Social Justice

Hong Kong religious leaders voice climate change alarm

Interfaith statement calls for worldwide consensus on how to halt global warming

Pope backtracks on 'rabbits' comments, praises big families

Days after urging Catholics not to 'be like rabbits', Francis says 'every child is a blessing'

Myanmar monk's sexist comments should be condemned by govt: UN

Human rights chief says such treatment of a UN special rapporteur is 'utterly unacceptable'

New Sri Lanka govt vows investigations into high-profile murders

'Until a month ago, people were scared to talk' about the killings: lawyer

US, activists call for probe into Myanmar teacher deaths

Killings spark outrage in Shan and Kachin states

Abuse, corruption endemic in Cambodia’s prisons

Cash flow dictates treatment, family visits and access to food, water, daylight and fresh air

Philippine police arrest 'pranksters' for bomb joke at papal mass

Trio could face five years in jail for 'making fun of' police officers

Pope says Catholics do not need to breed 'like rabbits'

Appeals to world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics to practice responsible parenting

Myanmar frees prominent Rohingya doctor

Groups urge govt to release remaining political prisoners and activists still behind bars

Homeless girls pray for a papal visit

Waiting on Francis, true leadership at typhoon’s ‘ground zero’

For some, love for the pontiff also stems from a void of leadership in the Philippines

Francis tells youth to ensure women's role in society

Notes small number of women at his meeting with students at Pontifical University of Santo Tomas