After more than 400 days in prison Pell said he considered his time behind bars as a “a long retreat”, but that he was now looking forward to celebrating a private Mass for the first time in over a year.
Australian Cardinal George Pell has been released after his 2018 conviction was quashed in a 7-0 decision by the High Court of Australia. The Cardinal had spent roughly 400 days in prison after being convicted in 2018 of the sexual assault of two 13 year old boys in the mid 1990s. Cardinal Pell, who was […]
This, from the US Surgeon General (their top medical officer) is so easy and helpful that it’s amazing that we haven’t seen something like it from Irish authorities. Watch, it’s literally 30 seconds that could, if you’re an at-risk person, save your life: #DYK? CDC’s recommendation on wearing a cloth face covering may help protect […]
Credit to whatever low-paid research nerd at C-Span who is spending the crisis sitting at home and watching old political clips for coming up with this gem: President George W. Bush in 2005: "There is no pandemic flu in our country or in the world at this time. But if we wait for a pandemic […]
Top work from Niamh Horan at the Sunday Independent yesterday, reporting that one of the biggest potential problems with the Covid-19 outbreak is being addressed: Irish billionaires who were in Ireland the day the lockdown came into place will get a free pass to stay here for as long as it lasts. The Sunday Independent […]
The Royal College of Physicians in the UK has confirmed its opposition to the legalisation of euthanasia, saying the majority of doctors would be unwilling to participate in ending the lives of patients even if the law in Britain were to change. The confirmation comes following a legal challenge brought by four doctors who had […]
China, a country estimated to have over 1 million people in concentration camps, and which routinely “harvests” the organs of political and religious prisoners, has now been appointed to the influential Consultative Group of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The Consultative Group, which has only 5 members, oversees the selection and vetting process […]
Nurses across the United States are protesting at the lack of protective clothing and equipment available to frontline workers in the fight against the Coronavirus. Similar shortages in Ireland has led to anger and upset being expressed on social media by healthcare professionals, and appeals online for supplies of safety clothing. Compounding the difficult situation […]
Mass Coronavirus testing has hit a temporary roadblock in the UK after important components for testing ordered from abroad were discovered to be contaminated with Covid-19. The Telegraph has reported that laboratories across the UK were warned earlier this week that traces of the virus were detected on core parts of testing equipment due for […]
Nadine Maenza, vice chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, a non-partisan organisation which works to protect religious freedom across the globe, has said that China is harvesting the organs of political and religious prisoners to treat COVID-19. 🔴PREMIERE 7pm ET: https://t.co/EOp0uyk5RU China's state-run media have touted double lung transplants for #CCPvirus […]
Taro Aso, Japan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, last week said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) should start calling itself the “Chinese Health Organisation”. Japan's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Thursday that the petition came as many people worry the World Health Organization may have to change […]
We’re obviously all looking for some good news and there is in fact some good news here, but as with all good coronavirus news, it should be treated with extreme caution, unfortunately. The American Federal Drug Agency (FDA) has approved the use of two anti-malarial drugs, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, for the treatment of Coronavirus after […]