August, 2018
After decades of silence, nuns talk about abuse by priests
August 2, 2018 · By Nicole Winfield and Rodney Muhumuza for www.washingtonpost.com
VATICAN CITY — Revelations that a prominent U.S. cardinal sexually abused and harassed his adult seminarians have exposed an egregious abuse of power that has shocked Catholics on both sides of the Atlantic. But the Vatican has long been aware of its heterosexual equivalent — the sexual abuse of nuns by priests and bishops — […]
Read More...Ireland becomes world’s first country to divest from fossil fuels
August 1, 2018 · By Damian Carrington for www.theguardian.com
The Republic of Ireland will become the world’s first country to sell off its investments in fossil fuel companies, after a bill was passed with all-party support in the lower house of parliament. The state’s €8bn national investment fund will be required to sell all investments in coal, oil, gas and peat “as soon as is practicable”, which is […]
Read More...BI orders deportation of Sister Fox
August 1, 2018 · By Tetch Torres-Tupas for newsinfo.inquirer.net
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has ordered the deportation of Australian missionary Sister Patricia Fox. In its 10-page order issued Thursday, the BI said Fox violated “the limitations and conditions in granting the missionary visa…and order her deportation to Australia, subject to her submission of all appropriate clearances.” The BI found her an “undesirable alien” […]
Read More...Phil-Am Fund Grantee Summit highlights Partnership
August 1, 2018 ·
More than 250 representatives from organizations all over the Philippines converged at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza for the Philippine-American Fund Grantee Summit last June 28-29, 2018. With the theme, “Showcasing Gains and Creating Opportunities for Partnership”, the two-day event was led by officers of the USAID Philippines and the Gerry Roxas Foundation and was attended […]
Read More...‘La Civiltà Cattolica’ rails against prosperity Gospel and its support for Trump
August 1, 2018 · By Massimo Faggioli for international.la-croix.com
Exactly one year ago the Jesuit journal La Civiltà Cattolica (LCC) published a very important article on the peculiar political ecumenism being forged in the United States between a subset of Catholics and fundamentalist Protestants. It sparked an interesting debate, to say the least. Conservative Catholics were especially scathing in their criticism of the LCC article because it struck them at […]
Read More...Pope Francis accepts resignation of Australian archbishop convicted of sex abuse coverup
August 1, 2018 · By Chico Harlan for www.washingtonpost.com
ROME — Pope Francis on Monday accepted the resignation of Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson, the most senior Catholic Church leader to be convicted in a criminal court of concealing sexual abuse, the Vatican said. The move comes as Francis faces a new wave of challenges about how to how to handle not only priests who have […]
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