No “sea of death”: Pope calls for pan-European action on migration
Marseille, France Reuters Pope Francis on Saturday condemned “belligerent nationalisms” and called for a pan-European response to migration to stop the Mediterranean, where thousands have drowned, from becoming “the graveyard of dignity”. Immigration issues dominated his 27-hour trip to Marseille, a French port that for centuries has been a crossroads of cultures and religions. French President […]
Morocco earthquake affected 2.8 million people, says minister
Rabat, MoroccoReuters Morocco’s earthquake damaged 2,930 villages in the High Atlas Mountains with a total population of 2.8 million people, the minister in charge of the budget said on Friday. The 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck on 8th September killed more than 2,900 people, most of them in hard-to-reach mountainous areas. An exterior view of […]
Sudan’s army chief says he favours negotiated settlement to war
New York, US/Cairo, EgyptReuters Sudan’s army chief said on Friday he had not sought military support on a recent regional tour and that his preference was for a peaceful solution to the conflict that has killed thousands and displaced millions of civilians. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan also said in an interview with Reuters that he […]
Statue of late German Cardinal Franz Hengsbach will be removed after allegations of sexual abuse
Essen, Germany AP A statue of late German Cardinal Franz Hengsbach will be removed from outside a cathedral in western Germany after allegations of sexual abuse against him surfaced, Catholic church officials said Friday. A memorial for victims of sexual abuse will be created to take the place of the statue, which was erected in […]
US pledges new aid for Haiti, urges UN to authorise security mission
New York, USReuters The United States on Friday unveiled $US65 million more in help for Haiti’s police and urged the UN Security Council to formally back the deployment of a multinational security mission to help the Caribbean country fight crippling gang violence. Speaking at a meeting in New York to address the security situation in […]
Costa Rica’s homicide rate rises in deadliest year ever
San Jose, Costa RicaReuters More than 656 people have been killed so far in Costa Rica’s deadliest year on record, official homicide data showed on Friday, though the government expects this figure to soar past 900 by the end of this year. Costa Rica’s homicides hit a record 654 last year according to the historically […]
Vatican shares investigation into child abuse allegations against an Australian bishop with police
Canberra, Australia AP The Vatican had shared with police findings of an internal investigation of a former Australian bishop over child sex abuse allegations and the church would fully cooperate with criminal investigators, a cleric said on Friday. The Catholic Church announced the handover of its investigation report into former Bishop Christopher Saunders three days after the […]
Impacting lives: The Porter’s Gate hopes to bridge gap between mental health and faith with new album
Sanctuary Songs, a 12-track album inspired by conversations about mental health and faith, was released on 15th September. KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports…
Poor states use food crisis fight to get big power attention at UN
United NationsReuters In his speech opening the annual United Nations gathering of world leaders this week, Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres vowed – to applause – that he would “not give up” trying to get food and fertiliser from Russia and Ukraine to global markets. After Russia invaded Ukraine in February, 2022, the United Nations blamed the […]
Californian bishop acquitted in first United Methodist court trial of its kind in nearly a century
United StatesAP A United Methodist Church court acquitted a California bishop Friday of all charges in the first trial of one of the church’s bishops in nearly a century. Bishop Minerva Carcaño, the first Latina bishop in the denomination and a prominent voice on behalf of immigrants, faced four charges of violating church law. They […]