June, 2018
The Migrants that seek a welcome
June 18, 2018 ·
The Migrants that seek a welcome Fr. Shay Cullen 14 June 2018 Let us look at ourselves as human beings with dignity, values, and inalienable human rights. We are persons not like the animals that see enemies and rivals all around them in the wild and they fight and kill for food and survival. […]
Read More...The dignity of a human being
June 14, 2018 · By Edita Burgos, Manila for www.ucanews.com
One of the worst dishonors is when people in search for justice are excluded from society’s systems Much has been written and said about upholding the dignity of the human being. The Catholic Church itself has said that, “the ultimate source of human rights is not found in the mere will of human beings.” “In […]
Read More...Philippine church leaders oppose pistol packing priests
June 14, 2018 · By Jose Torres Jr., Manila for www.ucanews.com
Bishops shoot down idea that clergy take advantage of 2014 law allowing them to bear arms in wake of recent shootings Church leaders in the Philippines have criticized proposal to arms priests as a protection measure in the wake of recent attacks on members of the clergy. Calls have come from several quarters for priests […]
Read More...Cagayan de Oro court convicts Australian pedophile Peter Scully
June 14, 2018 · By Bobby Lagsa for www.rappler.co
(UPDATED) Peter Gerard Scully is found guilty of human trafficking and rape for using children below 12 years old – including a one-year-old – in his cybersex operations CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines (UPDATED) – A regional trial court in Cagayan de Oro City declared Australian national Peter Gerard Scully guilty sexually abusing young children in […]
Read More...Mother who allowed men to rape her two daughters for cash jailed
June 14, 2018 · By www.independent.ie
An American woman who allowed a number of men to rape her young daughters in exchange for money has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Morgan Summerlin (25), from Georgia, pleaded guilty to bringing her daughters, aged five and six, to the homes of random men where they would be sexually abused. She admitted […]
Read More...Editorial: Family separation is an immoral, ineffective policy
June 14, 2018 · By NCR Editorial Staff for www.ncronline.org
“If you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you, and that child will be separated from you as required by law,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said during a speech to the Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies May 7. “If you don’t like that,” he added, “then don’t smuggle children over our border.” […]
Read More...NEDA’s hypothetical ‘decent budget’ undermines workers’ demand for wage hike
June 13, 2018 · By WEBADMIN for eiler.ph
The assertion of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) on ‘decent budget’ of a minimum wage earner monthly falls short of the family living wage pegged at P1,173 per day (P977 for a family of 5), according to the Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER). EILER noted that NEDA Undersecretary Rosemarie Edillon […]
Read More...Bishops’ prosecutions may point to new phase in church’s sex abuse crisis
June 13, 2018 · By Joshua J. McElwee for www.ncronline.org
ROME — Pope Francis has been dealing over recent months with what has seemed like an unending saga of the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis in Chile. After being criticized for saying abuse victims had committed “calumny” during his January visit to the country, the pope has since admitted making “serious mistakes,” met with Chilean […]
Read More...‘I wasn’t even 15. I hadn’t even kissed a boy’ – A Magdalene survivor’s story
June 13, 2018 · By www.rte.ie
Elizabeth Coppin’s mother was just 19 when she gave birth at the county home in Killarney in 1949. Because she wasn’t married, her baby was taken away from her. Elizabeth spent most of her childhood in an industrial school, before being sent to three different Magdalene laundries. “If a woman in Ireland was not married […]
Read More...Magdalene survivors honoured by President and State at special events in Dublin
June 13, 2018 · By www.rte.ie
Hundreds of well-wishers have turned out in Dublin city centre this evening to welcome more than 220 survivors of the Magdalene Laundries as they arrived for a gala dinner at the Mansion House. Earlier this afternoon, the women attended a special reception at Áras an Uachtaráin today hosted by President Michael D Higgins and his […]
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