The Talitha Kum international network of religious who are fighting against human trafficking will offer a virtual tour of the sisters’ work with survivors starting July 30, the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.
Network against trafficking offers virtual tour of nuns helping survivors
Brutal attack on worshippers in Nigeria is called attack on ‘entire church’
A gunmen fired at people inside and outside St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, located in the southwestern state of Ondo.
Pope praises Papal Foundation’s generosity, including to Ukraine
The pope praised the group for its generosity in helping fund humanitarian and church projects around the world.
German abuse victims, others critical of retired pope’s response to report
The latest statement by retired Pope Benedict XVI on the Munich abuse report has triggered a wide array of reactions.
Church’s inability to put victims first is ‘moment of shame,’ pope says
This deep sense of shame, “our shame, my shame,” he said, was for “the too lengthy inability of the church to put (victims) at the center of its concerns.”
Report estimates 330,000 children abused in French church since 1950s
The report did not attempt to quantify the number of adults abused, but said some of those sexually assaulted were nuns or seminarians.
South Sudan church leaders work for peace, but soldiers won’t listen
Pope Francis may have kissed the feet of South Sudan’s warring political leaders in a dramatic 2019 appeal for peace, but armed conflict continues to cause death and displacement in the world’s newest country, pushing Catholic leaders here to plead for the conflict’s victims.
Bigger picture: Media can showcase overlooked portraits of survivors
Interviewing sexual abuse survivors about their abuse and the emotional impact of it brings an important “human face” to the crimes.