March, 2018
The real meaning of St. Patrick’s Day
March 20, 2018 · By Michael J. Dowling for www.northwell.edu
mmigration is central to the Irish-American experience. As we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, we acknowledge the achievements of all traditions. Have you heard the stories about the hardworking immigrants who came to America to make new lives for themselves and yet were accused of being lazy, unruly and criminals whose only goal was to take […]
Read More...Facebook removes pages of far-right British group
March 20, 2018 · By Agence France-Presse for www.rappler.com
Facebook says of the removal of Britain First and its leaders’ pages: ‘Content posted on the Britain First Facebook page and the pages of party leaders Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen has repeatedly broken our community standards’ LONDON, United Kingdom – Facebook announced on Wednesday, March 14, it had removed the pages of far-right group […]
Read More...PH transmits to UN notice of withdrawal from Int’l Criminal Court
March 19, 2018 · By Pia Ranada for www.rappler.com
(UPDATED) ‘The decision to withdraw is the Philippines’ principled stand against those who politicize and weaponize human rights,’ reads the formal notice MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The Philippines, on Friday, March 16, formally transmitted its notice of withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the office of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General in New […]
Read More...The Meaning of Preda
March 19, 2018 ·
People’s Recovery, Empowerment and Development Assistance (PREDA) Foundation The Work of the Preda Foundation We at Preda Foundation are a team of Filipinos that are giving freedom and a new lease of life to girls rescued from the streets, brothels, human traffickers and sex offenders and pedophiles. We rescue young boys fifteen years and younger from government detention cells […]
Read More...Take up World Youth Day challenge pope urges young people
March 19, 2018 · By sundayex.catholic.org.hk
VATICAN (CNS): “Do not allow the spark of youth to be extinguished in the darkness of a closed room in which the only window to the outside world is a computer and smartphone,” the pope told young people in his annual message for local celebrations of World Youth Day. Many dioceses will have their own […]
Read More...Priest guilty of child sex abuse
March 16, 2018 · By www.bbc.com
An 82-year-old Catholic priest has been convicted of sexually abusing three children and a student priest in crimes spanning more than 20 years. Father Paul Moore committed the crimes in various locations in Ayrshire between 1977 and 1996. The court heard how he abused one boy at a school, another at a leisure centre and […]
Read More...The Profile of a Dictator
March 16, 2018 ·
The Profile of a Dictator Fr. Shay Cullen 15 March 2018 History is full of tyrants and dictators. Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Mao Ze Dong are among the worst in past history but today dictatorship is increasingly on the rise. True democracy is in retreat as elected officials turn to dictatorship as a way to stay […]
Read More...When America’s squabbles become the world’s problem
March 16, 2018 · By Joseph D'Souza for www.washingtontimes.com
ANALYSIS/OPINION: If we’re totally honest, most of the world doesn’t really care much about American politics. There are more than enough problems in the rest of the world to keep track of the unending fight between Democrats and Republicans. And there are more than enough pressing social issues to stay up-to-date with the latest battle […]
Read More...UN expert calls on Cambodian government to ‘choose path of human rights’
March 15, 2018 · By Ouch Sony for www.channelnewsasia.com
PHNOM PENH: The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia called on the government on Wednesday (Mar 14) to “choose the path of human rights”, while expressing serious concerns about restrictions on the media, freedom of expression and political participation ahead of a national election in July. “Cambodia is at an important crossroads […]
Read More...Child abuse inquiry: Diocese had ‘major issue’
March 15, 2018 · By www.bbc.com
The diocese of Chichester had a “major issue” with priests carrying out abuse, an inquiry has heard. Bishop of Chichester, the Rt Rev Martin Warner, made the claim when giving evidence to the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse. Dr Warner said there had been a “breakdown of trust” between the Church of England and […]
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