Pope rules against investigating Canadian cardinal over sex assault claim
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis has decided there is not sufficient evidence to open a church investigation into Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet over allegations of sexual assault, the Vatican said in a statement on Thursday. Ouellet, a prominent Vatican official, was named earlier this week in a class action lawsuit against the Quebec Catholic diocese that […]
Death toll in Afghan capital mosque bombing now 21 – police
Kabul, Afghanistan AP A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers killed at least 21 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 33 others, eyewitnesses and police said Thursday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack on Wednesday night, the latest to strike the […]
UN chief, in Ukraine, says he’s worried by situation at nuclear plant on front line
Kyiv/Lviv, UkraineReuters UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he was gravely concerned by the situation at Europe’s largest nuclear power station after it came under shelling at the front lines in Ukraine. Russia, which captured the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant soon after its 24th February invasion of Ukraine, said it could shut down the facility […]
Ukraine says fighting ‘deadlocked’ ahead of visit by UN chief
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian forces said on Thursday they had beaten back a Russian attack in the southern region of Kherson, while the death toll from Russian shelling of Kharkiv city in Ukraine’s north-east climbed as the nearly six-month war grinds on without let-up. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Turkish […]
US reports spike in weapons smuggling to Haiti and the Caribbean
Miami, Florida, USReuters US authorities have seen a spike in weapons smuggling to Haiti and the Caribbean in recent months, officials said on Wednesday, promising to boost efforts to combat the trade that is fueling rampant gang violence in Haiti and rising crime in the region. The announcement follows several bloody outbreaks of gang violence […]
Table Talk: Nourishing the soul (as well as the body)
EMMA WATSON looks at the role food can play in showing love to others, just as God shows love to us…
Bigger, better Open Arms charity ship makes its first migrant rescue
Aboard the Open Arms, off Tunisian coast Reuters Four times the tonnage of the original Open Arms rescue tugboat and with a capacity to carry up to 1,000 people, the Open Arms Uno made its first rescue on Wednesday, picking up 101 migrants stranded on a wooden boat off the Tunisian coast. “Sit down, if […]
India backtracks on support for Rohingya refugees, will deport them
New Delhi, India Reuters India’s home ministry said on Wednesday that Rohingya refugees in the capital New Delhi would be held at a detention centre and then deported, contradicting a minister’s earlier statement promising flats and security to members of the Muslim minority. Hardeep Singh Puri, federal minister for housing and urban affairs, had earlier […]
Nigeria’s sharia blasphemy law not unconstitutional, court rules
Lagos, NigeriaReuters A Nigerian court on Wednesday ruled that Islamic religious law does not violate the constitution, dismissing a test-case challenge from a singer who was sentenced to death two years ago on the charge of blasphemy. But in a majority decision, the court in northern Kano state also upheld a lower court’s call for […]
Welcoming refugees: How a new model to help refugees built for Afghans to come to the US has been adapted to support Ukrainians
SOFIA AHMED, of Reuters, reports on how a program of “sponsor circles” is opening the door for temporary resettlement of refugees in the United States…