tagged articles with: justice

The 'Spotlight' on crimes against children

The 'Spotlight' on crimes against children

Shay Cullen, - UCAnews - Church Issues el Sat, Feb 20th 2016

The 'Spotlight' on crimes against children It is the responsibility of all to protect society's most vulnerable. There comes a time when truth has to be revealed, when the secrecy of crimes can no longer be contained and denied, and when the guilty must be held to account. History shows that secrecy and cover-ups keep that day of reckoning at bay but one day the truth will come out.

The unholy destruction of Bishop Bell

The unholy destruction of Bishop Bell

Charles Moore - The Telegraph - Ecumenism el Fri, Feb 12th 2016

"Time and again, in recent child-abuse inquiries, the police have made grandiose, ill-based claims". Justice is not guaranteed by passionate feeling against a particular, horrible crime such as child abuse. It depends absolutely on proper process. "The key legal principle – the presumption of innocence – is being set aside".

Practice what you preach

Practice what you preach

Joe Torres,- UCAN - Spirituality el Wed, Jan 27th 2016

"Our faith is focused on externals and rituals, processions and private devotions," Cardinal Orlando Quevedo of Cotabato told some 12,000 congress delegates, comprised of priests, religious, and lay church leaders. He reminded delegates that the Eucharist is "the deepest kind of union" that shares in the mission of Jesus "to the poor, the oppressed and marginalized, to all who are needy and in need of love and service. 

MPs put pressure on David Cameron to recognise Christian 'genocide' in the Middle East

MPs put pressure on David Cameron to recognise Christian 'genocide' in the Middle East

Sean Smith - The Tablet - JPIC News el Wed, Dec 23rd 2015
Senior British politicians have put pressure on David Cameron with a letter urging that the UK joins other nation states in recognising the persecution of Christians in the Middle East as “genocide”. Last week the Lithuanian parliament become the first EU state to recognise legally that religious genocide is occurring across the Middle East, particularly in Syria, Iraq, Pakistan and northern Africa.
Crisis in Syria: On the Road from Damascus

Crisis in Syria: On the Road from Damascus

Timothy Radcliffe - The Tablet - JPIC News el Tue, Dec 22nd 2015

The bell rang out from the Carmelite monastery in the Syrian mountains between Damascus and Homs. It would be audible to Islamic State (IS) jihadists, whose front line is less than three miles away. It said defiantly: “We are still here.” The terrorists captured Qara, the local ­village, burnt the churches, dug up the Christian graves and scattered the bones. The friars and sisters had survived only by taking refuge in an old Roman tower where they were protected by Muslim friends. Now the village has been recaptured by the Syrian army.

Negative modern attitudes towards faith

Negative modern attitudes towards faith

Dr Rowan Williams - Evening Standard - Articles el Fri, Dec 18th 2015

As a cinemagoer, I’m being carefully targeted for conversion to a philosophy of life. If I don’t like it, that’s my problem. After all, this philosophy of life is completely self-evident to the film-makers, and assumed to be acceptable and attractive to every sane citizen. So advertising our Christian history is not intruding dangerous propaganda into a neutral and benign space. It is competing with existing propaganda, existing philosophies and ideologies. No wonder it’s a challenge for some.

Two ways to solve refugee crisis

Two ways to solve refugee crisis

Ruta Tumenaite - The Tablet Blog - World Issues el Fri, Dec 4th 2015

Two ways to solve refugee crisis: welcome them in, and change the negative attitude in Europe. The so-called crisis of the refugees is in fact “the crisis of the European countries, because we are not prepared to welcome these people”, says Fr. Jean-Marie Carrière SJ, the new regional director of the Jesuit Refugee Service Europe.

Pope Francis in Kenya at start of African tour

Pope Francis in Kenya at start of African tour

Caroline Wyatt - BBC - Activities el Wed, Nov 25th 2015

"All men and women of goodwill are called to work for reconciliation and peace, forgiveness and healing," Pope Francis said at a function hosted by President Kenyatta in State House. "Ultimately, the struggle against these enemies of peace and prosperity must be carried on by men and women who fearlessly believe in, and bear honest witness to, the great spiritual and political values which inspired the birth of the nation," he added.

Santa Marta Group on Human Trafficking

Santa Marta Group on Human Trafficking

Santa Marta Group - Activities el Thu, Nov 5th 2015

Human Trafficking is one of the gravest criminal challenges confronting the international community. The scale of the problem is such that now, according to some studies, it ranks as the second most profitable worldwide criminal enterprise after the illegal arms trade. The International Labour Organisation estimates that 2.4 million people are trafficked globally.

Mobilising faith communities in ending sexual violence

Mobilising faith communities in ending sexual violence

Cardinal Vincent Nichols- London - Activities el Wed, Nov 4th 2015

His Eminence Cardinal Vincent Nichols addressed the Inter-faith Consultation Conference on mobilising faith communities in ending sexual violence in conflicts on 9 February 2015 at Lancaster House. Echoing the words of Pope Francis, the Cardinal said that "sexual violence as an instrument of warfare and conflict is a deep wound in the body of humanity", and "that it is as old as humanity is a cause for our lasting shame."