Nicaraguan Government accuses Catholic Church of money laundering, freezes accounts
Reuters Nicaraguan police said on Saturday they are investigating several dioceses of the Catholic Church for money laundering, a day after local media reported that the bank accounts of parishes in the Central American country had been frozen. The police, loyal to the government of President Daniel Ortega which has clashed fiercely with Nicaragua’s bishops, […]
Catholic Church: Californian dioceses grapple with more than 3,000 lawsuits, alleging child sex abuse
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports that advocates for the survivors of child sexual abuse have been left stunned by the number of cases that surfaced after a 2019 Californian law allowed alleged victims to sue up to the age of 40…
Guinea’s suppression of protests stokes anger as junta loses shine
Conakry, ReutersReuters With the acrid smell of burning tyres hanging in the air, Conakry resident Mariame Diallo pointed to blood splatters on a wall where she said her teenage brother was shot at close range during a protest against Guinea’s military government on 11th May. “I will never forgive those who killed him,” she said between […]
Essay: 70 years after the first ascent of Everest, the impact of mass mountaineering must be confronted
YANA WENGE, Dr ADELE DORAN and MICHAL APOLLO, in an artike first published on The Conversation, warn of the dangers the increasing numbers of those looking to climb the world’s highest peaks bring with them…
Uganda confirms casualties among country’s soldiers in Somali attack
Kampala, UgandaReuters Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said late on Saturday there had been casualties during an attack by Somalia’s Islamist group al-Shabaab on a military base manned by Ugandan peacekeepers in the Horn of African country on Friday. Museveni did not say how many soldiers were killed or wounded but it was the first official […]
Postcards: Firewalkers in Greece honour Saint Constantine in mystery-shrouded, centuries-old rituals
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports from Lagkadas in Greece…
Haiti’s deadly vigilante movement sees decline in gang violence – report
Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters Violence by armed gangs has fallen “drastically” since the emergence of a vigilante justice movement that has seen at least 160 suspected criminals killed in the last month, a report by local human rights research group CARDH said on Sunday. The situation in the Caribbean country remains extremely volatile as heavily armed gangs […]