Faith Faith and Reason
David HollenbachMay 13, 2020As we face the challenge of Covid-19, our obligations to the citizens of our own country must not negate our duties to global humanity. Active support for the poor and the displaced will be essential in longer-term efforts for a more just, more inclusive and healthier post-crisis world.
Politics & Society Faith and Reason
David HollenbachOctober 21, 2019If solidarity extends only as far as national or cultural borders, refugees will not receive the support they need.
David HollenbachDecember 22, 2015
Christian ethics forbids actions and policies that in effect treat those of other countries who are in grave need as nonpersons.
Politics & Society
David HollenbachMarch 05, 2012Catholic teaching on the church's rightsand the rights of all
Signs Of the Times
David HollenbachNovember 02, 2009What happens in Sudan will have important effects on its neighboring countries, all of whom have experienced grave humanitarian crises in recent years.
Signs Of the Times
David HollenbachSeptember 28, 2009Nearly two years after a controversial presidential election prompted widespread violence, Kenya remains a country on the brink of crisis.
David HollenbachJanuary 15, 2007
More than 33 million refugees and internally displaced people languish in the world today. A disproportionate percentage of them live in Africa. Most have been driven from their homes by armed strife. Such displacement is often overlooked in discussions of the duty to protect civilians in warfare. K