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Pope prays for child’s recovery after cable car disaster in Italy
May 26, 2021 · By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
Pope prays for child’s recovery after cable car disaster in Italy As Italian authorities investigate what caused a cable car to plunge 20 meters down into a mountainside in northern Italy, killing 14 people and leaving one child in serious condition, Pope Francis prayed for the child’s recovery and for everyone affected by the tragedy. The disaster occurred […]
Read More...Priest warns of crisis after Congo volcano erupts
May 26, 2021 · By Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
Priest warns of crisis after Congo volcano erupts A missionary priest in eastern Congo is warning of a crisis after a volcanic eruption flattened homes, destroyed structures and left thousands of people displaced near the city of Goma. Father Dennis Dashong Pam, assistant provincial superior of the Missionaries of Africa in the Central African province, said days […]
Read More...Assisted suicide could become law in England, Wales
May 26, 2021 · By Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
The Catholic Church remains opposed to any form of assisted suicide, says Bishop Sherrington Assisted suicide could become law in England, Wales England and Wales face “the very real threat” of assisted suicide becoming law, the bishops warned Catholics on the eve of the introduction of new bill to legalize the practice. Auxiliary Bishop John Sherrington of […]
Read More...Ex-police officer jailed for 29 years for child sexual abuse offences
May 25, 2021 · By Diane Taylor for www.theguardian.com
Former children’s football coach Stephen Henry Walker, 68, sentenced for offences against 15 victims Ex-police officer jailed for 29 years for child sexual abuse offences A former police officer and children’s football coach convicted of multiple counts of sexual abuse of children over more than four decades has been sentenced to 29 years in jail. […]
Read More...VICTIM OF FACEBOOK-FACILITATED CHILD EXPLOITATION TO SPEAK AT FACEBOOK ANNUAL MEETING
May 25, 2021 ·
VICTIM OF FACEBOOK-FACILITATED CHILD EXPLOITATION TO SPEAK AT FACEBOOK ANNUAL MEETING Survivor Comments to Support Resolution Backed by 43% of Non-Management Shares in 2020; Chief Concerns: Lack of Action to Curb Child Abuse and Exploitation Fueled by Facebook, the “Online Hub” of Child Predators. NEW YORK – May 24, 2021 – When Facebook management and […]
Read More...France’s elite confronted by sexual abuse scandals
May 25, 2021 · By Lucy Williamson for www.bbc.com
France’s elite confronted by sexual abuse scandals Anna Toumazoff chose a powerful hashtag to highlight sexual abuse at France’s top political science college. Sciences Po – the training ground for the country’s presidents, politicians and administrators – became #SciencesPorcs (Science Pigs). “This story is very French,” Anna told me. “Because it’s about great schools; it’s […]
Read More...Asia, the hub of modern slavery
May 25, 2021 · By Rock Ronald Rozario for www.ucanews.com
Slavery, one of the worst forms of degenerating human dignity, is part of the modern world despite its abolition more than 150 years ago Asia, the hub of modern slavery No other living beings enslave and abuse their own species, but the tragic story of human slavery continues unabated and spans both centuries and generations. The world has more slaves […]
Read More...Children tell of neglect, filth and fear in US asylum camps
May 25, 2021 · By Hilary Andersson and Anne Laurent for www.bbc.com
Children tell of neglect, filth and fear in US asylum camps The US has a vast system of detention sites scattered across the country, holding more than 20,000 migrant children. In a special investigation, the BBC has uncovered allegations of cold temperatures, sickness, neglect, lice and filth, through a series of interviews with children and […]
Read More...Ex-prosecutor Nazir Afzal to lead Catholic Church child abuse body
May 21, 2021 · By John McManus for www.bbc.com
US tips prompt German raids over child abuse images The former chief crown prosecutor in the Rochdale grooming gang cases has been appointed as the chairman of the Catholic Church’s new safeguarding body in England and Wales. Nazir Afzal’s appointment was welcomed by two survivors of abuse, who said “a seismic shift in culture” was […]
Read More...US tips prompt German raids over child abuse images
May 21, 2021 · By The Associated Press for abcnews.go.com
US tips prompt German raids over child abuse images BERLIN — German authorities searched more than 40 apartments and other buildings in Berlin on Wednesday in connection with the spread of child abuse images, after receiving tips from the U.S. authorities. The German news agency dpa quoted Berlin’s criminal police office as saying that 250 […]
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