Catholic Church in Spain faces major abuse investigation – El Pais newspaper
Madrid, SpainReuters Spain’s Catholic Church is to open an investigation into alleged sex abuse of hundreds of children by members of the clergy dating back 80 years that the newspaper El Pais has uncovered, the daily said on Sunday. The investigation will look into allegations of abuse against 251 priests and some lay people from […]
DRC: Ebola survivors unite to combat stigma and misinformation
The Democratic Republic of Congo declared an end to the latest outbreak of Ebola in the African nation last week. KAHINDO SIFA BAHATI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how survivors of a previous outbreak are challenging the stigma associated with the deadly disease…
Faith-based pic ‘American Underdog’ tells story of Super Bowl champion Kurt Warner
RNS A former ESPN camera operator, Andy Erwin remembers shooting Super Bowl XXXVI when the St Louis Rams took on the New England Patriots at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans in 2002. On one end was Kurt Warner – who became part of “Super Bowl lore,” going from grocery store stockboy to two-time NFL MVP in […]
Essay: Kim Jong-un’s decade in power – Starvation, repression and brutal rule – just like his father and grandfather
In an article first published on The Conversation, SUNG-YOON LEE, professor of Korean Studies at Tufts University in the US, looks at King Jong-un’s 10 years as North Korean leader…