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Southern Baptist abuse claims under DoJ investigation
August 16, 2022 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Southern Baptist abuse claims under DoJ investigation Leaders of the largest Protestant denomination in the US say the authorities have started an inquiry into sexual abuse by its clergy. Lawyers for the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) said they would co-operate with the investigation “fully and completely”. A report in May said the SBC had covered […]
Read More...African bishops lament inability to stop youth migration
August 11, 2022 · By Ngala Killian Chimtom, Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
African bishops lament inability to stop youth migration In the din of Yaoundé’s traffic, thousands of youths comb various offices, documents in hand, in search of jobs. As frustration sets in, many see a future beyond the country’s shores. That is how Jannet left Cameroon two years ago. A recruiter told her she would have […]
Read More...Rohingya leaders shot dead in Bangladesh camp
August 11, 2022 · By AFP for www.ucanews.com
Rohingya leaders shot dead in Bangladesh camp Two Rohingya community leaders were shot dead in one of Bangladesh’s refugee camps, police said Wednesday, the latest in a string of killings in the settlements. The sprawling camps house nearly one million Rohingya refugees that fled to Bangladesh after a military offensive in neighbouring Myanmar five years […]
Read More...Myanmar junta ‘committing systematic crimes against humanity’
August 11, 2022 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
Myanmar junta ‘committing systematic crimes against humanity’ Myanmar’s military junta has committed crimes against humanity systematically amid ongoing conflicts in the beleaguered country following the coup last year, according to a new report by the United Nations. The UN’s Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) said in its annual report on Aug. 9 that sexual […]
Read More...Hearing Canada Indigenous horror like being ‘slapped’: pope
August 4, 2022 · By Agence France-Presse for news.abs-cbn.com
Hearing Canada Indigenous horror like being ‘slapped’: pope VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday likened hearing first-hand tales of abuse at Catholic-run schools from Indigenous victims in Canada to being slapped. Many children were physically and sexually abused at the schools, and thousands are believed to have died of disease, malnutrition or neglect in […]
Read More...Georgia day care employees charged with child abuse of 3-year-old caught on video
August 4, 2022 · By Allie Griffin for nypost.com
Georgia day care employees charged with child abuse of 3-year-old caught on video Two workers at a church day care in Georgia have been charged in a child abuse case for allegedly slamming around a 3-year-old boy in a caught-on-video incident. The Clarkston Police Department issued arrest warrants Friday for Bernetta Glover and Autumn Coney on […]
Read More...Faith groups praised for response during Covid pandemic
August 3, 2022 · By Paul Jeffrey, Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
Faith groups praised for response during Covid pandemic Leaders of the global response to HIV and AIDS who gathered in Montreal for the International AIDS Conference praised faith leaders for their contribution to fighting the four decade-old pandemic. “Faith leaders have helped to keep us on track. You have provided hope to millions of people […]
Read More...‘Drug mules’ fill women’s jails in Hong Kong
August 3, 2022 · By AFP for www.ucanews.com
‘Drug mules’ fill women’s jails in Hong Kong Zoila Lecarnaque Saavedra sealed her fate when she agreed to transport a package from Peru to Hong Kong — a decision that landed her more than eight years in prison. A quarter of Hong Kong’s prisoners are women, a record-high percentage skewed by impoverished foreign drug mules […]
Read More...Nuclear annihilation just one miscalculation away, UN chief warns
August 2, 2022 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Nuclear annihilation just one miscalculation away, UN chief warns The world is one misstep from devastating nuclear war and in peril not seen since the Cold War, the UN Secretary General has warned. “We have been extraordinarily lucky so far,” Antonio Guterres said. Amid rising global tensions, “humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away […]
Read More...Indian pastor arrested for alleged human trafficking
August 2, 2022 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
Indian pastor arrested for alleged human trafficking A protestant pastor and his two associates were arrested by police in the southern Indian state of Kerala on suspicion of being involved in the trafficking of minor girls. Police said they have rescued 12 girls, aged between nine and 12, traveling with the three men who were […]
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