September, 2020
The horrific culture of enforced disappearances
September 8, 2020 · By Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka for www.ucanews.com
The horrific culture of enforced disappearances “Please deliver the dead body to this address — 10/E/Modhubag (Dhaka). The mother is waiting.” The gruesome message was written on the wall of a building in the central part of Bangladesh’s capital. It was a heartbreaking appeal from a mother to get back her son dead or alive […]
Read More...A Table of Hope: a modern-day depiction of the Last Supper
September 8, 2020 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
A Table of Hope: a modern-day depiction of the Last Supper I’d never heard about Joey Velasco until I visited his art museum in Marikina City in the Philippines. After going to an exhibition of Christmas nativity scenes, I noticed there was another museum next door. It was a display of Christian-themed masterpieces by the […]
Read More...Bishop urges Philippine govt not to impose martial law
September 8, 2020 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Bishop urges Philippine govt not to impose martial law A Catholic bishop has called on the Philippine government to think twice and consider people’s “general interest” and “constitutional freedoms” before declaring martial law in southern Sulu province following twin suicide bombings last week. Bishop Charlie Inzon of the Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo in Sulu in Mindanao said authorities […]
Read More...Catholic altar girl in hiding in Pakistan after escaping abductor
September 8, 2020 · By Kamran Chaudhry, Lahore for www.ucanews.com
Maira Shahbaz was raped, blackmailed and forced into sex work after being made to convert to Islam Catholic altar girl in hiding in Pakistan after escaping abductor A teenage Catholic altar girl is living in hiding in Pakistan with her mother and three siblings after escaping from her Muslim abductor who forced her to change […]
Read More...The Power of Global Advocacy
September 4, 2020 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
The Power of Global Advocacy Fr. Shay Cullen 4 September 2020 The power of global advocacy has ignited an investigation by the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR) into the torture and abuse of young boys previously jailed behind bars in detention centers in the Philippines but freed by the legal and social action of […]
Read More...Marcus Rashford brings food brand giants together to tackle child food poverty
September 4, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Footballer Marcus Rashford has formed a taskforce with some of the UK’s biggest food brands to try to help reduce child food poverty. The 22-year-old Manchester United forward successfully campaigned to extend free school meals this summer. He has written to MPs, outlining the help he feels some families still need. They include expanding the numbers […]
Read More...Pakistani Columbans promote podcast for Season of Creation
September 4, 2020 · By Kamran Chaudhry, Lahore for www.ucanews.com
Pakistani Columbans promote podcast for Season of Creation Columbans are promoting a podcast series on biodiversity to mark the Season of Creation in Pakistan next month. “Jubilee for the Earth – A Podcast on Biodiversity and our Sacred Story” is slated to run for six episodes of about 15 minutes each, in both audio and […]
Read More...A betrayal of Hong Kong’s brave Catholics
September 4, 2020 · By Benedict Rogers for www.ucanews.com
Diocese’s banning of a prayer is a significant setback for religious freedom in the Chinese territory A betrayal of Hong Kong’s brave Catholics When I was exploring the Catholic faith eight or nine years ago, in preparation for being received into the Church in Myanmar, I read the entire Catechism of the Catholic Church. My […]
Read More...France and Germany report surge in Covid-19 cases
September 4, 2020 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
France and Germany report surge in Covid-19 cases German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that coping with the coronavirus will become more challenging in the coming autumn and winter months. She agreed a wave of new measures with the leaders of Germany’s 16 federal states yesterday designed to combat rising case numbers in Germany blamed […]
Read More...Haulier pleads guilty to manslaughter of migrants found in container
September 3, 2020 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
Haulier pleads guilty to manslaughter of migrants found in container Haulier Ronan Hughes, 40, of Co Armagh, has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to the manslaughter of 39 people who were found dead in a container in Essex last October. The bodies of the Vietnamese migrants were discovered in a refrigerated trailer parked on an […]
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