Australian Catholic archbishop resigns following conviction over concealing child sex abuse
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Archbishop of Adelaide, Philip Wilson, following the archbishop’s conviction for concealing child sexual abuse. In a statement released on Monday night, Archbishop Wilson said he had submitted his resignation from the position of archbishop to the Pope on 20th July and had “now been informed that His […]
Africa’s trafficking gangs flourish as nations fail to work together
Thomson Reuters Foundation Trafficking gangs are flourishing across Africa through the exploitation of hundreds of thousands of migrants, yet nations are failing to dismantle networks due to a lack of coordination, the United Nations said on Monday. More than 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders annually – often duped with promises of a better […]
Pope accepts resignation of US Cardinal McCarrick
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of US Cardinal Theodore McCarrick from the College of Cardinals, the Vatican said on the weekend. The 88-year-old former Archbishop of Washington, DC, who was removed from public ministry in June following historic allegations of sexual abuse, made the offer to resign on Friday evening. In a statement, Pope Francis […]
Too good to be true? Slum graffiti warns Kenyans about trafficking risks
Thomson Reuters Foundation Brutal images of a woman cowering as a man beats her and of a terrified girl in chains sprayed on the walls of Kenya’s Mathare slum bring a hidden crime into view – human trafficking. The graffiti scenes in the capital’s second largest slum are part of a series of pictures, paintings […]
AIDS: FAITH GROUPS CHALLENGED TO OVERCOME WORLD’S HIV COMPLACENCY
PAUL JEFFREY, in an article first published on the World Council of Churches website, reports from this year’s International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam…
More than 90 per cent of teenaged Australians would like to do more to help refugees
More than 90 per cent of young Australians would like to do more to help refugees and only 9.4 per cent believe Australia is doing enough to help refugees through Australian aid, according to a new World Vision Australia survey. The findings of the national poll, released ahead of next month’s 40 Hour Famine Backpack Challenge, also […]
THIS LIFE: “A BACKLASH OF CIVILITY”
AMANDA JACKSON writes in praise of “niceness”…