December, 2015
Sonny Bill Williams criticised for dead Syrian children photos
December 30, 2015 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Rugby union star Sonny Bill Williams has posted graphic images of dead children on Twitter after a visit to Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon. Williams, who played a starring role in New Zealand’s Rugby World Cup win, was in Lebanon as a Unicef ambassador. On Tuesday night he tweeted graphic images of two bodies, adding, […]
Read More...‘Comfort women’: Taiwan tells Japan to extend compensation
December 29, 2015 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Japan must apologise and compensate Taiwanese women used as wartime sex slaves, the island’s government says. President Ma Ying-jeou demanded Japan “return justice and dignity to them”. The call came a day after Japan and South Korea reached a landmark deal on the issue of “comfort women”. Estimates suggest up to 200,000 women were sex […]
Read More...Róisin Seoighe wins PREDA charity song contest with Freedom Day.
December 25, 2015 ·
A 16-year-old girl has stunned the music industry in Ireland with a brilliant song called Freedom Day, which highlights the suffering of thousands of children facing poverty and oppression across the world. Róisin Seoighe won a contest organised by the charity PREDA with a song called Freedom Day. Irish singer Damien Dempsey admitted to being […]
Read More...A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO ALL.
December 25, 2015 ·
A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO ALL. Fr.shay Cullen It’s Christmas eve and tonight with all the children we will be singing (some out of tune 🙂 the songs of Christmas. These are children 6 to 16 years of age rescued from bad circumstances and with no happy home to go to. Preda with your help and […]
Read More...The Astounding Child from Nazareth.
December 25, 2015 ·
The Astounding Child from Nazareth Fr. Shay Cullen For millions of Filipinos, Christmas is a celebration of the family. They come together from around the world, they delight in the togetherness and sharing of respect. They honor the aged, they bless the children, they feed the hungry. They fill the churches with light, song and […]
Read More...Childhood lessons of anger and violence are never forgotten.
December 25, 2015 ·
Pope Francis returned to one of his favoured themes in his homily at midnight mass on Christmas Eve at the Vatican, castigating a hedonistic and consumerist society and a culture of indifference. Meanwhile, one of his senior cardinals, Vincent Nichols, the archbishop of Westminster and the leader of the Catholic church in England, focused his […]
Read More...A Papal challenge to the cardinals of cash.
December 25, 2015 ·
Pope Francis demands accountability and transparency in Vatican finances.Pope Francis has warned the Roman Catholic church against hypocrisy on the issue of poverty, saying it was impossible to speak about the poor and the homeless and yet lead the “life of a pharaoh”. The comments were made in an interview with Straatnieuws, a Dutch newspaper […]
Read More...Famous San Marino Dance group performs at Preda Christmas party.
December 22, 2015 ·
Famous San Marino Dance group performs at Preda Christmas party. 22 December 2015 Preda News The traditional dance group I Fanciullie La Corta De Olnano from the Independent republic of San Marino performed at the Preda Center for children last 22 December to the thunderous applause and excitement of the children and their parents numbering […]
Read More...Freedom day song saves jailed children.
December 21, 2015 ·
Freedom day song saves jailed children. Shay Cullen A 16 year old school girl is hitting the news with her phenomenal emotive Song of Freedom. This is a time for us to promote the great values and virtues of human life : Freedom and justice ,truth and humanitarian action for the most vulnerable and abused […]
Read More...The Injustice that Causes Poverty.
December 18, 2015 ·
The Injustice that Causes Poverty Fr. Shay Cullen Christmas is here already and we have to think what it means. It’s much more than Santa Claus and consumerism. It’s about compassion, love for the poor and seeking justice in an unjust world. Jesus was sent to help change it. We must carry on this mission. […]
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