US cardinal: Pope committed to ending ‘scourge of sex abuse’ despite setbacks
RNS Cardinal Sean O’Malley, archbishop of Boston, speaks at the “Safeguarding in homes and schools” conference in Rome on 22nd March. PICTURE: Josephine McKenna Despite turmoil on the commission he created to deal with sex abuse in the Catholic Church, Pope Francis is committed “to rooting out the scourge,” Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley said. Cardinal […]
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Escaped Chibok schoolgirl calls on international community not to forget those still in captivity
A Nigerian schoolgirl who managed to escape from Boko Haram militants after being kidnapped from her Chibok school in 2014 has called on the international community to remember those still in captivity. The abduction of 276 schoolgirls in the north-eastern town of Chibok in April, 2014, by Islamist militants caused a global outcry – including […]
OPEN BOOK – HINTS FROM THE SPIRIT OF HOLINESS: LATE NIGHT TEACHING IN TROAS
BRUCE C WEARNE, in his ongoing series looking at the Acts of the Apostles, examines an account in chapter 20 in which a young man listening to Paul falls out a window…