World News
Catholic priests in France ‘must report abuse allegations heard in confession’
November 9, 2021 · By Angelique Chrisafis in Paris for www.theguardian.com
Catholic priests in France ‘must report abuse allegations heard in confession’ Catholic priests must report all child sexual abuse allegations to police, including if they hear about it in the secrecy of the confession box, the French interior minister has said after reprimanding France’s top bishop for claiming that the secrecy of the Catholic confessional […]
Read More...‘Everything is at stake’ as world gathers for climate talks
November 3, 2021 · By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS for apnews.com
‘Everything is at stake’ as world gathers for climate talks More than one world leader says humanity’s future, even survival, hangs in the balance when international officials meet in Scotland to try to accelerate efforts to curb climate change. Temperatures, tempers and hyperbole have all ratcheted up ahead of the U.N. summit. And the risk […]
Read More...The earth’s suffering reflects the cry of the poor, everyone’s cry
November 3, 2021 · By Sr Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp for www.vaticannews.va
The earth’s suffering reflects the cry of the poor, everyone’s cry In just a few days, world leaders will gather in Glasgow for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), which will take place from 31 October to 12 November. One of its objectives is to “accelerate action towards the goals of the […]
Read More...Pope calls Biden a ‘good Catholic’ during meeting
November 3, 2021 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
Pope calls Biden a ‘good Catholic’ during meeting US President Joe Biden has said Pope Francis called him a “good Catholic” as they met at the Vatican at the start of a European trip aimed at reasserting US international credentials. The meeting at the Vatican lasted more than an hour, longer than Mr Biden’s two […]
Read More...Merck Will Share Formula for Its Covid Pill With Poor Countries
November 2, 2021 · By Stephanie Nolen for www.nytimes.com
Merck Will Share Formula for Its Covid Pill With Poor Countries Merck has granted a royalty-free license for its promising Covid-19 pill to a United Nations-backed nonprofit in a deal that would allow the drug to be manufactured and sold cheaply in the poorest nations, where vaccines for the coronavirus are in devastatingly short supply. […]
Read More...‘Pandemic will end when world chooses to end it’ – WHO chief
November 2, 2021 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
‘Pandemic will end when world chooses to end it’ – WHO chief World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said the Covid-19 pandemic will end “when the world chooses to end it”. “It is in our hands. We have all the tools we need – effective public health tools and effective medical tools – […]
Read More...Greta Thunberg: ‘We need public pressure, not just summits’
November 2, 2021 · By COP26 for www.bbc.com
Greta Thunberg: ‘We need public pressure, not just summits’ Climate activist Greta Thunberg has told the BBC that summits will not lead to action on climate goals unless the public demand change too. In a wide-ranging interview ahead of the COP26 climate summit, she said the public needed to “uproot the system”. “The change is […]
Read More...Rights groups slam Myanmar junta’s rearrest of political prisoners
October 29, 2021 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
Rights groups slam Myanmar junta’s rearrest of political prisoners International and local rights groups have slammed Myanmar’s military regime for rearresting political prisoners who were freed days earlier under an amnesty. On Oct. 18, junta chief Min Aung Hlaing granted amnesties to 4,320 people facing trial for their role in protests against the Feb. 1 […]
Read More...Covid: Virus may have killed 80k-180k health workers, WHO says
October 29, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Covid: Virus may have killed 80k-180k health workers, WHO says Covid has severely affected healthcare staff and may have killed between 80,000 and 180,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Healthcare workers must be prioritised for vaccines, WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, and he criticised unfairness in the distribution of jabs. The deaths occurred […]
Read More...Southern Baptist leader resigns amid rifts over sex abuse
October 28, 2021 · By HOLLY MEYER for apnews.com
Southern Baptist leader resigns amid rifts over sex abuse NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A top Southern Baptist Convention administrator is resigning amid internal rifts over how to handle an investigation into the SBC’s response to sexual abuse, a decision that underscores the broader ongoing turmoil in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Ronnie Floyd, president and […]
Read More...
