On March 25, 2023, Center for Human Rights Fellow Chen Guangcheng was invited to attend an anti-Communist Party protest outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC. Guangcheng brought several other renowned human rights activists with him, including China Aid President Bob Fu and three women whose husbands are currently imprisoned by the Communist Party. The protest was organized by The Catholic University of America’s Young Americans for Freedom.
On February 1, 2024, The Catholic University of America’s Institute for Human Ecology and Busch School of Business hosted a screening of The Hong Konger, a gripping documentary produced by the Acton Institute. The film tells the story of Jimmy Lai, a prominent Hong Kong media tycoon who found himself at the center of escalating political turmoil as the city’s freedoms came under threat from the Chinese Communist Party. The event took place on campus, drawing students, faculty, and community members concerned about the fate of democracy in Hong Kong and beyond.
On September 19, 2024, The Catholic University of America’s Center for Human Rights welcomed Father Kevin Flannery, S.J., a distinguished moral philosopher and former consultor to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, to deliver the fifth annual Human Rights Lecture. Father Flannery presented a profound reflection on the nature of conscience, drawing deeply from the classical and Christian intellectual tradition.
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