Vatican investigator says claims of Jesuit abuse true
Rome, ItalyAP A Vatican-appointed investigator who helped bring to light decades-old allegations of sexual and spiritual abuse against a famous Jesuit priest is calling for the hierarchs who hid his crimes to “humbly ask the world to forgive the scandal”. In correspondence obtained Monday, Bishop Daniele Libanori also said the claims of the women about […]
Sweden hits record with 60 shot dead in 2022
Stockholm, SwedenReuters Sixty people have been shot dead in Sweden this year, a record in modern times, the government said on Monday. Sweden has been hit by an epidemic of shootings in recent years which police and authorities blame on criminal gangs that operate in cities like the capital Stockholm. Flowers lie outside Malmo Latin […]
Colombia ELN leftist guerrilla group declares Christmas ceasefire
Bogota, ColombiaReuters Colombian leftist guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN) on Monday declared a nine-day unilateral ceasefire over the Christmas period, as part of a bid to support peace talks with the Andean country’s government, which urged other illegal armed groups to follow suit. Colombia’s government and the ELN last week completed the first […]
Catholic Church in Germany: Crisis of confidence over cardinal shakes Cologne Archdiocese
KIRSTEN GRIESHABER, of Associated Press, reports from the historic centre of Catholocism in Europe – the Archdiocese of Cologne…
Netherlands PM Rutte apologises for role of Dutch state in slavery
The Hague, The NetherlandsReuters Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday apologised on behalf of the Dutch State for its historical role in slavery, and for consequences that he acknowledged continue into the present day. “Today I apologise,” Rutte said in a nationally televised speech at the Dutch National Archives. “For centuries the Dutch state and […]
Essay: Even if January 6 referrals turn into criminal charges – or convictions – Trump will still be able to run in 2024 and serve as president if elected
Following news of the January 6 committee’s criminal referral of Donald Trump to the US Department of Justice STEFANIE LINDQUIST, Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science at Arizona State University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at what it all means…