WHO employees took part in Congo sex abuse during Ebola crisis, report says
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters More than 80 aid workers including some employed by the World Health Organization were involved in sexual abuse and exploitation during an Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an independent commission said on Tuesday. The probe was prompted by an investigation last year by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and The New […]
Essay: Suicide prevention for our youth is doable – we must act now
As the US marks National Suicide Prevention Month, GLEN BLOOMSTROM, a member of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention Faith Communities Task Force, says there is no better time to take the step to be trained in suicide prevention measures…
Postcards: With births and a beauty salon, Afghan “guests” transform US base
PHIL STEWART, of Reuters, reports from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey…
Peru’s ‘Lord of Miracles’ procession cancelled amid pandemic
Lima, Peru AP Peru’s most popular Roman Catholic procession, the Lord of Miracles, has been canceled for the second straight year because of the coronavirus pandemic, the archbishopric of Lima announced Tuesday. The procession venerates a 17th century rendering of Jesus Christ and in the past has attracted more than 100,000 people. It culminates when […]
Amid global vaccine inequality, Vatican weighs ethics of booster shots
Vatican CityRNS While Catholic US President Joe Biden received his third shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, experts at the Vatican on Tuesday considered the ethics of such “booster shot” distribution in wealthy countries when many in other parts of the world have yet to receive the first dose. Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, who heads the Pontifical […]