May, 2016
The Candidate of Your Choice
May 5, 2016 ·
The Candidate of Your Choice Fr. Shay Cullen 5 May 2016 What is it that drives voters, the common people, to cry out and vote for the false messiah to be their president and leader? Some voters are drawn away from more virtuous leadership and favor unrealistic fantastic promises of the bombastic candidate. Even if […]
Read More...Adam Johnson jailed for six years
May 5, 2016 · By England for www.bbc.com
Footballer Adam Johnson has been jailed for six years for grooming and sexual activity with a girl aged 15. Sentencing the ex-Sunderland player, Judge Jonathan Rose told him he had abused a position of trust and caused his victim “severe psychological harm”. The judge told Johnson, 28, he had engaged in sexual activity with her […]
Read More...INDIGENIOUS PEOPLE ARE THE MOST AFFECTED BY RECKLESS MINING
May 4, 2016 ·
The case of mining is quite different from agriculture. If agriculture is about cultivating and caring for the land, mining is about extracting resources—typically in pursuit of profit, often short-term profit divorced from the common good. Pope Francis is clear about this: “The earth’s resources are also being plundered because of short-sighted approaches to the […]
Read More...PREDA FAIR TRADE VOLUNTEERS PLANTS THOUSANDS OF FRUIT TREES
May 4, 2016 ·
FAIR TRADE SUSTAINS MARGINALIZED FARMERS. Laudato si’ Caring for Creation in Agriculture and Mining – Agriculture – There are few human activities more fundamental than agriculture. Cultivation and domestication are ancient in origin, and now we rely on sustainable agriculture to feed and nourish the world’s people. This is more important than ever in a […]
Read More...Mercy: Austrian bishop says ‘no’ to border fence on church property
May 3, 2016 · By www.thebostonpilot.com
IENNA (CNS) — An Austrian bishop said the government may not use church property to build a border fence to keep out refugees. “A border fence contradicts both the Gospel and the clear appeal of Pope Francis to Europe,” said Bishop Agidius Zsfikovics of Eisenstadt. “This is especially true in our diocese, which functioned in […]
Read More...BISHOPS: PROTECT CHILDREN FROM PORNOGRAPHY
May 3, 2016 · By cgcatholic.org.au
EXPOSURE to pornography harms children to such an extent it should be considered child abuse, Australia’s Catholic bishops said in a recent call for action. “Children have a right to be children, away from the pressures applied by advertising and other images on television and the internet for them to dress and act as mini-adults. […]
Read More...Eight Swedish Interns graduate at the Preda Social practicum course.
May 2, 2016 ·
APRIL 2016 Preda Foundation,Olongapo City . INTERNSHIP FOR STUDENTS OF ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCAIL WORK,PSYCHOLOGY,LAW, FAIR TRADE BUSINESS, HUMAN AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Smiling and happy the eight students of Uma University in Sweden completed their 30 days intensive practicum training at the Preda Social and Human Development training course. This program has been successfully offere for […]
Read More...Supreme court grants FBI massive expansion of powers to hack computers.
May 2, 2016 ·
Intelligence committee senator said he plans to introduce bill to block expansion to ‘rule 41’ on warrants for suspects who hide their location, set for December FBI demands new powers to hack into computers and carry out surveillance. The US Congress has seven months to block a potentially massive expansion of the government’s ability […]
Read More...Drought forcing farmers to eat rats, Caritas slams government
May 2, 2016 · By PHILIPPINES for www.asianews.it
Peter Geremia, a PIME missionary Arakan Valley, describes the tragic situation farmers face as a result of El Niño. For him, “Rice distribution is proceeding too slowly”. On 1 April, police killed two protesters demanding rice. Caritas blames the authorities for not handing out financial aid to the agricultural sector. Davao (AsiaNews) – The situation […]
Read More...Toxic Poison on Rhino and Elephant Horns and Tusks will save them?
May 2, 2016 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
The controversial remedy being used by some conservationists is to lace the horns and tusks of living Rhino and Elephants with a toxin harmful to human but harmless to the animals.This they say will make the tusks and horns worthless and even dangerous for carving and medicine. It could make the male Chinese sterile. That […]
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