March, 2021
I came to Britain as an asylum seeker – Priti Patel’s cruel plans will punish refugees seeking safety
March 30, 2021 · By Hassan Akkad for www.independent.co.uk
I came to Britain as an asylum seeker – Priti Patel’s cruel plans will punish refugees seeking safety The government wants us to think that the UK faces an asylum crisis. It doesn’t. It is the government that is facing a crisis of empathy for some of the world’s most vulnerable people. After fleeing war […]
Read More...Pope appoints new Archbishop in Manila
March 30, 2021 · By Robin Gomes for www.vaticannews.va
Pope Francis on Thursday appointed a new archbishop in Manila Archdiocese, in the Philippine capital. He transferred Cardinal Jose Fuerte Advincula of Capiz to succeed Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, who the Pope had appointed Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in the Vatican on December 8, 2019. The See of Manila has […]
Read More...Extinction: Elephants driven to the brink by poaching
March 30, 2021 · By Victoria Gill for www.bbc.com
Extinction: Elephants driven to the brink by poaching The ivory trade, loss of vital habitat and a deeper understanding of elephant biology have all combined to reveal a previously underestimated threat to Africa’s elephants. African forest elephants are now critically endangered, an update from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reveals. Savanna elephants are […]
Read More...Philippines protests ‘threatening presence’ of Chinese vessels in disputed waters
March 30, 2021 · By Reuters Staff for www.reuters.com
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines complained to China on Monday about what it called a “swarming and threatening presence” of Chinese vessels in disputed waters in the South China Sea and demanded they be withdrawn from the area. Philippines protests ‘threatening presence’ of Chinese vessels in disputed waters Philippine officials reported about 220 vessels, believed […]
Read More...Duterte ‘concerned’ about killings of lawyers – Malacañang
March 30, 2021 · By PIA RANADA for www.rappler.com
Duterte ‘concerned’ about killings of lawyers – Malacañang MANILA, PHILIPPINES The Palace denies the killings of lawyers indicate the failure of the Duterte administration to stop impunity Malacañang said President Rodrigo Duterte is himself bothered by the recent attacks and killings of lawyers, deaths which critics say were enabled by a culture of impunity inspired […]
Read More...Immortalizing Americas’ San Romero and countless martyrs
March 29, 2021 · By Mary Aileen D. Bacalso for www.ucanews.com
Immortalizing Americas’ San Romero and countless martyrs On March 24, the United Nations commemorated the International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims. Little do many people know about this day, but for the Salvadorean people, it is the day they lost their dearly […]
Read More...German cardinal refuses to resign, asks to change church law
March 29, 2021 · By Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
German cardinal refuses to resign, asks to change church law Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, 64, said he won’t resign following the publication of the report on the handling of clerical sex abuse in the Archdiocese of Cologne in Germany. “To simply take the moral responsibility with me and to go to protect the reputation of the office […]
Read More...Filipino bishops go to war over the word ‘lumad’
March 29, 2021 · By Joseph Peter Callejafor www.ucanews.com
Filipino bishops go to war over the word ‘lumad’ The Philippine bishops’ Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples (ECIP) has condemned a government order banning the use of the word “lumad,” a widely recognized term when referring to indigenous groups in the country’s Mindanao region. “Lumad” is a word associated with the Communist Party and its […]
Read More...Indonesian court rejects appeal by rapist of altar boys
March 29, 2021 · By Ryan Dagur for www.ucanews.com
Indonesian court rejects appeal by rapist of altar boys A court in Indonesia has thrown out an appeal by a former Church worker sentenced to a lengthy prison term earlier this year for sexually abusing two altar boys. The Bandung High Court in West Java province on March 23 upheld the 15-year prison sentence handed […]
Read More...Manila Archdiocese vows to defy govt Holy Week ban
March 29, 2021 · By Joseph Peter Calleja for www.ucanews.com
Manila Archdiocese vows to defy govt Holy Week ban Manila Archdiocese has issued a pastoral letter saying it will defy a government ban on religious services in churches in the Philippine capital and nearby provinces following a recent surge in coronavirus cases. However, it said it would tighten limits on the number of people allowed […]
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