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Since peace is the harmony of order among human beings, that harmony is preserved when each person is given his due

Bartolomé de Las Casas

All of us are bound unconditionally to help the oppressed, to help those suffering under violence, injury, any evil, with whatever we have, both by the law of nature and the law of charity

Bartolomé de Las Casas

The social structure of human life cannot be maintained unless the rights of every person are preserved

Bartolomé de Las Casas

Justice has its birth, its roots, in the presentation of the truth

Bartolomé de Las Casas

Las Casas

The mission of the Institute is to promote critical reflection on questions of human dignity in the light of Catholic social teaching and theology.

Forthcoming Events

20^th Sep

Human Dignity and Mental Health

20th Sep

A closed workshop by the Las Casas Institute

News

In the marketplace of ideas

Hadas: Vatican asks the right financial questions

Lights and Shadows of Modern Labour

An article written by Dr Edward Hadas for the Humanum Review

Fr Richard Finn visits St Michael's Catholic High School in Watford

Fr Richard Finn visits St Michael's Catholic High School in Watford.

Human Dignity and Diminished Capacity

One day workshop

Human Dignity and Bioethics

Lecture in the Human Dignity Series, delivered by Archbishop Paglia