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There is a rottenness at the heart of the Border Patrol
July 8, 2019 · By Jill Filipovic for www.msn.com
Editor’s note: The opinions in this article are the author’s, as published by our content partner, and do not necessarily represent the views of MSN or Microsoft. As progressive members of the House of Representatives traveled to Texas to see immigrant holding facilities for themselves Monday, ProPublica published a news story about a highly offensive Facebook group […]
Read More...Russia criticised for ‘dumping’ trapped whales at sea
July 8, 2019 · By Marc Bennets for www.theguardian.com
Russia’s long-awaited operation to release the first batch of whales held in cramped enclosures in the country’s far-east region was dangerously flawed, environmentalists have said. The animals – 11 orcas and 87 beluga whales – have been held in captivity in a bay near the port city of Nakhodka since last year. They were due […]
Read More...Addressing the roots of clergy sex abuse
July 4, 2019 · By Father Amado L. Picardal, Manila for www.ucanews.com
This is the final part of a three-part series from Redemptorist Father Amado Picardal on the clerical sex abuse crisis.At the root of clergy sex abuse is the “dark side” of leadership. To overcome the dark side, a priest must be aware of it and acknowledge its existence. This requires spending time in solitude, silence and prayerful […]
Read More...Indian cardinal seeks to quash sex abuse cover-up case
July 4, 2019 · By ucanews.com reporter, New Delhi for www.ucanews.com
India’s Cardinal Oswald Gracias and two of his auxiliary bishops have asked Bombay High Court to quash a case that accused them of failing to report to police alleged child sex abuse by a Catholic priest. The top court of Maharashtra state on June 25 postponed hearing the case to July 1. “The charge against […]
Read More...Over 100 migrant children returned to ‘horrific’ border station
July 3, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
More than 100 migrant children have been returned to a Texas border station just a day after being transferred, US border officials say. About 250 migrant children were moved from the overcrowded centre after lawyers granted access by a judge said the children were “severely neglected”. The top US border official meanwhile has said he […]
Read More...News Daily: ‘Horrific’ migrant children’s station and Tory Brexit row
July 2, 2019 · By Justin Parkinson for www.bbc.com
About 250 migrant children were moved from a border station in Texas earlier this week after lawyers said they were being “severely neglected”, and gave reports of open toilets in cells, lice infestation and an influenza outbreak. But now more than 100 have been returned to the facility in Clint, just outside El Paso, after it made […]
Read More...To be Christian is to shun selfishness, pope says
July 2, 2019 · By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
To be part of a Christian community is to belong to a group of believers who shun selfishness and give witness to God’s love by loving and caring for one another, Pope Francis said. While modern society places more importance on “one’s own interests regardless of or even to the detriment of others,” true Christians […]
Read More...Sotto refiles bill lowering age of criminal liability
July 1, 2019 · By Aika Rey for www.rappler.com
In refiling the bill, Senate President Vicente Sotto III says the law should be further amended ‘to adapt to changing times’ MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Vicente Sotto III refiled the controversial bill lowering the age of criminal liability on Monday, July 1, after lawmakers failed to pass it in the 17th Congress. Senators, according to seniority, started to […]
Read More...Huge child porn ring bust in Toronto shows sickness in our society
June 28, 2019 · By PORNOGRAPHY for www.lifesitenews.com
June 25, 2019 (Everyday for Life Canada) — A child pornography ring operating in Toronto was busted this week by Toronto police. The computer servers were housed in a building in North York. It’s frightening to think that families live in a neighbourhood while this evil and demonic activity was routinely taking place. The worldwide Internet service […]
Read More...CHILD PORN BUST: Operation was sophisticated, massive
June 28, 2019 · By Brad Hunter for torontosun.com
A veteran child porn investigator says the operation cops smashed this week was breathtaking in its scope. OPP investigators arrested five men who allegedly were involved with a web hosting company that was home base for a vile Vietnamese child pornography operation. Cops called it a “big box store” filled with “really, really horrific” child […]
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