In Papua New Guinea a government supplied fund of K120 million for church state partnership programmes has been wasted through misapplication and abuse. National Planning Minister Charles Abel will table a report on the Social Development Plan or Church State Partnership Program where K120 million has been spent with nothing to show on the ground. Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Corruption’
Corruption in Church in Scotland to be probed?
Friday, June 28th, 2013The Vatican plans an apostolic visitation of the Church in Scotland, to probe charges of widespread corruption, according to The Scotsman newspaper. Though no word has come from the Vatican, the newspaper said a priest who accused the resigned Cardinal Keith O’Brien of homosexual conduct was told there would be an investigation in a meeting Read more
Pacific Conference of Churches Assembly in Honiara
Friday, March 1st, 2013
Close to 200 people were expected in Honiara, Solomon Islands, when the tenth annual General Assembly of the Pacific Conference of Churches began on Friday 1 March. The Assembly will hear that corruption, bad political leadership and poverty have continued to rise in the Pacific over the past two decades. “It’s important that the regional leaders know Read more
Catholic bishops of Africa denounce corruption and plunder
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
In a pastoral letter strongly denouncing the “cancer” of corruption and the “plunder” of natural resources, the Catholic bishops of Africa have urged national leaders to promote good governance and democratic transitions. The letter was issued by the Symposium of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences in Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). It was signed by SECAM’S president Cardinal Read more
Mexico: 300000 hear Pope condemn drug trafficking and corruption
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
An estimated 300,000 gathered to hear Pope Benedict condemn drug trafficking and corruption in the World’s second-largest Catholic country – Mexico. The pope also asked people to put aside violence and revenge in the country where a murderous war between cartels has led to tens of thousands of deaths. With roads closed, pilgrims walked for Read more
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Pope outlines his vision for Africa’s future
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
Africa’s future focused Pope Benedict’s attention on his second trip to the continent. In his final homily the Pope told some 50,000 packed into a stadium at Contonou and another 30,000 watching on giant screens from outside that corruption is not acceptable, AIDS is mainly an ethical problem and to seek reconciliation in the face of Read more
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