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When truth-telling becomes ‘subversive’
October 18, 2018 · By Inday Espina-Varona, Manila for international.la-croix.com
Activists stage a protest in Manila to denounce “red tagging” by authorities who claim that communist rebels aiming to oust President Rodrigo Duterte) When the movie Liway was first shown in August at the Cultural Center of the Philippines and a few selected theaters in Manila, it received a thundering ovation. Both young and old erupted into chants of […]
Read More...Canada cannabis legalisation: ‘We know the world is watching’
October 17, 2018 · By Joshua Cheetham for www.bbc.com
For many Canadians, the idea of legal cannabis once seemed a pipe dream. But from 17 October, Canada will become the first G7 country to give recreational cannabis the green light. It’s following a trail first blazed by Uruguay in 2013. “It’s becoming a serious industry,” says one entrepreneur. Supporters say legalisation will bring new […]
Read More...Sex abuse leaflets ‘won’t protect a soul’
October 17, 2018 · By Rob Powell for www.bbc.com
Police are giving leaflets to people at risk of committing child sexual exploitation crimes, asking for their behaviour to stop, the BBC has found. The “C5 notices” – used by Hampshire Police when there is not enough evidence to charge – explain the law to recipients. They can appear in an enhanced DBS check, […]
Read More...Christians must put beatitudes into practice, pope says
October 16, 2018 · By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
With songs, poetry and dance — including hip-hop — young people shared with Pope Francis and members of the Synod of Bishops some of their life stories, hopes, dreams and, especially, questions. The late-afternoon gathering Oct. 6 brought more than 5,000 young people, mostly Italian high school and university students, to the Vatican audience hall. Young adults […]
Read More...Pope Francis defrocks two Chilean bishops for sex abuse of minors
October 16, 2018 · By www.aljazeera.com
Pope Francis has defrocked two retired Chilean bishops caught up in a sexual abuse crisis rocking Chile’s Roman Catholic Church. The Vatican named the two men as Francisco Jose Cox Huneeus and Marco Antonio Ordenes Fernandez, archbishop emeritus of the cities of La Serena and Iquique respectively. A statement on Saturday explained that the decision was taken on Thursday and cannot be […]
Read More...Nobel Peace Prize-winner gynecologist shaped by his faith
October 16, 2018 · By Lucie Sarr for international.la-croix.com
Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege, known as “the man who heals women victims of rape,” was awarded the Nobel Peace on Oct. 5 along with 25-year-old Nadia Murad, a former sex slave at the mercy of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq. Mukwege, 63, is a committed Pentecostal Christian and the son of a pastor. The […]
Read More...What happened to the Catholic Church? (Part 1)
October 16, 2018 · By Arthur Jones for www.ncronline.org
How the Vatican culture created a church that feels as if it is dying of shame On Jan. 14, 1985, I wrote a four-page, 4,000-word article in Forbes magazine about the management of the Catholic Church, “the world’s oldest and largest multinational enterprise.” The article was headlined: “Managing the Lord’s Work.” Five months later, on […]
Read More...‘THE VILEST MAN IN BRITAIN’ Evil paedo facing groundbreaking legal action in UK by family of three kids he abused abroad
October 11, 2018 · By TOM GILLESPIE and SIMON LENNON for www.thesun.co.uk
A PAEDOPHILE is facing groundbreaking legal action in Britain by the families of three children he sexually abused in the Philippines. Douglas Slade – a member of the notorious Paedophile Information Exchange – is serving 24 years behind bars for abusing five young boys in the UK. Now they are planning to sue him for […]
Read More...Convicted paedophile Douglas Slade sued by alleged Filipino victims
October 11, 2018 · By UK News for worldnewsgateway.com
A convicted British paedophile is being sued for damages by five young people who claim they were sexually exploited by him overseas, in what is thought to be the first case of its kind. The five will give evidence to the High Court via video link about abuse they said they suffered while Douglas Slade […]
Read More...When truth-telling becomes ‘subversive’
October 11, 2018 · By Inday Espina-Varona, Manila for international.la-croix.com
cted theaters in Manila, it received a thundering ovation. Both young and old erupted into chants of “Never again!” The so-called millennials said the movie had opened their eyes to the realities of the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. Liway was a sleeper hit. Director and screenwriter Kip Oebanda ignored focus group tests done by major film companies […]
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