To rescue 10 trapped miners, Mexico turns to German, US companies
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Mexico will ask both a German and a US company to help rescue 10 miners who have been trapped in a coal mine for nearly two weeks, officials said on Tuesday, as families urged quicker action to save the trapped men. The Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond when asked which two […]
The Catholic Church hasn’t forgotten the people in Ukraine, prelates say
Vatican CityRNS Six months into the war in Ukraine, Catholic prelates in the bombarded country hope to rally the spirits of Ukrainian citizens, while urging world leaders to remember their plight. Meanwhile, Pope Francis continues to call for dialogue. “Ukraine is standing. Ukraine is fighting. Ukraine is praying,” said Greek Catholic Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk in […]
Kenya’s Odinga says presidential election result a “travesty”
Nairobi/Kisumu, KenyaReuters Kenyan politician Raila Odinga rejected as a “travesty” the result of the 9th August presidential election he was declared to have lost to Deputy President William Ruto and warned on Tuesday of a long legal crisis facing Kenya’s democracy. His first comments on the result came after four of the seven election commissioners […]
UN special envoy to visit Myanmar amid “deteriorating situation”
Reuters A senior UN official is visiting Myanmar this week, the United Nations said, on a rare visit that comes amid domestic political turmoil and fraying ties between Myanmar and its South-East Asian neighbours. Myanmar has been in chaos since the military overthrew an elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi early […]
Explainer: Living on the edge – what’s it like in Haiti?
Thomson Reuters Foundation A year after Haiti’s President was shot dead, the Caribbean island has sunk deeper into chaos, its poor and hungry people squeezed by rising violence and runaway inflation. Fuel, food and medicine are now out of reach for many Haitians. Members of the Haitian National Police patrol a street as ongoing gun battles […]
Books: A teen’s guide to a “brave” Christian life
DAVID ADAMS reads Travis Barne’s resource for teenagers – ‘Brave in the Making’…
US report: Catholic clergy’s unquestioned – and uneducated – power spurs abuse
United StatesRNS A new report based on interviews with some 300 Catholic priests, nuns and laypeople concludes that clergy aren’t adequately prepared to wield the power they exercise and need more education on questions of sex and gender. The report, Beyond Bad Apples: Understanding Clericalism as a Structural Problem & Cultivating Strategies for Change, released […]
Nicaragua´s Catholic Church says priest detained as crackdown intensifies
Reuters A Nicaraguan Catholic priest from a northern parish was detained after celebrating Mass, the church said, amid rising tensions between the church and the government of President Daniel Ortega. The diocese of Siuna, around 300 kilometres north-east of Managua, said in a statement on Sunday evening that priest Oscar Benavidez had been detained. “We […]
In Canada, Bruxy Cavey credibly accused in three cases of sexual abuse and one sexual misconduct
RNS Soon after Bruxy Cavey was forced to step down and admitted to a years-long sexual relationship with a member of his Toronto-area megachurch The Meeting House, some of his supporters contested the suggestion his behaviour was sexual abuse, insisting it was a consensual affair. But the latest set of church investigations may put that […]
Lost enough to be found
In many cultures that have rites of passage, the initiate is taken to an unfamiliar place and left there for a number of days. PICTURE: Khamkéo Vilaysing/Unsplash Far from home and beyond any recognisable landmarks, the only way they had to orient themselves is to look up at the heavens that didn’t change. In such a situation […]