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N. Irish Catholic schools fight back as pressure mounts to adopt secular ideologies

November 20, 2023

Just as the Scottish Bishops’ Conference has robustly engaged the Department of Education in Scotland on the removal of protections for Catholic denominational education, the Catholic Schools’ Trustee Service has engaged in the consultative process on Relationship and Sexuality Education in Northern Ireland. Chaired by Bishop Donal McKeown of Derry, the Catholic Schools’ Trustee

18 dead in Myanmar as military crackdown escalates

March 01, 2021

State violence in Mynmar escalated when police opened fire on hundreds of protesters in the cities across the country, killing 18, according to a UN report. It is the largest number of deaths in a single day since the coup began.

Ethiopian federal forces alleged to have indiscriminately shelled towns in Tigray, says rights watchdog

February 11, 2021

Rights organisation, Human Rights Watch have called for a UN inquiry into the alleged indiscriminate shelling of urban areas in Tigray by Ethiopian federal forces.

Bishop accuses UN troops of rape and abuse

March 13, 2018

A Central African bishop said UN peacekeepers could be guilty of crimes against humanity

World peace depends on right to life, Pope tells diplomats

January 08, 2018

The Pope warned against the movement to invent 'new rights' that clash with traditional morality

Population control is a ‘false solution’ to world hunger, Pope tells UN

October 17, 2017

Instead, he said countries should cooperate based on love, fraternity and solidarity

Cafod joins emergency appeal as millions face famine in East Africa

March 15, 2017

16 million people in four countries face severe hunger

Archbishop appeals for aid for ‘forgotten’ children of Ukraine war

February 22, 2017

The UN has said almost one million children are in need on assistance

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