World News
Pope Francis accepts resignation of Australian archbishop convicted of sex abuse coverup
August 1, 2018 · By Chico Harlan for www.washingtonpost.com
ROME — Pope Francis on Monday accepted the resignation of Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson, the most senior Catholic Church leader to be convicted in a criminal court of concealing sexual abuse, the Vatican said. The move comes as Francis faces a new wave of challenges about how to how to handle not only priests who have […]
Read More...Sri Lanka auteur irks church with film about killer priest
July 31, 2018 · By Susitha R. Fernando, Colombo for www.ucanews.com
Sri Lankan filmmaker Chandran Rutnam’s latest flick According to Mathew is stirring controversy ahead of its release, with the Catholic Church saying it casts Catholics in a bad light in this Buddhist-majority country. The film portrays the true story of Father Mathew Peiris, a sexually abused Anglican priest who had an affair with his secretary and later murdered her husband Russel Ingram […]
Read More...The case against Lilian May Zimmer alleged child abuser
July 30, 2018 ·
Zimmer has made false allegations against Preda in a revenge retaliation for Preda social workers having reported the neglect and abuse of sexually abused children in her house in June 2014 In view of the fake news and publicity on social media about the arrest and detention of US national Lilian “Sherry” Zimmer in Subic last July 3, […]
Read More...What to do when a friend opens up about sexual assault
July 30, 2018 · By Trisha O’Bannon for cnnphilippines.com
Manila (CNN Philippines Life) — The #MeToo movement went viral late last year, but the fear of sexual assault has defined the female experience for a very long time. 2017 finally saw the beginnings of a paradigm shift in how we treated and talked about harassment and assault. #MeToo was more than a trendy hashtag, it was […]
Read More...DoD Releases Annual Report on Sexual Assault in Military
July 30, 2018 · By U.S. Department of Defense for www.defense.gov
WASHINGTON —The Defense Department today released its Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military, which shows that service member reporting of sexual assault increased by about 10 percent in fiscal year 2017. The increase in reporting occurred across all four military services. The report for fiscal 2017 says the department received 6,769 reports of sexual […]
Read More...Ex-Pembroke mayor David Boswell jailed after child rape
July 27, 2018 · By www.bbc.com
A former Pembroke mayor convicted of raping a child has been jailed for 18 years. David Boswell, from Pembroke Dock, carried out the sex attack on the young girl in the 1990s. The 58-year-old was found guilty of four counts of indecent assault and one count of rape after a trial at Swansea Crown Court […]
Read More...Living in the midst of uncertainty
July 27, 2018 · By Sister Patricia Fox, Manila for international.la-croix.com
Sister Patricia Fox appeals to the Philippines’ Bureau of Immigration on April 30 to reconsider its decision to deport her for allegedly participating in “partisan political activities” in the country. (Photo by Jire Carreon) My world turned upside down on April 16, 2018, when six agents of the Philippines’ Bureau of Immigration came to my house to arrest me. […]
Read More...Laudato Si’ and the urgency of the present moment
July 24, 2018 · By Josiane Gauthier for international.la-croix.com
An international conference on the future of “Our Common Home” was held at the Vatican on July 5-6. During the meeting, Pope Francis called for a greater commitment on the part of polluter nations and from financial bodies. (Photo by VaticanMedia-Foto/CPP/CIRIC/Catholic Press Photo) “The time has come to act immediately. We are calling on decision makers […]
Read More...Can Norway help us solve the plastic crisis, one bottle at a time?
July 24, 2018 · By Matthew Taylor for www.theguardian.com
Tens of thousands of brightly coloured plastic drinks bottles tumble from the back of a truck on to a conveyor belt before disappearing slowly inside a warehouse on the outskirts of Oslo. As a workman picks up a few Coke bottles that have escaped, Kjell Olav Maldum looks on. “It is a system that works,” […]
Read More...Dispatch from a parish on the El Paso-Juárez border
July 20, 2018 · By Arturo J. Bañuelas for www.ncronline.org
EL PASO, TEXAS — The present crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border highlights the inhumane and cruel anti-immigrant policies of our government. It also summons us to consider the fashioning of the future of American life. The very soul of our country is at stake, and the way we respond morally to the immigrant situation in our […]
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