May, 2021

UN Security Council to meet over Protasevich detention

UN Security Council to meet over Protasevich detention The UN Security Council will hold an informal closed-door meeting tomorrow on Belarus, which is accused of diverting an airliner and arresting a dissident on board, diplomatic sources said. After weathering a wave of protests and Western sanctions last year, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko faced extraordinary new […]

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Belarus, Lukashenko and ‘Europe’s last dictatorship’

Belarus, Lukashenko and ‘Europe’s last dictatorship’ It was the Bush administration which coined the term “Europe’s last dictatorship” for Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. It says something about Lukashenko’s ability to retain power that it was a term used by the administration of George H Bush, rather than his son George W Bush. Both generations of […]

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Pope kisses Auschwitz tattoo of Holocaust survivor

Pope kisses Auschwitz tattoo of Holocaust survivor Pope Francis kissed the tattoo of an Auschwitz survivor, the number inked onto her forearm when she arrived at the concentration camp as a young girl, as he met the 81-year-old in an emotional meeting at the Vatican. Lidia Maksymowicz, who was deported to the camp when she […]

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Timor-Leste lawyers cry foul over ex-priest’s abuse trial

Timor-Leste lawyers cry foul over ex-priest’s abuse trial Lawyers for alleged victims in a sexual abuse case involving an ex-priest in Timor-Leste are to lodge an official complaint against officials at a district court where the case is being heard after the trial was postponed for a third time. On May 24, the Oecusse District […]

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Myanmar’s Cardinal Bo slams military attack on church

Myanmar’s Cardinal Bo slams military attack on church Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon has decried Myanmar’s military attack on a Catholic church in eastern Myanmar where civilians had taken refuge. “It is with immense sorrow and pain that we record our anguish at the attack on innocent civilians who sought refuge in Sacred Heart Church in Kayantharyar village […]

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Pope prays for child’s recovery after cable car disaster in Italy

Pope prays for child’s recovery after cable car disaster in Italy As Italian authorities investigate what caused a cable car to plunge 20 meters down into a mountainside in northern Italy, killing 14 people and leaving one child in serious condition, Pope Francis prayed for the child’s recovery and for everyone affected by the tragedy. The disaster occurred […]

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Priest warns of crisis after Congo volcano erupts

Priest warns of crisis after Congo volcano erupts A missionary priest in eastern Congo is warning of a crisis after a volcanic eruption flattened homes, destroyed structures and left thousands of people displaced near the city of Goma. Father Dennis Dashong Pam, assistant provincial superior of the Missionaries of Africa in the Central African province, said days […]

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Assisted suicide could become law in England, Wales

The Catholic Church remains opposed to any form of assisted suicide, says Bishop Sherrington Assisted suicide could become law in England, Wales England and Wales face “the very real threat” of assisted suicide becoming law, the bishops warned Catholics on the eve of the introduction of new bill to legalize the practice. Auxiliary Bishop John Sherrington of […]

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Ex-police officer jailed for 29 years for child sexual abuse offences

Former children’s football coach Stephen Henry Walker, 68, sentenced for offences against 15 victims Ex-police officer jailed for 29 years for child sexual abuse offences A former police officer and children’s football coach convicted of multiple counts of sexual abuse of children over more than four decades has been sentenced to 29 years in jail. […]

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VICTIM OF FACEBOOK-FACILITATED CHILD EXPLOITATION TO SPEAK AT FACEBOOK ANNUAL MEETING

VICTIM OF FACEBOOK-FACILITATED CHILD EXPLOITATION TO SPEAK AT FACEBOOK ANNUAL MEETING Survivor Comments to Support Resolution Backed by 43% of Non-Management Shares in 2020; Chief Concerns: Lack of Action to Curb Child Abuse and Exploitation Fueled by Facebook, the “Online Hub” of Child Predators. NEW YORK – May 24, 2021 – When Facebook management and […]

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