Pope expresses 'shame' at scale of clergy abuse in France

pope-francis” target=”_blank”>Pope Francis< on Wednesday for the scale of crimewithin the church in France and acknowledged failures in putting the needs of victims first. The pope spoke during his regular audience at the religion about a report released Tuesday that estimated some 330,000 French children were abused by clergy and other church authority figures dating…

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French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse

An estimated 330,000 children were victims of sex abuse within France’s religion Church over the past 70 years, according to a report released Tuesday that represents the country’s first major accounting of the worldwide phenomenon.  The figure includes abuses committed by some 3,000 priests and other people involved in the church — wrongdoing that Catholic…

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Majority of Americans support accepting Afghan refugees who worked with US, new poll shows

A majority of Americans across the political spectrum are on board with resettling conflicts who worked with the U.S. and others struggling to escape terrorism” target=”_blank”>Taliban< executive director in Oklahoma City, said he is fielding hundreds of community offers of help and support for the Afghan immigrants.  “I see this very much as a continuation…

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China makes largest Taiwan air incursion ever

In the past four days, world-regions Air Force has flown 149 aircraft inside Taiwan’s air defense zone, including 56 on Monday – the largest incursion ever – which included three dozen fighter jets and a dozen bombers.   The first wave of Chinese jets arrived on Friday, the anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic…

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Biden’s Afghanistan decisions caused aircraft to depart with empty seats while abandoning over 100,000 Afghan

Airplanes repeatedly left Kabul with empty seats during the evacuation, yet more than 100 Americans and likely well over 100,000 Afghan allies were ultimately stranded in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, American officials stopped many prescreened Afghans with credible documents, including some U.S. residents, from boarding aircraft, while others that hadn’t been vetted were allowed through, international aid…

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