Pope moves against Polish bishop accused of hiding predators
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis has ordered a Polish bishop to leave his central diocese and let someone else run it while he is under investigation for covering up cases of sexual abuse that were featured in a second clergy abuse documentary that has rocked Poland’s Catholic Church. Francis on Thursday named the Archbishop of Lodz, […]
Foreign ministers flag climate change as major spark for conflicts
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Climate change impacts – including growing food and water scarcity – are becoming increasingly important drivers of conflict and unrest around the world, and security planners need to make them a priority now, foreign ministers warned this week. Addressing them could mean the UN Security Council asking for regular reports on […]
Marianists release names of members they say abused children
St Louis, USAP The Marianists religious order on Wednesday released the names of 46 living and dead religious leaders who they claim sexually abused minors, the latest of several Catholic organisations to complete an investigation and publicly name the accused. “For decades, despicable and evil acts of abuse committed by clergy and vowed religious of […]
Some countries using virus curbs to “silence critics”, ex-leaders warn
London, UKReuters The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge in authoritarian behaviour by governments around the world, posing a growing threat to democracy, hundreds of former prime ministers, presidents, Nobel laureates and lawmakers have warned. The virus was first identified in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December and has since spread around […]
In the wake of rocky polling, Trump camp doubles down on conservative Christians
RNS President Donald Trump has renewed outreach efforts to conservative Christians this week, targeting his most dedicated supporters in the wake of lagging poll numbers. “We know that American patriots don’t bow down to foreign powers,” Trump told the crowd gathered for a Students for Trump rally at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, on […]
In conflict-hit countries, coronavirus testing may not reach women
Washington DC, USThomson Reuters Foundation Big gaps between the number of male and female coronavirus cases in parts of Africa and the Middle East suggest that women may be struggling to access testing or care, an aid agency said on Wednesday. In Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen, more than 70 per cent of reported cases were […]
Hunger or coronavirus?: In fast-growing Kabul, poor Afghans dice with death
STEFANIE GLINSKI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Afghanistan on the dilemmas facing those trapped in poverty in Kabul…
“We didn’t even know where to begin” – Nuns describe facing the pandemic in developing nations.
Vatican CityRNS Europe and the United States experienced first-hand the brunt of the pandemic, witnessing its tremendous death toll and impact on society. But some Catholic nuns, on the front lines in helping the poor and vulnerable, described on Tuesday the challenges and human cost of fighting COVID-19 in the developing world. “We didn’t even […]
Essay: Dark tourism memorial sites will help us heal from the trauma of coronavirus
In an article first published on The Conversation, PHILIP R STONE, executive director of the Institute for Dark Tourism Research at the University of Central Lancashire in the UK, looks at why commemorating victims of disease can be important…
Wow!: How a new game app aims to help address bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan
UMBERTO BACCHI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…