July, 2023
Around 30 passengers die in Philippine ferry mishap
July 31, 2023 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
Around 30 passengers die in Philippine ferry mishap A wooden ferry capsized leaving around 30 passengers dead while 40 passengers were rescued in the Philippines’ Rizal province, south of Manila. The mishap on July 27 was attributed to overcrowding by the Philippine Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) while also raising questions about how the vessel was allowed […]
Read More...Korean pop music fans call for action to save the planet
July 31, 2023 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
Korean pop music fans call for action to save the planet A group of Korean pop music fans who formed an ecological platform two years ago has continued to raise awareness about climate change and environmental protection in the East Asian nation. Members of K-Pop 4 Planet stood at Maengbang Beach in Samcheok in the third week […]
Read More...Asian bishops back campaign against fossil fuel proliferation
July 31, 2023 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
Asian bishops back campaign against fossil fuel proliferation Catholic bishops in Asia have supported an ongoing campaign that calls for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty that seeks to battle climate change. Bishop Allwyn D’Silva, chairman of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences (FABC) Office of Human Development and Climate Change Desk, said such a treaty […]
Read More...Hundreds attend Dún Laoghaire rally in support of asylum seekers
July 31, 2023 · By Sinead Spain for www.rte.ie
Hundreds attend Dún Laoghaire rally in support of asylum seekers Hundreds of people have marched at a rally in Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin, in support of asylum seekers. The rally follows a series of protests directed against people seeking asylum being accmmodated in Dún Laoghaire and Ballybrack in Dublin. It was organised by a newly […]
Read More...Three charged in Belfast over human trafficking
July 31, 2023 · By Conor Macauley, Northern Correspondent for www.rte.ie
Three charged in Belfast over human trafficking Three people have appeared in court in Belfast charged with trafficking women into the country and forcing them into prostitution. They were arrested in the city after PSNI officers raided a number of premises. They are 35-year-old Flortina Ciurar, of Hugh Street, Belfast, Petru Balogh, 26, also of […]
Read More...True faith stands strong despite clerical child abuse
July 28, 2023 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
True faith stands strong despite clerical child abuse Fr. Shay Cullen 28 July 2023 Followers of Jesus of Nazareth have true faith in his teaching that goodness, truth, justice and love of neighbor and human and children’s rights will one day overcome and defeat evil. Their faith, that of the People of God, will not […]
Read More...Charity wants AI summit to address child sexual abuse imagery
July 27, 2023 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Charity wants AI summit to address child sexual abuse imagery A leading children’s charity is calling on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to tackle AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery, when the UK hosts the first global summit on AI safety this autumn. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) removes abuse content from the web and says AI […]
Read More...Church sex abuse is the elephant in the room as Pope Francis visits scandal-hit Portugal
July 27, 2023 · By BARRY HATTON for apnews.com
Church sex abuse is the elephant in the room as Pope Francis visits scandal-hit Portugal LISBON, Portugal (AP) — When a panel of experts read aloud some of the harrowing accounts they had collected from recently discovered victims of child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church, the country’s senior bishops squirmed in the auditorium’s […]
Read More...God’s Solution to Eradicate Human Trafficking
July 27, 2023 · By ED VAN BUSKIRK for catholicexchange.com
God’s Solution to Eradicate Human Trafficking With the release of the 100-million-dollar blockbuster movie, Sound of Freedom, awareness of the human trafficking epidemic is at an all-time high. What was most shocking to learn is that there are more sex “slaves” today than there were slaves in America when President Lincoln and countless Americans fought […]
Read More...Cops rescue six kids, including two in cages ‘on the brink of death’ in ‘worst case of child abuse’
July 27, 2023 · By Lucy WilliamsonSenior Reporter for www.mirror.co.uk
Cops rescue six kids, including two in cages ‘on the brink of death’ in ‘worst case of child abuse’ Incredible footage shows the moment cops rescued ‘six severely abused children’, including two young boys, aged nine and 11, from “the worst” case of child abuse they’d ever seen. Upon entering an apartment, officers were horrified […]
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