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Vatican Offers Second Chance For Those Who Were Excommunicated Because Of Abortion

World Youth Day Special – Confess Abortion And Be Readmitted Into Roman Catholic Church

The World Youth Day celebrations have just started, covering the period August 16-21 this year in Madrid, Spain.  Organized by the Roman Catholic Church, the highlight of the event is a visit by Pope Benedict XVI.  And in a move likened to a [...]

Doing The Best For Children To End The Practice Of Child Marriages

Prevalence Of Child Marriages

Every year some 10 million girls under the age of 18 gets married, which translates to one every 3 seconds, says “Breaking Vows”, a report by Plan UK on child marriages. The trouble is that these marriages are not happy ones, and are the cause of much ill health among the young brides [...]

Libya – Where Rape Victims Are Killed By Their Families Out Of Love

Stigma Of Rape

“In Libya when rape occurs, it seems to be a whole village or town which is seen to be dishonored”, says Arafat Jamal of the UN refugee agency UNHCR. The stigma of rape here is so bad, especially in the west of the country, which is particularly conservative, that those who become pregnant through [...]

How Can Victims Of “Beading” In Kenya Be Helped?

Beading In Kenya

The rows of red beads that hang round the necks of Kenyan girls belonging to the Samburu tribe hide a sinister traditional practice. Semburu men can “book” a girl who is a close family relative by approaching the girl’s parents and placing the necklace round the girl. This symbolic gesture signifies a kind of [...]

Margaret McBride - The Nun Excommunicated For Approving Abortion

The Nun’s Punishment

A nun has been excommunicated by the Bishop of Phoenix for approving an abortion of an 11-week fetus done late last year with the intention of saving the mother’s life. Margaret McBride, then vice-president of mission integration at St Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, has since been transferred to another area [...]

Terry And Vanessa – Did They Or Did They Not?

These days John Terry has been appearing in news reports for the wrong reason.  It seems that John Terry had an affair with Vanessa Perroncel and the British press got wind of it.  Terry tried to suppress the publication of the story but Justice Tugendhat did not allow that. So now the whole world has been [...]

Bangladesh – 101 Lashes For Rape Victim

I just read a recent article in The Daily Star from Bangladesh.  It’s about another rape victim who ended up being caned while the rapist walked away free.

The rape took place in April last year at  Khargor of Kasba upazila in Brahmanbaria in Bangladesh. A 16-year old school girl was on her way to Sathgram Advocate Haroon-or-Rashid High School [...]

Germany: Another Honor Killing Case

If you have been following the British case of Tulay Goren, you will know what honor killing in the Muslim world is all about.  In that case, 15-year old schoolgirl Tulay Goren met 29-year old Halil Unal during a school vacation job. The 2 had an affair, which angered her father Mehmet Goren.  He considered that Tulay [...]