December, 2021
A New Year Challenge for us to Protect Children
December 30, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
A New Year Challenge for us to Protect Children Fr. Shay Cullen 30 December 2021 Has Christmas ended? Is the story over? Did we learn anything from the Christmas nativity story and what values did the Church draw from it and teach us? Will we face 2022 with a new determination inspired to live out […]
Read More...How To Love Your Child at Christmas and Always
December 24, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
How To Love Your Child at Christmas and Always Fr. Shay Cullen 24 December 2021 Earlier this week, a kind generous lady came to the Preda home for abused children who have few loving parents. She brought three big plastic bags of stuffed toys, gifts for the children, a stuffed toy for them to hug. […]
Read More...Bruce Springsteen sells his entire music catalogue for $500m
December 23, 2021 · By Mark Savage, BBC Music Correspondent for www.bbc.com
Bruce Springsteen sells his entire music catalogue for $500m Bruce Springsteen has sold the master recordings and publishing rights for his life’s work to Sony for a reported $500m (£376m). The deal gives Sony ownership of his 20 studio albums, including classics like Born To Run, The River and Born In The USA, according to multiple US reports. […]
Read More...Arctic heat record is like Mediterranean, says UN
December 23, 2021 · By Climate change for www.bbc.com
Arctic heat record is like Mediterranean, says UN The highest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic, 38C (100F), has been officially confirmed, sounding “alarm bells” over Earth’s changing climate. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Tuesday verified the record, reported in the Siberian town of Verkhoyansk on 20 June last year. The temperature was 18C […]
Read More...Bangladesh shocked by US sanctions on its elite force
December 21, 2021 · By UCA News reporter, Dhaka for www.ucanews.com
Bangladesh shocked by US sanctions on its elite force The United States has imposed sanctions on Bangladesh’s elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and six of its serving and former officers for serious human rights abuses. Former RAB director General Benazir Ahmed, who is now inspector general of police, has been banned from entering the US. […]
Read More...Prayer for help after the Typhoon
December 21, 2021 · By Shay Cullen
Prayer for help after the Typhoon Shay Cullen The fierce winds blow, the rains falls in torrents, Waterfalls from the sky, the floods rise, the trees are torn and scattered, The night is totally dark, nothing works, and the cell phones are dead, The food is spoiled, roofs are torn apart, people cut and killed […]
Read More...Church calls for end to exploitation of nature in Myanmar
December 20, 2021 · By UCA News Reporter for www.ucanews.com
Church calls for end to exploitation of nature in Myanmar Church officials have called for the end to the exploitation of natural resources which has caused massive environmental damage in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state. Taking advantage of the current political crisis, businesses in Kachin state are primarily based on natural resource extraction and are significantly increasing gold […]
Read More...Philippine bishops say no to political neutrality
December 20, 2021 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Philippine bishops say no to political neutrality Two senior Catholic prelates have urged fellow clergymen and the public to shun political neutrality when oppression exists. People cannot remain neutral in the battle between good and evil, Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen Dagupan and retired Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes said on Dec. 12. They were responding to critics who say […]
Read More...Abdul Elahi: Blackmailer sold abuse ‘box sets’ to paedophiles
December 20, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Abdul Elahi: Blackmailer sold abuse ‘box sets’ to paedophiles An “exceptionally dangerous predator” targeted almost 2,000 victims to amass images of degrading sexual acts before selling the images to paedophiles. Abdul Elahi was described as being “in a league of his own” in terms of the scale of his online offending. Some women were blackmailed […]
Read More...Canada offers up to $40bn to compensate indigenous children
December 20, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Canada offers up to $40bn to compensate indigenous children Canada has pledged up to C$40bn ($31bn; £23.6bn) in compensation for indigenous children and families who suffered discrimination while in foster care. In September, a top court upheld a 2016 ruling that the government underfunded First Nations services compared with those for non-indigenous children. It ordered […]
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