March, 2019
The Empowerment of Women and Children
March 29, 2019 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
The Empowerment of Women and Children Fr. Shay Cullen 29 March 2019 There is a rising tide of people power in the world today and it is female power. Women are standing up and speaking out as never before and more people are sitting up and listening to what they have to say. Their message […]
Read More...Mother and two men charged with rape and sexual abuse of her own son and daughter
March 29, 2019 · By Ann Healy for www.independent.ie
A woman and two men have been charged with the rape and sexual abuse of the woman’s two children over a two-year period, following early-morning raids by gardaí at two houses in the west of the country. All three, who cannot be identified in order to protect the children’s identities, were brought in custody before […]
Read More...Corruption devastates society, pope says
March 29, 2019 · By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
The constant temptation and cancer of corruption is one of the most devastating illnesses to befall society, Pope Francis said. Corruption causes considerable damage both ethically and economically, he said in an audience March 18 with judges, administrators and staff from Italy’s court of audit, a kind of government accountability office with judicial powers. The pope told […]
Read More...Philippine bishop allows priests to forgive sin of abortion
March 29, 2019 · By ucanews.com reporter, Manila for www.ucanews.com
A bishop in the central Philippines has allowed priests in his diocese “to absolve the grave sin of abortion” during the Lenten season. Bishop Crispin Varquez of Borongan from Eastern Samar province made the announcement in a bulletin released on March 21. Newly ordained priests, however, cannot do so. The Catholic Church punishes women who have abortions […]
Read More...Filipino ‘victims’ of clergy sex abuse to sue US church
March 29, 2019 · By Ronald Reyes, Tacloban City for www.ucanews.com
Lawyer representing alleged victims of American priest says diocese in Ohio should have a fund ready to pay compensation A group of children in the central Philippines who claim an American priest sexually abused them are set to sue the alleged perpetrator and a diocese in the United States for damages. McDonald Worley, a lawyer […]
Read More...Austria considers disbanding far-right group over donation from NZ suspect
March 28, 2019 · By www.bbc.com
Austria’s government has said it may disband a far-right group that received a donation from the main suspect in the New Zealand mosque attacks. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said the government was investigating whether the Identitarian Movement Austria (IBÖ) was a “terrorist organisation”. Prosecutors confirmed that the group’s leader, Martin Sellner, received about €1,500 (£1,290) from […]
Read More...Facebook bans white nationalism and separatism from its platforms
March 28, 2019 · By Hannah Murphy for www.ft.com
Facebook has said it will ban “praise, support and representation” of white nationalism and separatism on the platform and its sister app Instagram from next week, a move that comes days after a gun attack on two mosques in New Zealand killed 50 people. The social media company said in a blog post on Wednesday […]
Read More...‘SICKO’ REMANDED Irishman accused of being ‘world’s largest child porn facilitator’ appears in US court following extradition
March 28, 2019 · By Harry Manning for www.thesun.ie
AN Irishman who is accused of being the world’s largest child porn facilitator has appeared in court in the US following his extradition Eric Eoin Marques, 33, appeared at the US District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland last night. Marques, who was handed over to FBI agents at Dublin Airport last Saturday, is charged with conspiracy […]
Read More...Mindanao conflict moves Muslim to work with Christians
March 28, 2019 · By Mark Saludes, Davao City for www.ucanews.com
Her days at university exposed her to the religions and cultures of people different from hers, but Hidaya Macaapar Sultan, a 22-year-old Muslim, said it was war that moved her to work with people of other faiths. In 2017, when a group of extremist gunmen attacked the city of Marawi causing the displacement of about […]
Read More...Breast ironing awareness ‘needed in school’
March 27, 2019 · By Amber Haque for www.bbc.com
Breast ironing awareness should be made part of the mandatory school curriculum to protect young girls from abuse, the National Education Union has said. The practice involves ironing a girl’s chest with hot objects to delay breasts from growing, so she does not attract male attention. Conservative MP Nicky Morgan said teachers must also be […]
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