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Pope’s pain over bodies found at Canadian indigenous school
July 6, 2021 · By AFP for www.ucanews.com
Pope’s pain over bodies found at Canadian indigenous school Pope Francis has expressed his “pain” over the discovery of the remains of 215 children in a mass grave at a former indigenous boarding school in Canada run by the Catholic Church. But he did not go so far as to offer the apology that many people, […]
Read More...Myanmar Church faces ‘hour of confession of faith’
July 5, 2021 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
Myanmar Church faces ‘hour of confession of faith’ A Catholic missionary priest says the Myanmar Church is facing an hour of confession of faith, courageous witness and martyrdom under the repression following the military coup that toppled an elected civilian government on Feb. 1. Father Gianni Criveller, from the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), […]
Read More...How Countries Can Do Better on World Refugee Day
July 5, 2021 · By Bill Frelick for reliefweb.int
How Countries Can Do Better on World Refugee Day 70th Anniversary of Refugee Convention an Opportunity to Commit to Nonrefoulement Bill Frelick Director, Refugee and Migrant Rights Division This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Refugee Convention, but on World Refugee Day, as we laud the 148 countries that have acceded to the 1951 Convention or […]
Read More...Child labour in Uganda: The hidden costs of Covid
July 5, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Child labour in Uganda: The hidden costs of Covid With one of the youngest populations in the world, Uganda was already struggling with high rates of child labour. But with the world now facing a wave of economic hardship, NGOs say in a single year, the pandemic has set back any progress made to […]
Read More...Pope ‘responds well’ to colon surgery at Rome hospital
July 5, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Pope ‘responds well’ to colon surgery at Rome hospital Pope Francis has undergone successful surgery to treat a colon problem at a hospital in Rome, the Vatican says. The 84-year-old “responded well” to the treatment, which was performed under general anaesthesia, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said. It is the first time Pope Francis has been […]
Read More...Another discovery of Indigenous children’s remains in Canada
July 2, 2021 ·
Another discovery of Indigenous children’s remains in Canada The remains of 761 people, mainly Indigenous children, were discovered at the site of a former school in the province of Saskatchewan, a Canadian Indigenous group said. It was the largest such discovery to date. Less than a month ago, the remains of 215 children were found […]
Read More...Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: Heavy casualties reported after air strike
July 2, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: Heavy casualties reported after air strike Dozens of people have reportedly been killed or injured after Ethiopia’s air force bombed a market in the northern region of Tigray. Eyewitnesses told the BBC the Ethiopian air force struck the town of Togoga on Tuesday, 25km (15 miles) from the region’s capital, Mekelle. The […]
Read More...Illegal gold miners stalk Amazon as authorities look away
July 2, 2021 · By Hugo Bachega for www.bbc.com
Illegal gold miners stalk Amazon as authorities look away At around midday on 11 May, Dario Kopenawa, an indigenous leader, received a desperate phone call from a remote village in the Brazilian Amazon. Palimiú has a population of about 1,000, who live in large communal houses on the banks of a river called Uraricoera. You […]
Read More...US migrant camp ‘kids feel like they’re in prison’
June 30, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
US migrant camp ‘kids feel like they’re in prison’ An investigation by the BBC has found over 2,000 migrant children are being detained in a camp in the Texan desert that’s been ridden with disease, overcrowded, and plagued by a shortage of clean clothes and medical care for the children. The camp at Fort […]
Read More...Irish missionary champions rights of poor, powerless in South Korea
June 30, 2021 · By Rock Ronald Rozario for www.ucanews.com
Irish missionary champions rights of poor, powerless in South Korea Every year, the South Korean government honors foreign nationals in the country with the Immigrant of the Year award for dedicated services to people in society. This year Father Daniel Brendan O’Keeffe, an Irish missionary priest and a member of the Missionary Society of Saint […]
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