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Novena For Earth Defenders
August 5, 2019 · By Columban Center for columbancenter.org
83 environmental defenders were killed in 2018. 197 were killed in 2017. Many more are being targeted by state forces or corporations and their security guards. We invite you to stand in solidarity with the courageous people who defend our common home, especially indigenous communities, by praying a “Novena for Earth Defenders.”
Read More...‘Pregnant at 10, 11, 12 years old? A likely case of abuse there’
August 2, 2019 · By Cai Ordinario for businessmirror.com.ph
TEEN pregnancies, particularly among girls below 15 years old, could be linked to child abuse, according to the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom). In a recent interview, Popcom Undersecretary Juan Antonio A. Perez III told theBusinessMirror more attention should be given to the increasing trend in pregnancies, especially among 10- to 14-year- olds nationwide. […]
Read More...Former Labor Party official accused of child porn hit with more charges
August 2, 2019 · By Rachel Clun for www.smh.com.au
A former Labor party official charged with two child porn offences is facing a further 21 charges, the Supreme Court has heard. In October, Peter Hansen was charged with three offences, including two relating to child pornography, and refused bail, however a suppression order over the case prevent it being reported until this week. Mr […]
Read More...Are sugary drinks causing cancer?
July 30, 2019 · By James Gallagher for www.bbc.com
Sugary drinks – including fruit juice and fizzy pop – may increase the risk of cancer, French scientists say. The link was suggested by a study, published in the British Medical Journal, that followed more than 100,000 people for five years. The team at Université Sorbonne Paris Cité speculate that the impact of blood sugar levels […]
Read More...Scourge of child rape spreads alarm in Bangladesh
July 30, 2019 · By Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka for www.ucanews.com
Grief-stricken Abdus Salam had the internal fortitude to stand at the dais of a police media center in Bangladesh to talk about the shocking rape and murder of his 7-year-old daughter. “I urge the country’s people to stay alert so that your daughters do not fall prey to the brutality my daughter was subjected to,” Salam […]
Read More...Migrants are people, not just a social issue, pope says at Mass
July 26, 2019 · By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service for www.ncronline.org
VATICAN CITY — Christians are called to follow the spirit of the beatitudes by comforting the poor and the oppressed, especially migrants and refugees who are rejected, exploited and left to die, Pope Francis said. The least ones, “who have been thrown away, marginalized, oppressed, discriminated against, abused, exploited, abandoned, poor and suffering” cry out to […]
Read More...Church’s historic ties to slavery examined at US conference
July 26, 2019 · By Mark Zimmermann, Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
The Catholic Church’s connection to slavery was discussed at a conference for African-American Catholics on July 4, the nation’s Independence Day. The Archbishop Lyke Conference hosted a workshop on “Truth and Reconciliation: The Sin of Jesuit Slaveholding” to examine the legacy of the Maryland province of Jesuits’ sale in 1838 of 272 enslaved men, women and […]
Read More...DR Congo’s Bosco Ntaganda convicted of war crimes by ICC
July 25, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
A former Congolese rebel leader has been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Fighters loyal to Bosco Ntaganda carried out gruesome massacres of civilians, said judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Ntaganda, nicknamed “Terminator”, was convicted on 18 counts including murder, rape, sexual slavery and using child soldiers. He becomes the […]
Read More...Children in prison: Philippines’ rundown Houses of Hope detain kids in appalling conditions
July 25, 2019 · By Huw Watkin for www.scmp.com
The Bahay Pag-Asa in Pasay, Metro Manila, is supposed to uphold the lofty goals of the Philippines’ juvenile justice and welfare system. Its name means “House of Hope”, and it should be rehabilitating juvenile offenders and providing care for children who have nowhere else to go. But House of Hope is a grotesque misnomer. In […]
Read More...Rwanda: How the genocide happened
July 24, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Between April and June 1994, an estimated 800,000 Rwandans were killed in the space of 100 days. Most of the dead were Tutsis – and most of those who perpetrated the violence were Hutus. Even for a country with such a turbulent history as Rwanda, the scale and speed of the slaughter left its people […]
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