3 Min Read

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (Shutterstock via CNA)

World

US recognizes China's treatment of Uyghurs as 'genocide'

Catholic News Agency|Jan 19, 2021|4 Min Read

Uyghurs at a mosque in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China, September 2010. (Preston Rhea/Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 via CNA)

World

Open letter calls for investigation into mistreatment of Uyghurs

Christine Rousselle|Jan 16, 2021|2 Min Read

(Flickr via CNA)

World

China deemed a top religious freedom concern in 2021

Matt Hadro|Jan 13, 2021|3 Min Read

Catholic church in the city of Akure, Nigeria. (Jordi C/Shutterstock via CNA)

World

Nigerian Christians facing 'calculated genocide,' Catholic bishop tells Congress

Matt Hadro|Dec 18, 2020|4 Min Read

Congolese women are pictured in a file photo outside their home near Goma. Congolese bishops are calling for the establishment of a special criminal court to try those responsible for massive violations of human rights, including the rape of thousands of women. (CNS photo/Finbarr O'Reilly, Reuters)

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Congolese bishops call for special court to try war crimes

Fredrick Nzwili|Oct 21, 2020|3 Min Read

Archbishop Gabriele G. Caccia, the Holy See's new permanent observer to the United Nations, delivers the homily during his welcome Mass at Holy Family Church in New York City Jan. 28, 2020.Archbishop Caccia's Oct. 12 address to the Sixth Committee of the U.N. General Assembly called for absolute condemnation of terrorists. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

World

Terrorists' disdain for life, freedom must be condemned, nuncio tells U.N.

Catholic News Service|Oct 19, 2020|5 Min Read

Uyghurs learn gardening at reeducation camp (vocational skills training center) in Moyu County, Hotan Prefecture in Xinjiang. (Azamat Imanaliev/Shutterstock via CNA)

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Uyghur detention centers in Xinjiang expanding, researchers find

Catholic News Agency|Sep 24, 2020|4 Min Read

In this June 10, 2020, file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/Pool/AP via Crux)

World

Trump’s top envoy urges Vatican to challenge China on religious freedom

Elise Ann Allen|Sep 21, 2020|4 Min Read

Asia Bibi -- the Pakistani Catholic woman who spent nearly a decade on death row after she was falsely accused of blasphemy -- is pictured in Paris Feb. 26, 2020. Human rights activists were shocked after Bibi dissociated herself from her autobiography, due out later in September. (CNS photo/Thomas Oswald, courtesy Aid to the Church in Need)

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Activists shocked after Asia Bibi dissociates herself from autobiography

Catholic News Service|Sep 2, 2020|4 Min Read

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