April, 2022
Prayer for Palm Sunday
April 11, 2022 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Prayer for Palm Sunday They praised you as Messiah, Revolution was not your mission, You taught acts of love and care Yet no one would change and listen. You cleared the Temple of exploiters, challenged the system of evil, so corrupt, Your words were silenced, so quickly, so abrupt. The rulers branded you a rebel […]
Read More...A Canadian Hero Dies
April 8, 2022 · By Francis B. Bermido Jr.
A Canadian Hero Dies Francis B. Bermido Jr. Preda news 7 April 2022 David Kilgour, a strong and determined advocate of human rights and dignity everywhere, has died at 81. His loss is felt by the Canadian indigenous peoples and child and adult victims /survivors of the residential school system where thousands of Canadian Indigenous […]
Read More...Talking Truth to Power that Exploits the Poor
April 8, 2022 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Talking Truth to Power that Exploits the Poor Fr. Shay Cullen 8 April 2022 Christians everywhere will be celebrating Palm Sunday, a day when the Gospel account tells of Jesus of Nazareth being escorted by his supporters into the city of Jerusalem. They waved branches of palm trees and called him Messiah, a role he […]
Read More...The pope apologised for residential school abuses. What next?
April 7, 2022 · By Brandi Morin for www.aljazeera.com
Indigenous leaders in Canada say Catholic Church must take concrete action to support survivors and prevent more harm. The pope apologised for residential school abuses. What next? Warning: The story below contains details of residential schools that may be upsetting. Canada’s Indian Residential School Survivors and Family Crisis Line is available 24 hours a day […]
Read More...Myanmar’s ‘illegal squatters’ speak out
April 7, 2022 · By Voiceless of Asia for www.ucanews.com
Myanmar’s ‘illegal squatters’ speak out Slum-dwellers living in makeshift huts face eviction in Myanmar after being branded “illegal squatters” by junta authorities in the conflict-ravaged nation. Radio Free Asia reports in this YouTube video.
Read More...Thai sports coach accused of raping teenage boys
April 7, 2022 · By UCA News reporter, Bangkok for www.ucanews.com
Thai sports coach accused of raping teenage boys The coach of a skipping rope team has been charged with raping three boys under the age of 15 in the eastern Thai province of Chonburi in a case that has shocked locals. Sitthipan Sawangwan, 41, was arrested late last week by police after a parent of […]
Read More...Philippine bishop challenges Marcos Jr. to pay tax bill
April 7, 2022 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Philippine bishop challenges Marcos Jr. to pay tax bill A Catholic bishop in the Philippines has challenged presidential frontrunner Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., to clear a dark cloud hanging over him and his family by paying a huge tax bill owed to the government. The family was ordered by a court in 1999 to pay 23 billion […]
Read More...Indonesian court sentences teacher to death for raping 13 students
April 7, 2022 · By Reuters for www.nbcnews.com
Indonesian court sentences teacher to death for raping 13 students JAKARTA, Indonesia — An Indonesian court handed down a death sentence on Monday to a teacher for raping 13 girls at an Islamic school, upholding an appeal by prosecutors for the death penalty after he had initially received a sentence of life in prison. The case […]
Read More...Missing Filipino priest found alive, tied up in car
April 6, 2022 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Missing Filipino priest found alive, tied up in car A Catholic priest in the Philippines was found unconscious and tied up in his car after being reported missing two days earlier, said police who suspect he was the victim of a kidnap attempt. Father Leoben Peregrino, 58, disappeared on April 1 after last being seen around lunchtime […]
Read More...[Ask the Tax Whiz] The Marcos family’s estate tax liability
April 6, 2022 · By MON ABREA for www.rappler.com
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[Ask the Tax Whiz] The Marcos family’s estate tax liability The Philippine Tax Whiz explains the status of the controversial P203-billion estate tax liability of the Marcos family On December 2, 2021, presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his family received a written demand from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to settle their estate […]
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