November, 2019
End arms race for nuke-free world, pope says in Nagasaki
November 25, 2019 · By ucanews reporter, Nagasaki for www.ucanews.org
Pope Francis called for sustained efforts to end the resource-wasting arms race to create a world free of nuclear weapons as he visited the nuclear-bombed Japanese city of Nagasaki. The head of the Catholic Church made the call on Nov. 24 at the Atomic Bomb Hypocenter Park in Nagasaki, one of two Japanese cities bombed […]
Read More...Age of Child Prostitutes in Israel Dropping, Report Finds
November 25, 2019 · By Vered Lee for www.haaretz.com
Neither government agencies nor welfare organizations have accurate information regarding the scope of youth prostitution in Israel according to a report on prostitution involving minors, submitted recently to the Knesset. The Elem association for youth in distress believes that there are thousands of teenagers involved in prostitution here, yet from 2008 until July 2013, only […]
Read More...Vatican Conference Addresses Scourge of Online Sexual Exploitation of Children
November 25, 2019 · By Edward Pentin for www.ncregister.com
VATICAN CITY — All sectors of society must work to end “horrific crimes” of online sexual abuse, harassment and exploitation of children, Pope Francis told a Vatican conference of tech industry bosses and interfaith and political leaders. His plea, delivered at the Nov. 14-15 conference on “Promoting Digital Child Dignity: From Concept to Action 2017-2019,” came in the […]
Read More...The Defender Said, “Convert the US Military Bases”
November 22, 2019 ·
The Defender Said, “Convert the US Military Bases” Father Shay Cullen 23 November 2019 It is thirty years since I was in Helsinki as a Philippine delegate to help draft the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. National laws were based on this but they are only partially implemented. Yet we still celebrate […]
Read More...Why the world is running out of sand
November 22, 2019 · By Vince Beiser for www.bbc.com
A South African entrepreneur shot dead in September. Two Indian villagers killed in a gun battle in August. A Mexican environmental activist murdered in June. Though separated by thousands of miles, these killings share an unlikely cause. They are some of the latest casualties in a growing wave of violence sparked by the struggle for […]
Read More...Pope calls for an end to ‘tragic exodus’ of migrants
November 22, 2019 · By ucanews reporter, Bangkok for www.ucanews.org
Pope Francis focused on Asia’s migration crisis today as he made his first public speech on his seven-day visit to Thailand and Japan. After being given an official welcome at Government House in Bangkok and meeting Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, he addressed civil and religious leaders and members of the diplomatic corps. The pope called […]
Read More...In Philippine red-light district, an uphill struggle to battle trafficking and abuses
November 21, 2019 · By Corinne Redfern, The Fuller Project for www.washingtonpost.com
ANGELES CITY, Philippines — The girls onstage were numbered, not named. Silently, they shuffled in a circle around the mirrored platform in a basement dance bar; arms folded around bare stomachs, eyes fixed on the scuffed metal floor. At the back of the stage, a 14-year-old in black heels hunched her shoulders and tried to shrink […]
Read More...Indonesia orders scoutmaster to be chemically castrated
November 21, 2019 · By Konradus Epa, Jakarta for www.ucanews.org
An Indonesian district court has ordered that a teacher be chemically castrated for sexually abusing more than a dozen schoolboys. Rahmat Slamet Santoso, 30, was also sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined US$7,200 for the attacks on 15 boys aged 11-14 in Indonesia’s second-largest city, Surabaya, in East Java. Dwi Purwadi, head of the […]
Read More...Child pornography addict caught with horrific videos and images gets suspended sentence
November 20, 2019 ·
Child pornography addict caught with horrific videos and images gets suspended sentence Preda News November 20, 2019 A strong reaction from commentators criticizing the lenient 18 month suspended sentence given to a man in Ireland who downloaded the most serious kind of child sexual abuse images and videos. The man found guilty of a serious crime against children is Stephen Purvis (47) from The Green, Tir Cluain, Midleton, Co […]
Read More...Don’t build with lahar material
November 20, 2019 · By INQUIRER.net for opinion.inquirer.net
As a longtime reader and admirer of the Inquirer, permit me to share these thoughts about the editorial, “Menace to public safety” (4/28/19), regarding the tragic collapse of Chuzon Supermarket in Porac, Pampanga, on April 22. It is true that bad construction materials must be blamed for the collapse, because the building should have withstood […]
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