A Catholic Church organization formed to compensate residential school survivors spent $6.46m, or more than a quarter of its funds on expenses. The organization also returned nearly $600,000 to church organizations after a 2015 court settlement, financial records obtained by The Globe and Mail reveal. The documents detail the finances of the Corporation of Catholic Read more
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Catholic Church charity set up to pay residential school survivors spent $6.46-million on expenses
Thursday, August 26th, 2021Social media saves Catholic church saved from demolition
Thursday, August 26th, 2021The planned demolition of a Catholic church was put on hold owing to protests by a civil society group in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi. “Thank you for participating in the campaign to #SaveStJosephChurch from demolition,” Karachi Bachao Tehreek (Save Karachi Movement) said in a statement on Aug 23. “Due to our collective resistance, Read more
Pope Francis sends $230,000 for Haiti earthquake victims
Thursday, August 26th, 2021Pope Francis will send over $230,000 (NZD330,000) in aid for victims of the Haiti earthquake, which struck Aug 14. The amount is “an initial contribution” to help the people of Haiti “in this emergency phase,” according to the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development. In an Aug 24 press release, the dicastery Read more
Coleridge advocates increased Afghan refugee intake
Monday, August 23rd, 2021
Increasing the refugee intake is one way the Australian Government could help with the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Afghanistan, says Archbishop Mark Coleridge. The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference president says the government should provide at least 20,000 humanitarian places for refugees from Afghanistan in the wake of the current Taliban takeover. In a letter to Read more
Homeless locked out, back on streets between lockdowns
Monday, August 23rd, 2021
There’s no provision for homeless people between lockdowns in Victoria. The government provides funds for emergency hotel accommodation during lockdowns – but once the crisis is over, the homeless are out on their own again. It’s back to the streets or unstable housing. Housing providers say the on-again, off-again provisions are frustrating. They can’t always Read more
Haitians return to quake-damaged churches
Monday, August 23rd, 2021
Parishioners in Haiti are returning to worship in quake-damaged churches following the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that devastated Haiti’s southern peninsula. At an evangelical church in the Bergeaud neighbourhood, parishioners sang hymns under beams of sunlight streaming through holes in the roof and walls. Pastor Sevrain Marc Dix Jonas said Sunday’s service was special because his Read more
Record COVID-19 infections as Philippines lockdown eased
Monday, August 23rd, 2021
Authorities in the Philippines eased lockdown in the capital despite recording its highest daily number of Covid-19 infections on Friday. More than 13 million people in the national capital region went into lockdown on August 6 as the hyper-contagious Delta variant helped drive a resurgence in infections that has strained hospitals. A Covid-19 task force Read more
Situation untenable: Hamburg vicar-general wants new bishop
Monday, August 23rd, 2021
The vicar-general of the archdiocese of Hamburg has urged the Vatican to break its five-month silence. Pope Francis granted Archbishop of Hamburg Stephan Hesse leave of absence at the end of March. The leave came after Hesse offered his resignation over the mismanagement of sexual abuse cases in his previous diocese, Cologne. Vicar-general Ansgar Thim Read more
Caritas Pakistan plans for humanitarian crisis at Afghanistan border
Monday, August 23rd, 2021Caritas Pakistan has alerted its diocesan units bordering neighboring Afghanistan to help refugees fleeing the Taliban’s takeover of the country, reported ucanews.com. Thousands of Afghans have entered Pakistan via the Chaman border crossing, one of the most active trade and travel routes between the countries, according to media reports. However, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad Read more
Khmer Rouge henchman says he will die alone in prison
Monday, August 23rd, 2021Khieu Samphan, the former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, told his UN-backed war crimes trial today that he expects to die alone in prison after appealing his conviction for genocide in a drama-filled last speech. “After many years of sitting as a defendant at the end of this long case, it is important Read more