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Muhammad Yunus: Nobel laureate sentenced to jail in Bangladesh
January 5, 2024 · By Anbarasan Ethirajan, BBC News for www.bbc.com
Muhammad Yunus: Nobel laureate sentenced to jail in Bangladesh A court in Bangladesh has sentenced the Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for violating the country’s labour laws. Prof Yunus’ supporters say the case is politically motivated. The acclaimed economist and three colleagues from Grameen Telecom – one of the firms he […]
Read More...Pope offers usual Christmas message of hope while lamenting ‘the little Jesuses of today’ lost to war, migration and abortion
January 4, 2024 · By Elise Ann Allen for catholicherald.co.uk
Pope offers usual Christmas message of hope while lamenting ‘the little Jesuses of today’ lost to war, migration and abortion At the end of a year marked by the outbreak of fresh wars and by various personal health crises, Pope Francis at Christmas offered a message of hope, saying Jesus’s birth brings light to a […]
Read More...Ortega arrests two senior priests in continued crackdown on Nicaraguan clergy
January 4, 2024 · By Simon Caldwell for catholicherald.co.uk
Ortega arrests two senior priests in continued crackdown on Nicaraguan clergy Police in Nicaragua have arrested two more Catholic priests after they prayed in public for a bishop jailed for life when he refused to go into exile. The arrests of Fr Carlos Aviles and Fr Hector Treminio raise the numbers of priests arrested by […]
Read More...Rift widens over gay blessings as Hungarian bishops reject them but Indian cardinal says yes
January 4, 2024 · By Simon Caldwell for catholicherald.co.uk
Rift widens over gay blessings as Hungarian bishops reject them but Indian cardinal says yes India’s most senior cardinal has defended Fiducia Supplicans – the controversial new Vatican text approving non-liturgical blessings for same-sex unions – as a rebellion by bishops against the document spreads into Europe. Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai (pictured with Pope Francis) said […]
Read More...Ex-chairman of Erie County Democratic party sentenced for child sex abuse in NY
January 4, 2024 ·
Ex-chairman of Erie County Democratic party sentenced for child sex abuse in NY A one-time upstate New York powerbroker was sentenced Friday for sexually abusing a child. Steve Pigeon, a former chairman of the Erie County Democratic party, was ordered to serve 364 days in jail and will be required to register as a sex […]
Read More...Police Arrest Alleged Leader of Horrific Child Sextortion Ring
January 3, 2024 · By Mack Lamoureux for www.vice.com
Police Arrest Alleged Leader of Horrific Child Sextortion Ring Police have arrested a man who claims to be a major player in a horrific child sexual abuse group with ties to satanic neo-Nazi pedophiles. On December 13, the FBI in Honolulu executed a search order on Kalana Limkin and discovered he had child pornography—including images of […]
Read More...Cardinal found guilty of embezzlement in Vatican ‘trial of the century’
January 3, 2024 · By Anthony Faiola and Stefano Pitrelli for www.washingtonpost.com
Cardinal found guilty of embezzlement in Vatican ‘trial of the century’ VATICAN CITY — Inside the high walls of the Holy See, Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu — former head of the office of “miracles” that minted saints — was considered papabile, a possible next pope. Then his career collided with church prosecutors, who charged the 75-year-old Italian […]
Read More...Pope says Roman Catholic priests can bless same-sex couples
January 2, 2024 · By Ido Vock, BBC News for www.bbc.com
Pope says Roman Catholic priests can bless same-sex couples Pope Francis has allowed priests to bless same-sex couples, a significant advance for LGBT people in the Roman Catholic Church. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church said priests should be permitted to bless same-sex and “irregular” couples, under certain circumstances. But the Vatican said blessings […]
Read More...Pope speaks out after IDF sniper kills two women inside Gaza church, per Catholic authorities
January 2, 2024 · By Maija Ehlinger, Jomana Karadsheh, Kareem El Damanhoury and Heather Chen, CNN for edition.cnn.com
Pope speaks out after IDF sniper kills two women inside Gaza church, per Catholic authorities CNN — An Israeli military sniper shot and killed two women inside the Holy Family Parish in Gaza on Saturday, according to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. The mother and daughter were walking to the Sister’s Convent, the patriarchate said, when gunfire […]
Read More...US, Britain call for release of Jimmy Lai as Hong Kong trial starts
January 2, 2024 · By AFP, Hong Kong for www.ucanews.com
US, Britain call for release of Jimmy Lai as Hong Kong trial starts The US and British governments called for the release of pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai, who stood trial Monday in Hong Kong for national security charges that could send him to jail for life. Lai, 76, stands accused of “collusion” with foreign forces […]
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