Greatest Depravity: 12-year-olds sold as ‘Baby Brides’

Greatest Depravity: 12-year-olds sold as ‘Baby Brides’

Why are Philippine senators and members of the House of Representatives delaying the completion and passing of vital historical laws that will protect children presently at risk of being victims of sexual abuse and sold as ‘baby brides’ for the sexual...
Fr Rufus Halley – bridge-builder and peacemaker

Fr Rufus Halley – bridge-builder and peacemaker

Fr Rufus Halley was a man with a mission to be one in friendship with people of all faiths and be a bridge between communities in conflict and families with feuds. He was a bridge-builder and a peacemaker, writes friend and classmate, Fr Shay Cullen. It is now 20...
Why so few convictions for human trafficking?

Why so few convictions for human trafficking?

Approximately 45.8 million people are caught in the trap of modern slavery around the world, including 10 million children. Yet traffickers continue to operate with impunity, warns Fr Shay Cullen. The recruitment and sale of humans is an age-old crime against the...
How to End Child Labour

How to End Child Labour

It was a massive international solidarity march in 1999 along the streets of Geneva, recalls Columban Fr Shay Cullen. Thousands of children and supporters from all over Europe and Asia were there to encourage and support the approval and signing by the world’s nations...
The Good and Bad and the Ugly of the Internet

The Good and Bad and the Ugly of the Internet

The challenge for Internet Service Providers is to find a moral conscience, to obey existing laws and take voluntary action to protect children online, writes Fr Shay Cullen. There are essentials of life that we all need nowadays: fresh air, food, water, clothes,...