Brazil police say Bolsonaro committed no crime in interference probe
Brasilia, BrazilReuters Federal police in Brazil looking into whether President Jair Bolsonaro interfered in police work have cleared him of committing any crime, according to a document sent to the country’s Supreme Court on Wednesday. The document also exempted from criminal liability former Justice Minister Sergio Moro, who accused the president of meddling in the […]
Interfaith rally supports Ketanji Brown Jackson in front of Supreme Court
Washington DC, USRNS Leaders of a range of faiths stood before the Supreme Court and declared their support for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the historic nominee for associate justice, to take a seat within its chambers. Those who stood before the high court’s steps on Wednesday represented the position of some 2,000 people who have […]
Russia may have committed ‘war crimes’ in Ukraine, says UN rights boss
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Russia may have committed war crimes by killing civilians and destroying hospitals in its pounding of Ukrainian cities, the top United Nations human rights official said on Wednesday in her strongest comments yet on the conflict. Addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Michelle Bachelet urged Russia to end its five-week invasion. […]
Centres of learning: At top universities, institutes of Catholic thought focus on science and religion
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on how a multi-million dollar grant will support a new three-year plan for creating a national network of independent institutes of Catholic thought at US universities…
Wounded children recovering after escape from besieged Ukrainian city
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine Reuters Eleven-year-old Milena Uralova remembers being knocked unconscious and waking up to see her mother Yelena weeping after she was wounded while the family was escaping from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol two weeks ago. Now recovering in the relative safety of a childrens’ hospital in Zaporizhzhia, some 200 kilometres away, she […]
Essay: Time to end tax havens for Russian oligarchs, crooked politicians and criminals
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article published by Religion News Service, writes about why tax havens should be eliminated…