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Brazil possesses both a strictly secular government and a richly spiritual society formed from the meeting of the Roman Catholic Church with the religious traditions of...

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2009 Berkley Center Lectures with Hans Joas: Violence and the Origins of Human Rights
October 26, 2009
2009 Berkley Center Lectures with Hans Joas: Punishment, Rights, and the Sacredness of the Person
October 27, 2009
2009 Berkley Center Lectures with Hans Joas: Human Rights and Universal Values
October 28, 2009
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Religion and the Global Politics of Human Rights
March 21, 2011
Female Genital Cutting: Cultural, Religious, and Human Rights Dimensions of a Complex Development Issue
April 15, 2012
The Sanctity of Human Life
April 29, 2009
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A Discussion with Hassan Omar Hassan, Commissioner, Kenyan National Human Rights Commission, Nairobi, Kenya
June 28, 2010
A Discussion with Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Founder, Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies in Cairo and the Arab Organization for Human Rights
December 12, 2007
A Discussion with Mohamed Sahnoun, Chairman of the Caux Forum on Human Security
September 28, 2011
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Alexander Kostura on Catholicism, Crime, and Human Rights in Argentina
October 22, 2007
Michael Meaney on the Human Rights Crisis of North American Immigration
November 4, 2010
Katharine Davis on the Role of the Catholic Church in Politics in Chile
March 1, 2007
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Sufi Culture and Human Development
May 2, 2007
Meetings Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development; Geneva, Switzerland, and in Cairo, Egypt: Back to Office Report
December 17, 2006
Obama, Clinton Put on Their Sunday Best
April 10, 2008
Heldercamara

Helder Camara

Dom Hélder Pessoa Câmara was Archbishop of Olinda and Recife. He is best known for his commitment to the poor and his staunch opposition to the military regime that governed Brazil from 1964-85. Within the Church, he promoted several progressive causes, including the strengthening of Basic Ecclesial Communities. He was co-founder of the National Bishops' Conference of Brazil and an active participant in the Second Vatican Council and the first four meetings of the Latin American Episcopal Conference. His defense of human rights and his struggle for the poor and marginalized won him international recognition and four nominations to the Nobel Peace Prize. Among his most famous statements is: "When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist."