Children

Days of darkness and light for the Catholic Church

The days are fast approaching when the clerical sexual abuse of children cannot be covered up

Philippine clerical child abusers must face civil courts

The Church continues to hide such crimes by paying off or intimidating victims and families

Indonesian news website attacked after reporting child abuse

The story said police ignored evidence presented by a mother accusing her ex-husband of sexually abusing their three children

No more impunity for child rapists in the Philippines

The historic bill providing for a life sentence for a convicted child abuser will serve as a powerful deterrent

The scourge of child abuse in Philippine detention centers

Jail is no place for kids. If youths are rebellious, it is because they are unloved and abused by parents or society

Cambodian children face crisis from poor diets

The situation could get much worse under the Covid-19 pandemic, warns new UNICEF report

Korean Christians to join prayer campaign to end abortion

Church cannot prevent abortion legally, but can make efforts for change with prayer, says Korean priest

Less words, more actions needed to protect minors

Church leaders need to stop playing with words and get down to serious business to protect children and women from abuse

Tribal man abducts child for sacrifice in Thailand

Toddler is found alive three days after she was abandoned in a Chiang Mai village

The greatest depravity: 12-year-old girls sold as 'baby brides'

What could be more depraved than to cover up child sexual abuse by declaring that the relationship was approved by marriage?

US indicts Timor-Leste's defrocked priest

Federal grand jury in Washington charges Richard Daschbach with seven counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct

Singaporean Catholics travel 800km to raise funds for children

Canossaville has been serving children and their families regardless of race, language or religion since 1941

UN nuncio denounces weapons of mass destruction

Pope plans day of prayer with the poor in Assisi

Vatican publishes regulations for promoters of sainthood causes

First Hmong priest ordained in Vietnam

11 Indonesian Islamic scouts drown in river tragedy

India fears Taliban victory will embolden Kashmir militants