Mourners call Australian Cardinal Pell victim of injustice
Sydney, Australia AP Mourners at the Sydney funeral for Australian Cardinal George Pell, who was once the most senior Catholic convicted of sex abuse, remembered him Thursday as a victim of campaign to punish him regardless of his guilt. Meanwhile, a few hundred protesters yelled slogans from the street denouncing Pell, a staunch conservative who […]
Police ask court to ban protest at cardinal’s Sydney funeral
Canberra, Australia AP Australian police plan to ask a judge to ban gay rights protesters from demonstrating outside the funeral of Cardinal George Pell in Sydney on Thursday due to public safety concerns. Pell, who was once considered the third-highest ranking cleric in the Vatican and spent more than a year in prison before his […]
Cardinal Pell will be interred in Sydney crypt in February
Sydney, Australia AP A once high-ranking Australian cardinal who spent more than a year in prison before his child abuse convictions were quashed on appeal will be interred on 2nd February after a requiem Mass at Sydney’s St Mary’s Cathedral, the church said Tuesday. Cardinal George Pell answers a journalist’s question during an interview with […]
SOUTH SUDAN: CHURCH OFFERS AGE-OLD SANCTUARY TO DISPOSSESSED
In predominantly Christian South Sudan, churches are seen as a safe haven – the custom has deep historical roots – and have become a place of refuge for civilians fleeing violence. STEFANIE GLINSKI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Wau in South Sudan…
Three months on: Islamists still hold Christian hostages, as Marawi residents start to rebuild
World Watch Monitor More than three months after it first attacked the city of Marawi in the southern Philippines, the Maute terrorist group is on the run while still apparently holding 46 hostages, including Catholic priest Teresito “Chito” Suganob and 13 children. Almost half a million Marawi residents are displaced as a result of fighting that destroyed […]