The misogynistic language of the old Constitution may be removed, but in its place will be clauses that relinquish the state of any real responsibility to support family caregivers, critics say.
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Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The Catholic Church in Hungary is deeply politicized—and shrinking
Even as Prime Minister Victor Orban positions his government as one of the last defenders of Christian culture in Europe, religious affiliation in Hungary has dropped to a record low.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
An outspoken bishop is bringing hope to Catholics under attack in Myanmar
Myanmar’s church has found a powerful new voice in Bishop Shwe, who has joined his flock among the ranks of the nation’s displaced people.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Infographic: Catholic identity in Ireland in a rapid fall
The numbers tell a bleak story for the Catholic Church in Ireland
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
Nigerian bishop: Islamic jihad, not climate change, behind mass killing of Christians
“Tell me, how does climate change drive someone to hack a person to death with a machete?”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Interview: A day in the life of Christian Palestinians in Gaza
“The struggle to secure our daily bread is exhausting. There is a shortage of everything. Nutritious food is non-existent. We have run out of medications and vitamins.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Analysis: Britain’s bizarre, costly and cruel plan to deport migrants to Rwanda
Condemned by the Jesuit Refugee Service UK as a “cruel plan” that “violates human dignity,” the policy authorizes deporting people who come to the United Kingdom in search of safety to Rwanda.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
No end in sight to Palestinian suffering after collapse of latest ceasefire plan
What happens in the aftermath of the I.D.F.’s Rafah assault remains hard to discern. Where do the Palestinians go next? How will they live? How will they be fed and sheltered?
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Indigenous peoples struggle to recover from genocidal campaign unleashed under Brazil’s President Bolsonaro
Over the four-year administration of President Jair Bolsonaro, between 2019 and 2023, 570 Yanomami children perished as 20,000 wildcat miners, known in Brazil as garimpeiros, tore up the forest in what should have been protected Yanomami territory, seeking gold, tin and minerals used in contemporary hi-tech products.
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C.R.S. president: Palestinians in Gaza are hungry and exhausted—but also resilient
C.R.S. President Sean Callahan spent a dramatic day in Rafah, meeting with a few of the hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians who have escaped the fighting between Hamas and the Israel Defense Forces.