Church's human rights record a mixed bag. From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: December 11, 1998| Author: ALLEN, JOHN L. JR. | COPYRIGHT 1998 National Catholic Reporter. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Catholic Church receives a moderate report card for the way it has handled human rights issues in since the late 1940s. part of the problem stems from the Church's reluctance to get involved in complex political situations.

Evaluating the Catholic church's record on human rights in the past 50 years is a lot like deciding whether a glass is half full or half empty.

From one point of view, it's a stow of breathtaking transformation, In 1948, when the United Nations...

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