Two-thirds of North Koreans suffer from food insecurity, malnutrition and lack of access to healthcare and sanitation, says UN official
Two-thirds of the 25 million people in North Korea suffer from food insecurity, malnutrition and a lack of access to basic healthcare and sanitation services in a “largely forgotten or overlooked” crisis, according to a senior UN official. Tapan Mishra, UN resident coordinator for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), said in a document assessing the […]
Argentinian priest transferred due to drug traffickers’ threats
World Watch Monitor An Argentinian priest has been transferred from his parish due to repeated threats from drug traffickers, reports Agenzia Fides. His bishop, Fernando Carlos Maletti, made the decision to transfer Father Eduardo Farrell due to the continued threat of violence in the Sagrado Corazon parish of Merlo-Morena diocese, 40 kilometres west of Buenos Aires. […]
BOOKS: INSIDE THE STORY OF A REFUGEE
DAVID ADAMS reads the powerful and tragic story of one refugee’s journey…
Pope Francis asks forgiveness for failings of Catholic Church during Rwandan genocide
Pope Francis has asked for forgiveness for the “sins and failings” of the Catholic Church during the 1994 Rwandan genocide in a meeting with the country’s President Paul Kagame. A statement from the Vatican said that during a meeting at the Holy See this week, the Pope “conveyed his profound sadness” for the genocide in […]
HEROES
In his book, Grace V Self-Esteem, Aussie author Brett Glover analyses how heroes have changed with the advent of film and television. WHAT SORT OF SUPERHERO DO WE WANT? PICTURE: Laura Glover/www.freeimages.com Before ‘screen culture’, heroes were marked by the sacrifices they had made for the community. The years of hard work and suffering they […]