January, 2019
After another tirade, Duterte ‘open to dialogue’ with church leaders
January 18, 2019 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Possible softening of approach comes after president calls for people to kill and rob wealthy bishops Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, is open to talking with church leaders, according to his spokesman, following another diatribe in which he called on people to kill and rob bishops. The president has long been at odds with church leaders […]
Read More...Philippines sends back tons of trash to South Korea
January 18, 2019 · By Divina M. Suson, Misamis Oriental for www.ucanews.com
Govt says country will not become dumping ground for illegal garbage traffickers The Philippines has started sending back to South Korea tons of trash that was dumped in the Southeast Asian country in the middle of last year. Environmental group EcoWaste Coalition said about 1,400 tons of illegal garbage exports were loaded onto a ship […]
Read More...Filipino bishop wants probe into ‘passport data loss’
January 18, 2019 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Outcry erupts after govt announces possible personal data breach affecting all country’s passport holders A senior Philippine Catholic bishops’ conference official has called for an urgent investigation into the reported loss of personal data on all Philippine passport holders. Bishop Ruperto Santos of Balanga, head of the Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People, said those […]
Read More...Nigerian gangs trafficking children into Ireland for sex
January 17, 2019 · By Cormac O'Keeffe for www.irishexaminer.com
Highly organised Nigerian gangs are earning “extremely high profits” from trafficking children into 12 European countries, including Ireland, for prostitution, according to the EU police agency. Europol said victims generate a smuggling debt of between €30,000-€60,000 each — and that paying off the debts can take years. The agency said Nigerian criminal groups are organised […]
Read More...Preventing sex abuse a ‘global issue’ for the church
January 17, 2019 · By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service International for www.ucanews.com
By summoning the leaders of the world’s bishops’ conferences and top representatives of religious orders to the Vatican in February to address the sex abuse crisis and the protection of minors, Pope Francis is sending a message that the need for safeguarding young people is a global issue. Even though the media attention and public fallout for […]
Read More...The Vatican moves quickly toward punishing ex-cardinal McCarrick for sexual abuse
January 17, 2019 · By Michelle Boorstein , Julie Zauzmer and Chico Harlan for www.washingtonpost.com
Vatican investigators have finished collecting evidence in the sexual abuse case of disgraced ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick, according to a person familiar with the investigation, indicating that the Catholic Church is moving quickly toward sentencing the cleric in its secretive justice system. The former prominent archbishop of Washington, who now stands accused of sexually abusing three […]
Read More...Requests to bring in child brides OK’d; legal under US laws
January 17, 2019 · By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press for www.thestate.com
WASHINGTON Thousands of requests by men to bring in child and adolescent brides to live in the United States were approved over the past decade, according to government data obtained by The Associated Press. In one case, a 49-year-old man applied for admission for a 15-year-old girl. The approvals are legal: The Immigration and Nationality […]
Read More...Philippine Protestant churches welcome new law on HIV-AIDS
January 16, 2019 · By ucanews.com reporter for www.ucanews.com
Protestant churches in the Philippines have welcomed a new government policy that makes health services for people with HIV/AIDs more accessible. The National Council of Churches in the Philippines described the new law as “a great step forward towards recognition of the sanctity of life, especially among those who battle HIV and AIDS.” Carleen Nomorosa, program […]
Read More...Meeting of bishops to ‘ensure no more stonewalling or cover ups’
January 16, 2019 · By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
The aim of Pope Francis’ February meeting on abuse and safeguarding is to clarify and underline what must and must not be done with allegations and make sure no more cases are ever covered up, said Andrea Tornielli, editorial director for the Vatican Dicastery for Communication. “The presence of bishops from all over the world, […]
Read More...PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT DUTERTE SAYS ‘MOST’ BISHOPS ARE GAY, SO CHURCH SHOULD LET THEM ‘HAVE BOYFRIENDS’
January 16, 2019 · By TOM O'CONNOR for www.newsweek.com
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has fired off another controversial tirade against the Catholic Church, which he said should allow its priests to engage in sexual relations because they have been accused of molesting children anyway. Speaking at a ceremony for the groundbreaking of the General Gregorio T. Del Pilar National High School in Bulacan, Rodrigo began to rant […]
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