November, 2018
Poverty caused by evils as old as humanity, says pope
November 7, 2018 · By Marilyn Campbell, QUT for www.ucanews.com
How is it that God in heaven can hear the cries of the poor, but so many people watching or standing nearby either cannot or just do not care, Pope Francis asked. People must make “a serious examination of conscience to understand whether we are really capable of listening to the poor,” the pope said […]
Read More...Cautious welcome for new Rohingya repatriation plan
November 7, 2018 · By Stephan Uttom and Rock Ronald Rozario in Dhaka and John Zaw in Mandalay for www.ucanews.com
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have mixed feelings over a new refugee repatriation plan drawn up by state officials. Repatriation for Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar is to start in mid-November, Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque said on Oct. 30. “This repatriation is a complex process. It needs political will. We feel Myanmar has the will,” he said. […]
Read More...Asia Bibi: Pakistan acquits Christian woman on death row
November 6, 2018 · By www.bbc.com
A Pakistani court has overturned the death sentence of a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy, a case that has polarised the nation. Asia Bibi was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a row with her neighbours. She always maintained her innocence, but has spent most of the past eight […]
Read More...Sugarcane farm massacre survivors: We just want a share of the land
November 5, 2018 · By Carla P. Gomez - Correspondent for newsinfo.inquirer.net
BACOLOD CITY – Seventeen-year-old Marchstil Sumicad went to the makeshift tent on Saturday afternoon to visit his father, who was among the 13 persons who had just occupied a section of a sugar farm in Sagay City, Negros Occidental. In the evening, Marchstil was dead along with eight others who were shot while resting inside the tent […]
Read More...Former UK Police commissioner errs in supporting legalization of cannabis
November 5, 2018 ·
Grainne Kenny writes; Dear Lord Hogan-Howe, Writing from Dublin I am indeed dismayed to read that you are supporting normalisation of cannabis use. The evidence as Mary Brett has written, is out there. I do understand that you would carry a heavy workload in politics. Therefore, a comprehensive study of the illicit drug use and […]
Read More...Bible is most read book among Filipinos
November 5, 2018 · By Jose Torres Jr., Manila for www.ucanews.com
In predominantly Catholic Philippines, the Bible remains the most widely read book. A readership survey by the government’s National Book Development Board revealed that 72 percent of those surveyed said the Bible was their most read book in the past year. A similar survey done by the agency in 2012 showed that 58 percent of respondents claimed that […]
Read More...Indian priest linked to bishop’s rape case found dead
November 5, 2018 · By ucanews.com reporters, New Delhi for www.ucanews.com
A senior Catholic priest considered a prime witness against an Indian bishop accused of rape has been found dead, with his family suspecting foul play. Father Kuriakose Kattuthara, 67, was found dead inside his room in Jalandhar on the morning of Oct. 22, a week after Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar was bailed by the state […]
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