From child drug mules to migrant smuggling, reports of slavery soar in Britain
Thomson Reuters Foundation From children being forced by gangs to carry illegal drugs, to migrants smuggled into Britain and trapped in exploitative work, reports of slavery in Britain have surged as authorities crack down on the crime, according to data released on Monday. The National Crime Agency said it received 5,145 reports of suspected slavery victims in […]
Pakistan court acquits 20 in case of Christian couple burnt alive
World Watch Monitor An Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore, Pakistan, on Saturday acquitted 20 men suspected of involvement in the murder of a Christian couple burnt alive at the kiln where they worked in November, 2014, after it was alleged that they had set fire to some pages from a Quran. Previously, in April, 2016, the ATC allowed […]
Christians join with Muslims in praying for peace on Pakistan’s national day
Christian and Muslim leaders joined in reflection and prayer at a meeting to mark Pakistan’s national day on 23rd March, reports Agenzia Fides. The Catholic news agency reported that the meeting, organised by a Catholic Church commission and presided over by the Archbishop of Lahore, Sebastian Francis Shaw, saw participants praying for and committing themselves […]
ESSAY: ARCHBISHOP OSCAR ROMERO WAS GUNNED DOWN INSIDE HIS OWN CHURCH 38 YEARS AGO. HE’LL SOON BECOME EL SALVADOR’S FIRST SAINT
US academic MICHAEL E LEE, in an article first published on The Conversation, reflects on the history of the controversy surrounding the Catholic Church’s upcoming canonisation of slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero…