November, 2019
Human Trafficking, the Most Evil Enslavement
November 29, 2019 ·
Human Trafficking, the Most Evil Enslavement Fr. Shay Cullen 29 November 2019 Human trafficking for sexual exploitation is the most insidious and evil form of enslavement. That is because it is so personal and inflicts such human degradation and suffering on individuals day after day, year by year. It is one of the most serious […]
Read More...Hiroshima bomb survivors recount ‘scene from hell’
November 29, 2019 · By ucanews reporter, Hiroshima for international.la-croix.com
Visitors looking at a photo of the Atomic Bomb Dome and around the area devastated by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, western Japan, 17 July 2019. (Photo by EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA/MaxPPP) Survivors of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima have recounted the devastation caused by the bomb that killed […]
Read More...Back to basics for pope at huge Tokyo Mass
November 29, 2019 · By Michael Sainsbury, Tokyo for www.ucanews.org
Pope Francis went back to basics in delivering his homily in front of the biggest crowd of his trip to Asia: more than 50,000 people at the cavernous Tokyo Dome. He drew on what he described as Jesus Christ’s first great sermon, the Sermon on the Mount, and included the thematic of his Japan trip, […]
Read More...Is Government corruption behind harassment of Mother Teresa nuns?
November 27, 2019 · By ucanews reporter, Bhopal for www.ucanews.org
Some suspect political game in Indian state asking nuns to reopen care center shut down after baby-selling charges The Jharkhand government in eastern India has asked Missionaries of Charity nuns to reopen their children’s home that was shut down 16 months ago as police began probing baby-selling charges against the nuns. The state’s Child Welfare Committee […]
Read More...Deforestation is leading to more infectious diseases in humans
November 27, 2019 · By National Geographic for www.nationalgeographic.com
In 1997, clouds of smoke hung over the rainforests of Indonesia as an area roughly the size of Pennsylvania was burned to make way for agriculture, the fires exacerbated by drought. Smothered in haze, the trees couldn’t produce fruit, leaving resident fruit bats with no other option than to fly elsewhere in search of food, carrying with them a […]
Read More...Data leak reveals how China ‘brainwashes’ Uighurs in prison camps
November 26, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Leaked documents detail for the first time China’s systematic brainwashing of hundreds of thousands of Muslims in a network of high-security prison camps. The Chinese government has consistently claimed the camps in the far western Xinjiang region offer voluntary education and training. But official documents, seen by BBC Panorama, show how inmates are locked up, indoctrinated […]
Read More...Rape-fighting Kerala nuns demand justice for minor victims
November 26, 2019 · By ucanews reporter, Kochi for www.ucanews.org
Five Catholic nuns in Kerala, who hit the headlines with their fight against rape, have joined another campaign demanding justice for two minor girls who were allegedly raped and murdered. The nuns of Missionaries of Jesus joined a public protest on Nov. 18 in Kerala’s commercial capital Kochi. It was part of an ongoing campaign […]
Read More...Pope Francis attacks exploitation of women, children as he begins Thailand trip
November 26, 2019 · By Inés San Martín for www.cruxnow.com
BANGKOK, Thailand – Pope Francis opened his Nov. 20-23 trip to Thailand Wednesday by denouncing exploitation of women and children, urging a welcoming stance to migrants and promising that the Catholic Church is ready to help build a just and inclusive society. Francis said he thinks of “all those women and children of our time, […]
Read More...Keep the faith, pope tells young Thai Catholics
November 26, 2019 · By ucanews reporter, Bangkok for www.ucanews.org
Pope Francis called on Thailand’s young Catholics to be deeply rooted in their faith as he celebrated Mass at Bangkok’s Assumption Cathedral. In his final public engagement in Thailand on Nov. 22 before flying to Japan today, he read Mass prayers in English but preached in Spanish, with a Thai priest providing a translation. For […]
Read More...Adolescents: health risks and solutions
November 25, 2019 · By World Health Organization for www.who.int
Around 1.2 billion people, or 1 in 6 of the world’s population, are adolescents aged 10 to 19. Most are healthy, but there is still substantial premature death, illness, and injury among adolescents. Illnesses can hinder their ability to grow and develop to their full potential. Alcohol or tobacco use, lack of physical activity, unprotected […]
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