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by bcadmin | May 9, 2022 | Catholic Church, Church in Africa, lead, News, South Africa, violence against women | 0 |
Thousands of mourners gathered at the home of a major political figure in South Africa on Friday after his daughter was murdered in the latest case of gender-based violence in the country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 26, 2022 | Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, lead, Mexico, News, violence against women | 0 |
Following the disappearance and murder of an 18-year-old woman in Mexico, the local Catholic Church is blaming the failings of the state authorities.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 15, 2022 | Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Church in the Americas, lead, News, violence against women | 0 |
One woman is raped every ten minutes in Brazil, and one is murdered every seven hours, according to a survey of crime statistics in 2021.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 26, 2022 | Archbishop John-Baptist Odama, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, News, Terrorism, Uganda, violence against women | 0 |
When Lilian Akello was 32, members of the Lord’s Resistance Army killed her two sons, then kidnapped her.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 1, 2022 | Catholic News Service, News, Nuns, Pope Francis, pope's worldwide prayer network, Religious Sisters, The Pope Video, Vatican, violence against women | 0 |
ROME — Pope Francis encouraged religious sisters and consecrated women to continue to show courage amid difficulties, even if it means pushing back against the church they serve faithfully. “I invite them to fight when, in some cases, they are treated unfairly, even within the church; when they serve so […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 1, 2022 | lead, motherhood, New Year, News, Papal Mass, Pope Francis, Vatican, violence against women, World Day of Peace | 0 |
Pope Francis on New Year’s Day urged believers to imitate the Virgin Mary in developing a mature, adult faith and asked that greater support be given to mothers and more protections be enacted for women who face violence.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 20, 2021 | Church in Italy, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican, Violence, violence against women, Women | 0 |
Pope Francis says violence against women is “an almost satanic problem.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 23, 2021 | Afghanistan, Italy, lead, News, Pope Francis, United States, Vatican, violence against women | 0 |
Pope Francis Wednesday again issued a vocal condemnation of violence against women, which is a problem he said is everywhere, and which there are several striking examples of, from the United States, to Italy, to Afghanistan, and beyond.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 10, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, domestic violence, News, Uganda, violence against women | 0 |
Women and girls are increasingly experiencing violence in Uganda despite the presence of laws and rules to defend victims and survivors of gender-based violence.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 30, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in Asia, Islam, News, Pakistan, violence against women | 0 |
The majority of women who are victims of violence in Pakistan are among the country’s poor and middle classes, and their deaths are often not reported or, when they are, often ignored.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 7, 2021 | Iraq, Isis, lead, News, Nineveh Plains, Papal Trips, Pope in Iraq, Qaraqosh, violence against women, Women | 0 |
Speaking to a crowd that saw its girls and women sold as property by Islamic State terrorists, and on the eve of International Women’s Day, Pope Francis gave a “heartfelt thank-you to all the mothers and women of this country, women of courage who continue to give life, despite the wrongs and hurts.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 3, 2021 | Apostleship of Prayer, From the Pope, News, Prayer network, violence against women | 0 |
Abuses and violence against women are “acts of cowardice and a degradation of all humanity,” Pope Francis said.
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