December, 2021
New global studies show health threats throughout the plastics supply chain
December 20, 2021 · By Björn Beeler, IPEN for ipen.org
Press Release Embargoed until 9AM Beijing, China time 14 December 2021 Attn: Health, News,and Environment Editors Contacts: Björn Beeler, IPEN, [email protected] New global studies show health threats throughout the plastics supply chain Health and environmental groups call for international action to control plastic chemicals, and the scaling down of plastics production, to curb growing crisis (Report […]
Read More...Prayer for Christmas
December 20, 2021 · By Shay Cullen
Prayer for Christmas Shay Cullen Another day, a new week, a Christmas blessed with faith that goodness and truth will overcome evil. When enough people work that it may be, then Lord, Love of neighbor will flood humanity and the Kingdom will have come. May we help make it real and fulfill your mission to […]
Read More...Reporting Child Abuse in the Church
December 17, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Reporting Child Abuse in the Church Shay Cullen 17 December 2021 There are serious and profound changes taking place in the Catholic Church to acknowledge and prevent child sexual abuse by clerics and lay people. The number of priests convicted in the Philippines is zero. Clerical child abuse has become a crisis for the Church […]
Read More...Boy’s ‘extraordinary courage’ helps unmask man of cloth in sexual abuse case
December 17, 2021 · By Danny Petilla - @inquirerdotnet for newsinfo.inquirer.net
Boy’s ‘extraordinary courage’ helps unmask man of cloth in sexual abuse case NAVAL, BILIRAN—After years of being sexually abused by an American Roman Catholic priest, a 12-year-old boy is leading the fight against pedophilia in a remote village here where his older brother and many of their friends are also victims. Police officials here said […]
Read More...Former RTÉ producer videoed himself sexually abusing a child in the Philippines, court hears
December 17, 2021 · By The Journal ie for www.thejournal.ie
Former RTÉ producer videoed himself sexually abusing a child in the Philippines, court hears FORMER RTÉ PRODUCER, Kieran Creaven, videoed himself sexually abusing a child in the Philippines while saying she was “beautiful”, a court heard today. The 59-year-old said, via a letter of apology to Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, that he was glad he […]
Read More...Healing Children
December 17, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Healing Children Another day has ended, a sun set is all but done, We wait another dawn another day to come So we can help the children that cry out their pain and fears, With compassion and dedication we will wipe away their tears, And bring them peace and justice kindness and the light And […]
Read More...Ressa hits US tech giants, Muratov notes ‘dark time’ at Nobel rites
December 17, 2021 · By Inquirer.net for globalnation.inquirer.net
Ressa hits US tech giants, Muratov notes ‘dark time’ at Nobel rites OSLO—Accepting her Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, journalist Maria Ressa launched a vitriolic attack against US tech giants, accusing them of fueling a flood of “toxic sludge” on social media. Ressa, the cofounder of news website Rappler and the first Filipino Nobel laureate, […]
Read More...China’s Uyghur population control was genocide – report
December 17, 2021 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
China’s Uyghur population control was genocide – report China committed genocide in the Xinjiang region by preventing births in the Uyghur population, a London panel investigating alleged human rights abuses concluded today. Nine lawyers and human rights experts published their opinion after hearing allegations of torture, rape and inhumane treatment at two evidence sessions this […]
Read More...Light in darkness and hope in despair
December 16, 2021 · By Cardinal Charles Bo, Yangon for www.ucanews.com
Light in darkness and hope in despair Dear brothers and sisters of Myanmar, Greetings of peace. This message comes as we sail through another hope-filled Advent, a season waiting for the Prince of Peace, Jesus. It is the season of peace. It urges us to invest in hope. We live in challenging times. The Prophet […]
Read More...Super-rich increase their share of world’s income
December 16, 2021 · By Coronavirus pandemic for www.bbc.com
Super-rich increase their share of world’s income The share of wealth owned by the world’s richest people soared during the Covid pandemic, a major study on inequality has found. The World Inequality Report said that 2020 saw the steepest increase in billionaires’ wealth on record. Meanwhile, 100 million people sank into extreme poverty, the report from […]
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