Pope Repeats Call to Welcome Migrants Pope Francis in his January 14, 2018, homily on World Day of Migrants and Refugees repeated his call for Christians to welcome migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. He referred to his message for World Day of Migrants and Refugees: “Every stranger who knocks at our door is an opportunity…
ICOLF Director of MENA, Geoffrey Strickland, as well as Professors Jane Adolphe and Kevin Govern, were featured speakers at the Expert Meeting on relevant issues concerning the preparation of the Global Compacts on Migrants and Refugees within the United Nations System, kindly organized by Msgr. Piotr Mazurkiewicz at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw,…
https://zenit.org/articles/popes-message-for-world-day-of-peace-call-for-un-action/ Pope Francis said that peace is a “profound aspiration for everyone,” in his message for the January 1, 2018, celebration of World Day of Peace. The Vatican released the text on November 24, 2017. Peace is sought “for each individual and all peoples, and especially for those who most keenly suffer its absence.” The…
https://www.ieb-eib.org/en/pdf/surrogacy-motherhood-icjl.pdf Summary: This report address the exploitation of women and children which is inherent in all cases of surrogacy, whether commercial or altruistic. It further examines surrogacy as, in certain cases, a form of human trafficking. It also reviews currently case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the legislation of various countries…
This article views the Holy See’s relationship to the Committee on the Rights of the Child in light of the Holy See’s moral and spiritual mission to the world. The interpretation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) as it pertains to the teachings and activities of the Holy See is discussed…
