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‘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 – […]
Read More...Greta Thunberg: ‘We need public pressure, not just summits’
November 2, 2021 · By COP26 for www.bbc.com
Greta Thunberg: ‘We need public pressure, not just summits’ Climate activist Greta Thunberg has told the BBC that summits will not lead to action on climate goals unless the public demand change too. In a wide-ranging interview ahead of the COP26 climate summit, she said the public needed to “uproot the system”. “The change is […]
Read More...Rights groups slam Myanmar junta’s rearrest of political prisoners
October 29, 2021 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
Rights groups slam Myanmar junta’s rearrest of political prisoners International and local rights groups have slammed Myanmar’s military regime for rearresting political prisoners who were freed days earlier under an amnesty. On Oct. 18, junta chief Min Aung Hlaing granted amnesties to 4,320 people facing trial for their role in protests against the Feb. 1 […]
Read More...Covid: Virus may have killed 80k-180k health workers, WHO says
October 29, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Covid: Virus may have killed 80k-180k health workers, WHO says Covid has severely affected healthcare staff and may have killed between 80,000 and 180,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Healthcare workers must be prioritised for vaccines, WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, and he criticised unfairness in the distribution of jabs. The deaths occurred […]
Read More...Southern Baptist leader resigns amid rifts over sex abuse
October 28, 2021 · By HOLLY MEYER for apnews.com
Southern Baptist leader resigns amid rifts over sex abuse NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A top Southern Baptist Convention administrator is resigning amid internal rifts over how to handle an investigation into the SBC’s response to sexual abuse, a decision that underscores the broader ongoing turmoil in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Ronnie Floyd, president and […]
Read More...The other big crisis we hear little about
October 27, 2021 ·
The other big crisis we hear little about A high-level meeting is underway this week as part of an effort to stop a biodiversity collapse that scientists say could equal climate change as an existential crisis. The U.N. biodiversity conference seeks to tackle the rapid collapse of species and systems that collectively sustain life on […]
Read More...The Guardian view on sexual abuse and the Catholic church: contrition is not enough
October 27, 2021 · By Opinion, Catholicism for www.theguardian.com
The Guardian view on sexual abuse and the Catholic church: contrition is not enough The findings of an inquiry into sexual abuse and paedophilia in the French Catholic church, published last week, are difficult to read and painful to contemplate. Over the past 70 years, the Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church found that at […]
Read More...Hong Kong now under total control of Xi Jinping’s regime
October 25, 2021 · By UCANews for www.ucanews.com
Hong Kong now under total control of Xi Jinping’s regime Exactly four years ago today, I was denied entry to the city that had once been my home, where I had begun my career as both a journalist and a human rights activist. I had lived in Hong Kong for the first five years after […]
Read More...Pope Francis launches consultation on Church reform
October 25, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Pope Francis launches consultation on Church reform Pope Francis has launched what some describe as the most ambitious attempt at Catholic reform for 60 years. A two-year process to consult every Catholic parish around the world on the future direction of the Church began at the Vatican this weekend. Some Catholics hope it will lead […]
Read More...Papal call for collaborative education challenges Asian bishops
October 22, 2021 · By Ben Joseph for www.ucanews.com
Papal call for collaborative education challenges Asian bishops On Oct. 5, World Teachers’ Day, Pope Francis hosted 20 representatives from the world’s religions “to put education and the human person at the center of the international agenda.” The meeting discussed how religions can promote an open and inclusive education for the common good through education. […]
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