March, 2014
On 1st anniversary, pope defends slum priests¹
March 17, 2014 ·
Associated Press 12:09 pm | Friday, March 14th, 2014 A woman touches a religious figure beside a banner of Pope Francis reading in Spanish, ³The Pope of the people of the slum² as she attends a mass in his honor at the 1-11-14 slum¹s church in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, March 13, 2014. On the […]
Read More...Papal Rock star
March 17, 2014 ·
Philippine Daily Inquirer 12:25 am | Saturday, March 15th, 2014 Editorial Has it been only a year? It feels much longer than that‹and not because of a sense of tedium or despair, but because of the myriad little things that add up to what looks like a sea change in the Vatican ever since Cardinal […]
Read More...Rwandan ex-intel chief convicted in genocide trial
March 17, 2014 ·
By JAMEY KEATEN / Associated Press / March 14, 2014 PARIS (AP) ‹ Paris court delivered France¹s first-ever conviction for genocide Friday, sentencing a Rwandan former intelligence chief to 25 years in prison over the 1994 killings of at least 500,000 people in the African country. The landmark trial of 54-year-old Pascal Simbikangwa sets off what could be […]
Read More...The 6-year-old Sandy Hook hero
March 17, 2014 ·
By MICHAEL ZENNIE 19 October 2013 € New report reveals Jesse Lewis 6, saved six classmates by telling them to run when Adam Lanza’s gun ran out of bullets but was shot dead for his bravery when the killer reloaded . Jesse courageously shouted for his classmates to run while gunman Adam Lanza was […]
Read More...The injustice that leads to violence.
March 17, 2014 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen The massacre of 20 elementary school children and six teachers at the Sandy Hook school in Connecticut on 14 December 2012 continues to mystify psychologists and social workers ,they and most people cannot explain what drove the killer to such wanton violence. He killed his mother some hours earlier that day and as police closed […]
Read More...Death row inmate Glenn Ford released 30 years after wrongful conviction
March 13, 2014 ·
Man found guilty of murder by all-white jury in deeply flawed trial had one of America¹s longest-ever waits for exoneration Glenn Ford, 64, talks to the media as he leaves the maximum-security Angola prison in Louisiana. Source: WAFB-TV 9 Glenn Ford has been freed from the notorious Angola prison in Louisiana having lived under the […]
Read More...INTERNATIONAL WOMEN/S DAY
March 12, 2014 ·
Preda children and youth paraded in Olongapo city last 8 March to celebrate the dignity and rights of women.They are all victims of exploitation and abuse and have a strong motivation to advocate for the rights and dignity of women and children . They are empowered at Preda Foundation to speak out and demand their […]
Read More...DEVELOPMENT COURSE ON OFFER IN DUBLIN ,IRELAND
March 12, 2014 ·
DEVELOPMENT COURSE ON OFFER IN DUBLIN ,IRELAND Dear Friends and students , The Kimmage Development Studies Centre, Dublin have some new course offerings Understanding & Addressing Gender Based Violence in Development Contexts http://www.kodeonline.com/GBVbrochure.pdf Child Protection in Development Practice http://www.kodeonline.com/CPbrochure.pdf Both of these courses are offered through our KODE – Kimmage Open & Distance Education Programme […]
Read More...Lord Justice Fulford backed paedophile campaign, paper claims
March 11, 2014 ·
A top judge campaigned to support a paedophile group that tried to legalise sex with children, a newspaper claims. The Mail on Sunday said Lord Justice Fulford was a founder member of a campaign to defend the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE). The judge told the BBC he had “no memory” of this, but had in […]
Read More...Run for Freedom 2014
March 6, 2014 ·
Credit to photographer Gerry O’ Gara for the images. His website is www.peakepics.com
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