Woman sues Allentown Diocese over effort to ‘smear’ her over sexual abuse claims
Source: The Morning Call BY Peter Hall Of The Morning Call A woman described as a victim in Pennsylvania’s grand jury report on sexual abuse by clergy has sued the […]
Manafort will cooperate with Mueller as part of guilty plea, prosecutor says
Source: The Washington Post By Spencer S. Hsu and Devlin Barrett President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded guilty Friday to two criminal charges under terms of a plea deal that […]
A sobering look at Islam and human-rights discourse
Source: The Economist By Erasmus A group of Muslim scholars offer a view from the Islamic tradition MOHAMMAD FADEL, an associate law professor at the University of Toronto, is one […]
Multicultural Australia and Modern Australia same thing: Tony Burke
Source: AMUST Posted by Manarul Islam In late August, shortly after the Liberal’s ousting of Malcolm Turnbull as Australia’s Prime Minister, Labor’s Tony Burke MP, granted Manarul Islam, representing AMUST, an […]
Palestinians still live under apartheid in Israel, 25 years after the Oslo accord
Source: The Guardian By Avi Shlaim Twenty-five years ago today the Oslo accord was signed by Israel’s prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin, and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat in the Rose Garden […]
Cancers ‘rising around the world’
Source: BBC News By Smitha Mundasad Global health correspondent, BBC News There will be 18.1 million new cases of cancer and 9.6 million people will die with the disease this […]
Huawei promises foldable phone
Source: BBC News Huawei is planning to launch a smartphone with a fold-out screen within a year, according to the firm’s chief executive. Richard Yu told German newspaper Die Welt that Huawei […]
Humans may have wiped out largest birds
Elephant birds: Who killed the largest birds that ever lived? Source: BBC News By Helen Briggs Prehistoric humans are under suspicion of wiping out the largest birds that ever lived after […]
Cardinal Donald to discuss his resignation with Pope Francis amid increasing pressure
Cardinal Donald Wuerl says he will go to the pope soon to discuss his potential resignation Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer and Michelle Boorstein Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who has faced […]
Pope to meet US bishops Thursday over abuse scandal
SOURCE: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — With the Catholic Church in crisis once again over clerical sex abuse and cover-up, Pope Francis will meet Thursday with […]
Singapore DJ files court challenge against gay sex ban after India ruling
Source: Reuters BY Fathin Ungku SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A Singapore DJ has filed a court challenge against a colonial-era law that bans gay sex in the conservative city-state, his lawyers […]
Indian nuns demand arrest of bishop accused of rape
Source: Associated Press KOCHI, India (AP) — A group of Catholic nuns is holding a public protest in south India, demanding the arrest of a bishop whom one nun accused […]
Movement by Chinese activists hoping to legalize same-sex marriage
Chinese activists renew push for same-sex marriage in their thousands Source: Reuters By Christian Shepherd BEIJING, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Chinese activists are rallying in their thousands to renew a […]
Romania moves closer to banning same-sex marriage after ‘overwhelming vote’
Source: Independent BY Zamira Rahim Romanian senators have overwhelmingly voted for a measure that could be used to change the country’s constitution so that it defines marriage as a union between a man and […]
Kenyan religious leaders fight to rescue young girls from child marriage
Source: Religion News Service By Tonny Onyulo SAMBURU, Kenya (RNS) — As she sat outside her hut making jewelry to sell to tourists, 9-year-old Sajon Lengupayi pleaded with passers-by to rescue […]
Bangladesh says it won’t assimilate Rohingya Muslims
Source: Reuters HANOI (Reuters) – Bangladesh has no plans to take in hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees permanently, its foreign secretary said on Wednesday, adding that they “belong” […]
Pope says he hopes to visit Japan next year, fulfilling wish
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis said Wednesday he hopes to visit Japan next year, a trip that would enable him to draw attention […]
Pope calls world’s bishops to meeting on sexual abuse of children
Source: The New York Times By Jason Horowitz and Laurie Goodstein VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis summoned bishops from around the world to Rome for an unprecedented meeting focused on protecting minors. The […]
Ted Talk: The Why and How of Effective Altruism
Epigraph: Whoever saves a life, it would be as if he or she has saved the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Peter Albert David Singer, AC (born 6 July 1946) is […]
Ted Talk: How can we do most good for the world?
Of all the problems facing humanity, which should we focus on solving first? In a compelling talk about how to make the world better, moral philosopher Will MacAskill provides a […]
