Perspectivas / Perspectives

Voices across the religious and political spectrum decry religious bigotry in the Senate

Two U.S. senators — Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) — made headlines in December after they questioned whether a judicial nominee’s membership in the Knights of Columbus would prevent him from being an impartial judge. The nominee was Brian C. Buescher, a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Council 13080 in Omaha, Neb.

Sen. Hirono stated that “the Knights of Columbus has taken a number of extreme positions” and then asked Buescher whether he would withdraw his membership with the Order if confirmed, “to avoid any appearance of bias.” In a similar vein, Sen. Harris called the Knights “an all-male society” and asked if Buescher was aware that the group “opposed a woman’s right to choose” and “marriage equality.”

Buescher responded that he has been a member of the Knights since age 18 and that his membership “has involved participation in charitable and community events in local Catholic parishes.”

Former policies of spiritual repentance & rehabilitation for sexual offenders did not work.

In years past, reporting was a matter of conscience for clerics and religious. With the new motu proprio, it becomes Church law.

 Rome, May 10, 2019 (LifeSiteNews).— Pope Francis on Thursday issued an apostolic letter that requires all priests and other religious to report to their superiors any credible accusations of clerical sexual abuse and cover-ups.

The Pope’s motu proprio is titled “You are the Light of the World” (Vos estis lux mundi), which is taken from the Gospel of Matthew and makes mandated reporters of the more than 415,000 priests and more than 700,000 religious women around the world.

Crece exponencialmente el número de presos políticos en Cuba, un régimen que sirve de modelo al régimen de Nicolás Maduro en Venezuela.

La ONG Cuban Prisoners Defenders (CPD) es reconocida como la organización que presenta la lista de presos políticos adoptada mayoritariamente por los países democráticos con representación diplomática en Cuba.

Más de 4.000 presos políticos en la isla

Mayo 1º.– El informe de prisiones que está elaborando Cuban Prisoners Defenders arroja, además, un dato altamente preocupante. El número de convictos y condenados con “Peligrosidad Social Pre-Delictiva”** se cifra por miles según nuestros estudios de población carcelaria. Por poner un ejemplo, en la prisión José Luis Robao, en el municipio de Corralillo, con una población reclusa del entorno de 300 presos, tenemos la certeza de que existen al menos 24 de ellos condenados por “Peligrosidad Social Pre-Delictiva”, incluyendo a Orlando Triana González, ya presente en nuestra lista. Sus nombres no aparecen en la lista de Convictos de Conciencia actual por ser necesario para ello un estudio de cada caso.

• The US and India had warned the Sri Lankan government of a planned attack weeks before this Easter terror attacks

• Over 300 death and many hundreds more wounded

• Attacks intensify on Christian communities in countries with a majority Muslim population

Colombo, Apr.22.– The death toll continues to rise with over 300 people dead as of Monday afternoon and around 500 others who were injured in eight coordinated attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Among the deceased were 39 tourists, including American citizens.

A government investigator says seven suicide bombers were behind the eight coordinated attacks that killed at least 290 people and injured 500 more across the island nation yesterday. Although no one has claimed responsibility for the violence — the deadliest since the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war a decade ago — police say a militant group named National Thowfeek Jama'ath was behind the attacks.