Essay: The US Navy needs more chaplains
All three US sea services want and need more chaplains, writes Rear Admiral GREGORY N TODD, chief of US Navy Chaplains. But, he says in an article published by Religion News Service, the recruiting deficit is extreme…
Tunisia finds 70 drowned migrants, morgues running out of space
Tunis, Tunisia Reuters Coastguards have pulled the bodies of at least 70 drowned migrants from waters off Tunisia, where morgues are running out of space and authorities are struggling to contain a surge in crossings, officials said on Monday. Another two boats sank on Monday near the coastal city of Sfax, Faouzi Masmoudi, a judicial […]
Survivors of Libya shipwreck brought ashore in Italy
Rome, ItalyReuters Seventeen migrants rescued after the latest deadly shipwreck in the Mediterranean were brought ashore by the Italian authorities on Monday as Italy faced criticism for its response to the crisis. Those rescued were taken to the Sicilian town of Pozzallo, Italian newswire ANSA reported, and said they were all originally from Bangladesh. Migrants […]
More than 1,300 migrants brought ashore in Italy after multiple rescues
Updated: 8am, 12th March, 2023 (AEDT)Rome, ItalyReuters More than 1,300 migrants have been rescued in three separate operations off the southern tip of Italy, the coastguard said on Saturday, two weeks after at least 74 people died when their boat hit rocks near the coast. Growing numbers of migrant arrivals have piled pressure on Italy’s […]