August, 2019
Mother Teresa’s birthday not forgotten in Kolkata
August 30, 2019 · By Anne Nigli, Kolkata for www.ucanews.com
Missionaries of Charity nuns celebrated the birthday of their founder St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta three years after her canonization, breaking a Catholic convention. Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Calcutta led a Mass on Aug. 26 marking the nun’s 109th birth anniversary in the headquarters of Missionaries of Charity in the eastern city of Kolkata, formerly called Calcutta. […]
Read More...Father Shay Cullen’s Reflections: Respect, Equality and Justice for Women and Children
August 30, 2019 ·
Shay Cullen Writes “Respect, Equality and Justice for Women and Children” 30 August 2019 It is two thousand and 19 years since the vital truth and principles of women’s and children’s rights and dignity were championed in the world. Today, the struggle and campaign for equality, rights, respect and human dignity of children and women […]
Read More...Father Shay Cullen’s Reflections: In Praise of Preda Fair Trade Dried Mangoes
August 30, 2019 ·
In Praise of Preda Fair Trade Dried Mangoes Father Shay Cullen 30 August 2019 There was great happiness in the villages of the Zambales and Mindanao mountains this year- the mango trees produced an abundance of mango fruit. The small-scale Filipino farmers and indigenous people were delighted. Happy, beaming farmers brought their crates of mangoes […]
Read More...Opioid crisis: Johnson & Johnson hit by landmark ruling
August 30, 2019 · By Russell Hotten for www.bbc.com
Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson must pay $572m (£468m) for its part in fuelling Oklahoma’s opioid addiction crisis, a judge in the US state has ruled. The company said immediately after the judgement that it would appeal. The case was the first to go to trial out of thousands of lawsuits filed against opioid makers and […]
Read More...Filipino teenage pregnancy a ‘national social emergency’
August 29, 2019 · By ucanews.com reporter, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Teenage pregnancy has become a “national social emergency” in the Philippines with adolescent birth rates in the past 10 years meriting “national concern, ” according to the country’s top socioeconomic planning official. As a result, families could be condemned to a perpetual “intergenerational poverty,” Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia said. The most recent National Demographic Health […]
Read More...Protestant ‘mission’ visits Philippine death zones
August 29, 2019 · By Mark Saludes, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Church workers from at least 10 countries conducted what they described was a “religious mission” this month to different regions of the Philippines blighted by extrajudicial killings. They went on a “pilgrim visit” to communities in the capital Manila, to farming villages in Negros province and to tribal communities in Mindanao. The 14 individuals representing different Christian churches […]
Read More...‘Solidarity Mass’ held for accused Philippine clergy
August 29, 2019 · By ucanews.com reporter, Manila for www.ucanews.com
A Catholic diocese in Manila held a “solidarity Mass” on Aug. 15 for clergy members accused of sedition by the government.It was the second Mass held in response to a letter from the bishops’ conference chief, calling for two Masses this month to support them.The Mass in Kalookan Diocese was also held to mark the Feast of […]
Read More...We are facing a global emergency in the Amazon. Here’s what we can do
August 29, 2019 · By Leila Salazar-Lopez and Lindsey Allen for edition.cnn.com
(CNN) – Called “the lungs of the Earth”, the Amazon rainforest and its lush trees make roughly 20% of the oxygen on Earth. Yet, right now, the skies of Sao Paolo, Brazil are black and the smoke can be seen from space. Flames are ravaging the Amazon Basin. Though climate change has catalyzed many devastating blazes in […]
Read More...Trump’s chilling plan punishes children
August 29, 2019 · By Raul Reyes for edition.cnn.com
(CNN)When all else fails, lock up children. That’s the message from the Trump administration, which on Wednesday announced a regulation allowing it to indefinitely detain migrant families who arrive at our southern border. The new rule would replace a court agreement known as the Flores settlement, which sets minimum standards for migrant children in government […]
Read More...Father Shay Cullen’s Reflections: On Leadership
August 28, 2019 ·
On Leadership A strong, fair, just and confident leadership is hard to attain. How can we be strong, inspiring leaders to motivate others to do good, to be honest, hard-working, dedicated people of honor and integrity, virtuous and successful? The first answer is for each of us to strive to be truly like that ourselves. […]
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