At sex abuse summit, Catholic bishops tangle with details
Vatican City RNS On paper, “accountability” was the theme of the second day of the Vatican’s summit on clergy sexual abuse. In practice, that meant debating whether proposals designed to rein in bishops accused of abuse amount to, in the words of one churchman, “Caesar judging Caesar”. US Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, Illinoise, whom some have […]
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India’s top court orders eviction of more than one million forest dwellers
Thomson Reuters Foundation India’s Supreme Court has ordered the eviction of more than one million Indigenous people and others who live in forests, after the Federal Government failed to defend a law aimed at protecting their rights. The top court’s order, dated 13th February and delivered in written form on Wednesday, was in response to […]
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Consumers’ use of toilet paper wiping out habitat, heating planet, report says
Thomson Reuters Foundation Americans use more toilet paper than anyone else in the world, helping destroy the habitats of native people who live where it is sourced and contributing to global warming, a research study said this week. US consumers use roughly three rolls of toilet paper a week, accounting for a fifth of the […]
As Nigeria votes, family and churches urge candidates to remember Christian teen Leah Sharibu
World Watch Monitor One year since the Christian teenager Leah Sharibu was abducted from her boarding school in north-eastern Nigeria by an Islamist group, a coalition of groups have called on presidential candidates to tell Nigerians how they plan to secure her release. “We are urging the political parties and their candidates that now that the campaigns […]
SOUTH SUDAN: AMID UPHEAVAL, COUNTRY’S TEAK FORESTS FALL
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Charity urges countries to protect 2,500 foreign children in Syria
Thomson Reuters Foundation More than 2,500 foreign children living in harsh conditions in Syrian camps should be repatriated with their families to their countries of origin, Save the Children said on Thursday. The children, with nationalities from 30 countries including France, Germany, the United States and Britain, are from families with real or suspected links […]
Essay: Vatican meeting on abuse opens with indictment from victims
In an article first published on Religion News Service, US Catholic commentator and Jesuit priest THOMAS REESE reflects on the opening of a four day meeting of Catholic prelates to look at the issue of clergy sex abuse…