May, 2019
Humanity is dirtying its own nest
May 24, 2019 · By Father Shay Cullen, Manila for www.ucanews.com
We humans, the species with large brains, so-called intelligence and abilities and power to change the face of the planet, are doing so with a huge negative impact. We are endangering ourselves, our children and grandchildren, and generations of children to come will be harmed by our wasteful and negligent ways. The human species is […]
Read More...One Ramadan a Filipino Catholic cannot forget
May 24, 2019 · By Mark Saludes, Manila for www.ucanews.com
On May 23, 2017, three days before the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Joseph Ajero found himself trying to avoid bullets that were flying in all directions. The media literacy lecturer at Mindanao State University in the predominantly Muslim southern Philippine city of Marawi at first thought the gunfire he heard came […]
Read More...UN wants to put squeeze on Myanmar military
May 24, 2019 · By ucanews.com reporter, Naypyitaw for www.ucanews.com
Fact-finding mission says international community should cut off all financial support over ‘genocide’ A United Nations mission has called on the international community to cut off all financial and other support to Myanmar’s military. Military commanders need to be isolated and brought before a court to answer charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity and […]
Read More...Jesus is always ready to help free people from evil, pope says
May 23, 2019 · By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service for www.ncronline.org
VATICAN CITY — Christians recognize life’s great paradox that so much evil and temptation exist in the world, but that God is always present, too, ready to help and give people the strength to persevere, Pope Francis said. Each person has been given life, “dreams of love and the good,” but is then “continuously exposed to […]
Read More...‘European dream’ ends in tragedy for many Bangladeshis
May 23, 2019 · By Stephan Uttom and Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka for www.ucanews.com
Before attempting the perilous sea journey across the Mediterranean in May, 25-year-old Afzal Mahmud had harbored the same goal for the last 12 years: to leave Bangladesh and settle in Europe at any cost, even illegally. “Afzal grew up watching his relatives get rich after sending some of their family members to Italy and France, […]
Read More...Filipino nun who fought rights abuses dies in Jakarta
May 23, 2019 · By Mark Saludes, Manila for www.ucanews.com
A Filipino Franciscan nun renowned for her human rights work in the Philippines and in the international arena has died in Jakarta Sister Crescencia “Cres” Lucero of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Mother of God died in hospital on May 15 following a stroke while attending a human rights meeting […]
Read More...Priest accused of molesting teens, stealing from Oak Cliff’s St. Cecilia parish has gone missing
May 22, 2019 · By Dallas News for www.dallasnews.com
The Rev. Edmundo Paredes, longtime pastor at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Oak Cliff, is under investigation for allegedly molesting three teenage boys in the parish more than a decade ago and stealing from the parish, churchgoers learned over the weekend. Paredes has fled and his whereabouts are unknown, though church officials think he may be in […]
Read More...Philippines Makes More Child Cybersex Crime Arrests, Rescues
May 22, 2019 · By Associated Press for www.voanews.com
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Authorities in the Philippines have rescued four girls and arrested a mother and two other women for allegedly livestreaming sexually exploitative videos of children to men paying by the minute to watch from the United States. Three sisters ages 8, 9 and 12, and an 11-year-old found in a separate rescue, are now […]
Read More...Hidden crime: Global taskforce tackles cybersex child trafficking in the Philippines
May 21, 2019 · By Marilyn Campbell, QUT for news.abs-cbn.com
MANILA – The tip-off came from the FBI: details of an arrest in the United States, the accused’s social media profiles, and a host of photographs showing young Filipina girls engaged in sex acts. Led by police in the Philippines, a new global anti-child sex abuse taskforce started dissecting the U.S. citizen’s digital footprint in […]
Read More...Council for the Welfare of Children: Jailing kids a ‘short-sighted solution’
May 21, 2019 · By Gaea Katreena Cabico (Philstar.com) for www.philstar.com
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 11:03 a.m.) — Lawmakers should focus on strengthening the implementation of the existing law addressing juvenile delinquency instead of lowering the age of criminal liability of children, a government policy-making body stressed over the weekend. The Council for the Welfare of Children called the lowering of minimum age of criminal responsibility a “short-sighted solution” […]
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