Society & Culture

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  Church leaders respond to New Zealand Abuse in Care report, words alone cannot 'mend the wounds'

  By Chris Eyte Oceania 4 months ago

  Church leaders in New Zealand have been responding to the publication of a devastating Abuse in Care report by the Royal Commission of Inquiry recounting the abuse and neglect suffered by many thousands of vulnerable children and adults in the hands of church and state institutions from 1950 to1999. Entitled Whanaketia, meaning ‘Through pain and trauma, from darkness to light’, the report contained a challenge to faith leaders to apologize. 

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  India unveils budget aimed at job creation and rural development, but cuts schemes for minorities

  By Christian Today India Asia

  4 months ago

  India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Modi government's first budget since its narrow election victory earlier this year. The budget, unveiled on 23 July, focuses heavily on job creation, rural development and appeasing key coalition partners in an effort to regain political support, but cuts schemes meant for minority welfare.

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  Injection proves 100% effective against AIDS in South Africa, Uganda trials

  By Ken Kagicha Africa

  4 months ago

  Two injection shots per year used to treat AIDS were 100% effective in preventing new infections among women in South Africa and Uganda, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed.

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  'We are not just physical, we are spiritual', says St Lucia police commissioner during celebratory launch of new police chaplaincy

  By Chris Eyte Caribbean

  4 months ago

  A new Police Chaplaincy Service has been launched by the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) on the island of St Lucia in the Caribbean, with a population of around 180,000 people. “We are not just physical, we are spiritual and we ought to understand this and the sooner we understand this the sooner we’ll be able to cope [with] the challenges that I can tell you it’s only by the grace of God that I can stand there and I shall not be moved,” said Commissioner of Police Crusita Descartes Peliu