November, 2018
Ending Violence Against Women and Girls
November 30, 2018 ·
Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Fr. Shay Cullen 30 November 2018 She was only 7 years old child, call her Angelica. She never knew or imagined the sexual violence that was to be done to her by her stepfather Apolonio Valdez. He took her from the small, two-roomed house to the nearby forest and […]
Read More...Philippine rights lawyers an endangered species
November 30, 2018 · By Ernesto M. Hilario, Manila for www.ucanews.com
It was on a Sunday, Nov. 18, when slain human rights lawyer Benjamin Ramos Jr. was buried in the city of Sipalay in Negros Occidental province in central Philippines. Some 700 people, many of them farmers, joined the funeral procession. Unidentified gunmen shot Ramos dead on Nov. 6. His murder underscores the dangers faced by […]
Read More...More than 2,300 pedophiles are arrested across the country after three month online hunt for sex offenders
November 30, 2018 · By Jennifer Smith For Dailymail.com for www.dailymail.co.uk
More than 2,300 pedophiles have been arrested after a nationwide sting which targeted sex offenders operating online. The Department of Justice announced the arrests on Tuesday and revealed that the effort was called operation Broken Heart. All 50 states participated in snaring the pedophiles. Their alleged crimes vary from sexually abusing children to producing and […]
Read More...Philippine Court Convicts 3 Police Officers for Drug War Murder
November 30, 2018 · By NOEL CELIS—AFP/Getty Images for time.com
A Philippine court has sentenced three police officers to up to 40 years in prison for the high-profile murder of a teenager last year, making them the first state agents to be convicted of a killing under the auspices of President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal anti-drug campaign. The court’s ruling on the August 2017 murder of […]
Read More...Helping the poor is not a papal fad, but a duty, pope says
November 30, 2018 · By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service for www.catholicnews.com
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the rich get richer, the increasing misery and cries of the poor are ignored every day, Pope Francis said. “We Christians cannot stand with arms folded in indifference” or thrown up in the air in helpless resignation, the pope said in his homily Nov. 18, the World Day of the […]
Read More...Philippine churches, govt unite against online sex abuse
November 28, 2018 · By Roy Lagarde, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Catholic and Protestant churches in the Philippines are to work closely with the government in going after “all forms of child violence,” especially online sexual exploitation. Bishop Ruperto Santos, head of the Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People, said online sexual exploitation of children has become a major problem. “What we need is partnerships [with […]
Read More...Nun leaves Philippines telling church to fight injustice
November 23, 2018 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.com
The Australian missionary nun forced to leave the Philippines after failing to get her missionary visa extended has challenged the country’s church leaders to take a stand against injustice. Sister Patricia Fox, 72, of the Sisters of Our Lady of Sion congregation said church leaders “should act, make noise” against human rights abuses in the […]
Read More...Philippines’ ‘desaparecidos’ remembered on All Souls’ Day
November 23, 2018 · By ucanews.com reporter, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Families of victims of enforced disappearances in the Philippines, or “desaparecidos,” offered flowers and candles for their missing loved ones on All Souls’ Day as they protested what they described as “government inaction” on the issue. “Let us bury the remains and build tombstones with their names. Allow us to grieve with dignity,” said Erlinda […]
Read More...Philippine drug war victims remembered on All Souls’ Day
November 23, 2018 · By Mark Saludes, Manila for international.la-croix.com
While Filipino Catholics visit the tombs of their loved ones on All Souls’ Day, 22-year old Sheerah Escudero wishes that she could talk to her brother for one last time. She wants to ask her brother, Ephraim, how he ended up dead. She wants to know who killed him. Ephraim was found dead […]
Read More...Thai boxing: Sport or child abuse?
November 23, 2018 · By Tibor Krausz, Bangkok for www.ucanews.com
The jittery video makes for unsettling viewing. It was taken at ringside on a mobile phone during the third round of a five-round Muay Thai fight in Thailand’s Samut Prakan province on Nov. 10. The short online video shows a 13-year-old boy being punched repeatedly in the head by his 14-year-old opponent before he falls […]
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