Pope issues plan for removing bishops who fail to act on sex abuse
ROME—Never one to slow down on the weekend, Pope Francis on Saturday signed two documents designed to reflect progress on two battle fronts: The Catholic Church’s response to clerical sexual abuse, particularly bishops’ accountability, and reform of the Roman Curia, the global Church’s governing body. The first document is a motu proprio, meaning a legal text, titled “As a loving mother,” which talks specifically about the causes that could merit removing a bishop or an eparch from his post. In..>> view originalChina pushes back against US pressure, says it has 'no fear of trouble' in South China Sea
China pushed back against U.S. pressure to stop its activity in the South China Sea Sunday, insisting that it has sovereignty over most of the disputed territory in the region and saying it “has no fear of trouble.” Chinese Admiral Sun Jianguo said China will not be bullied in the South China Sea and will not back down over a pending U.N. ruling over its claims in a vital trade route. "We do not make trouble, but we have no fear of trouble," Sun said at Asia’s biggest security summit in Singapo..>> view originalNigeria Says It Has Recovered $9.1 Billion In Stolen Money And Assets
ABUJA, June 4 (Reuters) - Nigeria's government has recovered $9.1 billion in stolen money and assets, its information and culture minister said on Saturday, as its corruption crackdown continues against the backdrop of the country's worst economic crisis in years. President Muhammadu Buhari, elected last year largely on his vow to fight corruption, has vowed to recover "mind-boggling" sums of money stolen from the oil sector and said public coffers were "virtually empty" when he took office las..>> view originalHong Kong students split from Tiananmen anniversary vigil
HONG KONG (AP) - While Hong Kongers crammed into a park Saturday to remember the victims of China's bloody crackdown on protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square 27 years ago, many student groups held rival events in a sign of the widening rift in the city's pro-democracy movement. The annual evening vigil at Victoria Park is the only large-scale public commemoration on Chinese soil of Beijing's brutal crackdown. About the only sign in Beijing that it was the anniversary of the event was the t..>> view originalDuring Ramadan month, local Muslims help feed the hungry
Muslims are to distribute 50 tons of food to the needy across southeastern Michigan during the holy month of Ramdan, which starts Sunday nightMakkiya Petross of Al IKhlas Training Academy in Detroit was one of several Muslim volunteers who helped pack food in July 2015 at Gleaners Food Bank in Detroit, for the Michigan Muslim Community Council's annual program to help the hungry during the Ramadan season. (Photo: Michigan Muslim Community Council)For Shaykh Mohamed Almasmari, the month of Ramada..>> view originalThe advance on Fallujah has slowed, and Iraq's Shiite militias want to step in
The Post’s Hugh Naylor reports from the front lines of the fight to remove the Islamic State from the Iraqi city of Fallujah. The assault is being led by the military, police and elite counterterrorism forces, but powerful Shiite militias are eager to be involved, as well. (Hugh Naylor/The Washington Post) SAQLAWIYAH, Iraq — Only a few days ago, the Islamic State ruled this verdant Iraqi farmland. By Saturday, the area was firmly controlled by powerful Shiite militias, which delivered swi..>> view original#MemeOfTheWeek: Donald Trump And A Gorilla, Walking Through A News Cycle
The gorilla, who was killed last Saturday at the Cincinnati Zoo to save a 3-year old child who fell into its enclosure, was named Harambe. The name comes from the word "Harambee," which, in Swahili, means, "Let us all pull together." This week, the story of that gorilla, and how it strangely found its way into the political conversation, was about as un-Harambe as it gets. But that should not come as a surprise. There were all the initial questions raised by the story, which themselves were rip..>> view originalAll tigers removed from Thailand 'Tiger Temple'
About 100 tigers were removed from the grounds earlier this week, and the remaining animals were taken off the site Saturday.The "tigers looked fairly healthy," said Adisorn Noochdumrong, deputy director general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP). His team will be performing "thorough check-ups on every tiger, to see if they are indeed in good condition."The operation to move the tigers from the Buddhist temple took almost a week, authorities told CNN. The..>> view originalPeru votes in tightening race shaped by ex-leader's legacy
A woman walks past a mural promoting presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori in the Villa el Salvador district of Lima, Peru, Saturday, June 4, 2016. The South American country is gearing up for a tight June 5th runoff between Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori, and former World Bank economist Pedro Kuczynski. (Rodrigo Abd/Associated Press) By Joshua Goodman and Franklin Briceno | AP June 5 at 12:07 AM LIMA, Peru — Peruvians will choose Sunday between ..>> view original
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