Giving Christmas Meaning, Pt. 1
"Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store." - Dr. Seuss
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"Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store." - Dr. Seuss
Trump forgets the historical importance of racist propaganda and directly attacks the United Kingdom.
Trump olvida la importancia histórica de la propaganda racista y ataca directamente al Reino Unido.
El ex militar salvadoreño tendrá que rendir cuentas sobre el asesinato en 1989 de seis jesuitas, su empleada y su hija. Los diferentes crímenes de guerra cometidos en El Salvador durante la guerra civil no han sido juzgados por la promulgación de una ley de amnistía en 1993.
The Pontiff opted for the conciliatory path during his first official visit to Myanmar and did not denounce the persecution of the Muslim Rohingya community in the country.
El Pontífice ha optado por la vía conciliadora durante su primera visita oficial a Myanmar y no ha denunciado la persecución que sufre en el país la comunidad musulmana rohingyá.
El Papa Francisco inicia este lunes su primer viaje a Myanmar y Bangladesh enmedio de la crisis humanitaria de los Rohingya. En los últimos dos meses, miles de personas pertenecientes a esta etnia musulmana se han visto forzadas al exilio para escapar de la violencia de los militares.
Pope Francis arrived today in Myanmar in a delicate diplomatic mission, as thousands of stateless Muslims have fled the atrocities at the hands of the military.
La Human Rights Watch ha lanzado oficialmente una campaña para apoyar un proyecto de ley que podría poner fin al matrimonio infantil en Florida, donde las niñas embarazadas pueden ser casadas a cualquier edad si un juez lo aprueba.
Human Rights Watch has officially launched a campaign to support a bill that could potentially end child marriage in Florida, where pregnant girls can get married at any age if a judge approves it.
La Campaña de los "Derechos de Mis Vecinos", lanzada por Esperanza y Esperanza Immigration Legal Services, es un enfoque multimedia bilingüe para equipar a personas en todo el país para apoyar a las comunidades inmigrantes al proporcionar información actual y confiable sobre sus derechos civiles.
The “My Neighbor’s Rights” Campaign, launched by Esperanza and Esperanza Immigration Legal Services, is a bilingual multimedia approach to equipping individuals around the country to support immigrant communities by providing current and trustworthy information about their civil rights.
The Catholic pontiff concluded his four-day visit to Colombia by giving an open Mass in which he encouraged Colombian population to be involved in the peace process to help the country recover from its decades-long armed conflict with the FARC and other guerrilla groups. He also addressed the heavy polarization among Colombian society.
Girls of African descent will host Pope Francis next Sunday when he visits a poor Cartagena neighborhood that is the home of Talitha Qum, a program that seeks by means of religious faith to save little girls from the surrounding dangers of violence, prostitution and drugs.
An interreligious act will be held this afternoon to raise a prayer for the victims of the 17M bombing in Barcelona, and to show that hatred has no place in Faith.
Un acto interreligioso se llevará a cabo la tarde de este jueves para elevar una plegaria por las víctimas del atentado del 17M en Barcelona, y para demostrar que el odio no tiene cabida en la Fe.
Fourteen year old Saudi Arabian has been arrested for a video that went viral almost a year ago. The sordid crime? Publicly dancing to the Los del Río one-hit-wonder, Macarena, on the main road in Jeddah. Though admittedly humorous, the issue of his detainment is much more serious than the gleeful and choreographed wiggles would appear to indicate.
Una carta publicada en un semanario Jesuita por un padre católico y otro protestante - ambos muy próximos al Papa- acusa a la alianza entre integristas católicos y evangélicos en EE.UU de fomentar el fundamentalismo religioso en la política. La carta ha enfurecido a los católicos ultraconservadores americanos, entre ellos, el arzobisbpo católico de Filadelfia, que tildó a los autores de "idiotas útiles".
Some Mexicans are turning to their faith to break their dependence on alcohol and/or drugs by taking oaths to the Virgin of Guadalupe, whose basilica in this capital receives some 200 religious faithful each day who swear to leave their addictions behind.
The former archbishop of Sydney is alleged to have sexually abused children when he was a priest in Ballarat (1976-80) and when he was the archbishop of Melbourne (1996-2001).
The Vatican treasurer, Cardinal George Pell, has firmly denied any wrongdoing after being charged with sex offences in his native Australia.
Today, the US Supreme Court has partially ruled in favor of President Trump's travel ban, and will allow hearings of oral arguments in the case.
El día de hoy la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos ha sentenciado parcialmente a favor del veto migratorio del presidente Trump, y permitirá la audiencia de argumentos orales en el caso.
Durante la mañana de ayer, el ICE arrestó a docenas de inmigrantes iraquíes (caldeos y cristianos) en una operación de búsqueda en Sterling Heights, West Bloomfield y Dearborn (Detroit).
The Nicaraguan government headed by Sandinista Daniel Ortega expressed its "profound dismay and sadness" over the death of Miguel D'Escoto, the first priest to occupy the UN presidency.