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As Japan hikes military spending, Asian bishops need nuclear unity
May 18, 2022 · By Ben Joseph for www.ucanews.com
As Japan hikes military spending, Asian bishops need nuclear unity The Vatican and Pope Francis have always pinned great hopes on war-renouncing Japan to spearhead a nuclear-free world. But the country with a pacifist constitution is all set to reverse its long-term fall in military spending under its new prime minister, who met the supreme […]
Read More...Cardinal Zen’s arrest in Hong Kong sparks global outrage
May 17, 2022 · By Rock Ronald Rozario for www.ucanews.com
Cardinal Zen’s arrest in Hong Kong sparks global outrage Hong Kong’s national security police granted bail to outspoken Cardinal Joseph Zen and three activists hours after arresting them on charges of “colluding with foreign forces” for their association with a now-defunct humanitarian fund for pro-democracy protesters, media reports say. Cardinal Zen, 90, a former bishop […]
Read More...A pope who dares to be normal
May 17, 2022 · By Robert Mickens | Vatican City for international.la-croix.com
Pope Francis, who is being slowed by age and ailments, is not afraid to use a wheelchair, as any normal person in his condition would do. A pope who dares to be normal Not long after Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was chosen Bishop of Rome in March 2013, observers began saying his pontificate marked a […]
Read More...Myanmar army targets historic Catholic village
May 17, 2022 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
Myanmar army targets historic Catholic village The military has continued to target a historic Catholic village in Myanmar’s central Bamar heartland while the junta’s assault on civilians in predominantly Christian regions remains unabated. At least 20 houses were burned during a military raid on Chan Thar village in the Sagaing region on May 7, according […]
Read More...Madeleine McCann Was Sold to a Pedo Ring Who Killed Her Says Prosecutor
May 17, 2022 · By Barbie Latza Nadeau for news.yahoo.com
Madeleine McCann Was Sold to a Pedo Ring Who Killed Her Says Prosecutor Just a few days shy of what would be Madeleine McCann’s 19th birthday, a break in the case points to everyone’s worst fears: that the young Briton was abducted, sold and killed by a pedophile sex ring that worked in and around the Portuguese resort […]
Read More...The impending apocalypse in Asia
May 16, 2022 · By Ben Joseph for www.ucanews.com
The impending apocalypse in Asia In this handout photo taken and released by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) Communication Department on August 11, 2019, shows the landslide site at Kavalappara-Bhoothanam, in Malappuram district of India’s Kerala state. A UN report says the world will witness more than 10 natural disasters a week by 2030 […]
Read More...When parents turn children into weapons, everybody loses
May 16, 2022 · By JENNIFER HARMAN, THE CONVERSATION for www.rappler.com
When parents turn children into weapons, everybody loses ‘Many adults who were alienated from a parent as a child report feeling helpless and disconnected from their emotions and having problems trusting other people’ Domestic abuse can involve one parent using a child as a weapon against the other parent, which harms the child in […]
Read More...Living in the world that is while hoping for a better one
May 16, 2022 · By UCANews for www.ucanews.com
Living in the world that is while hoping for a better one I never met my uncle Martin. If he were alive today, he would be in his 90s, but he died when he was three years old, a victim of what would today be a minor infection. However, before the development of antibiotics there […]
Read More...60 dead after school bombed in east Ukraine, says Zelensky
May 16, 2022 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
60 dead after school bombed in east Ukraine, says Zelensky Sixty civilians died in the bombing of a school in eastern Ukraine’s Lugansk region this weekend, President Volodymyr Zelensky said today. “Just yesterday in the village of Bilogorivka, Lugansk region, a Russian bomb killed 60 people. Civilians,” Mr Zelensky said during an address to the G7 […]
Read More...U2 stars Bono and Edge support Ukraine with gig in Kyiv bomb shelter
May 13, 2022 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
U2 stars Bono and Edge support Ukraine with gig in Kyiv bomb shelter Bono and The Edge from U2 played a gig in a bomb shelter in Kyiv, Ukraine, today after being invited to perform by President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Dublin band shared the news in a post on Twitter: “President @ZelenskyyUa invited us to […]
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