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Pope ‘shamed’ by church’s failures over child abuse in France
November 12, 2021 · By Angela Giuffrida in Rome for www.theguardian.com
Pope ‘shamed’ by church’s failures over child abuse in France Pope Francis has said he is “shamed” by the Catholic church’s failure to deal with paedophile priests in France, as one of his closest advisers pushed for an inquiry into the sexual abuse of children by clergy in Italy. A landmark report on Tuesday found that at […]
Read More...Horrific on-line sexual abuse turns to physical sexual abuse in the Philippines
November 12, 2021 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
Creaven recorded sexual abuse, court hears A former RTÉ Sports producer filmed himself sexually abusing a young child in the Philippines seven years ago while other children were in the room, a court heard today. Kieran Creaven, with an address at Adelaide Street in Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin, has already pleaded guilty to ten charges. […]
Read More...No way out for South Asia’s child laborers
November 11, 2021 · By Ben Joseph for www.ucanews.com
No way out for South Asia’s child laborers Agricultural technology is the next big thing happening in South Asia — the child labor hotspot of the world that employs most of its teenage workers in farms and allied sectors. India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal have child labor populations of 5.8 million, 5 million, 3.4 million and […]
Read More...French bishops agree to compensate thousands of sex abuse victims
November 9, 2021 · By Aljazeera for www.aljazeera.com
French bishops agree to compensate thousands of sex abuse victims France’s Catholic Church has agreed to financially compensate thousands of people who were sexually abused by priests in what the president of the country’s Bishops’ Conference hailed as a “decisive step”. Eric de Moulins-Beaufort said in a speech on Monday that the church has recognised […]
Read More...Catholic priests in France ‘must report abuse allegations heard in confession’
November 9, 2021 · By Angelique Chrisafis in Paris for www.theguardian.com
Catholic priests in France ‘must report abuse allegations heard in confession’ Catholic priests must report all child sexual abuse allegations to police, including if they hear about it in the secrecy of the confession box, the French interior minister has said after reprimanding France’s top bishop for claiming that the secrecy of the Catholic confessional […]
Read More...‘Everything is at stake’ as world gathers for climate talks
November 3, 2021 · By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS for apnews.com
‘Everything is at stake’ as world gathers for climate talks More than one world leader says humanity’s future, even survival, hangs in the balance when international officials meet in Scotland to try to accelerate efforts to curb climate change. Temperatures, tempers and hyperbole have all ratcheted up ahead of the U.N. summit. And the risk […]
Read More...The earth’s suffering reflects the cry of the poor, everyone’s cry
November 3, 2021 · By Sr Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp for www.vaticannews.va
The earth’s suffering reflects the cry of the poor, everyone’s cry In just a few days, world leaders will gather in Glasgow for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), which will take place from 31 October to 12 November. One of its objectives is to “accelerate action towards the goals of the […]
Read More...Pope calls Biden a ‘good Catholic’ during meeting
November 3, 2021 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
Pope calls Biden a ‘good Catholic’ during meeting US President Joe Biden has said Pope Francis called him a “good Catholic” as they met at the Vatican at the start of a European trip aimed at reasserting US international credentials. The meeting at the Vatican lasted more than an hour, longer than Mr Biden’s two […]
Read More...Merck Will Share Formula for Its Covid Pill With Poor Countries
November 2, 2021 · By Stephanie Nolen for www.nytimes.com
Merck Will Share Formula for Its Covid Pill With Poor Countries Merck has granted a royalty-free license for its promising Covid-19 pill to a United Nations-backed nonprofit in a deal that would allow the drug to be manufactured and sold cheaply in the poorest nations, where vaccines for the coronavirus are in devastatingly short supply. […]
Read More...‘Pandemic will end when world chooses to end it’ – WHO chief
November 2, 2021 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
‘Pandemic will end when world chooses to end it’ – WHO chief World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said the Covid-19 pandemic will end “when the world chooses to end it”. “It is in our hands. We have all the tools we need – effective public health tools and effective medical tools – […]
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