Nun

• Yona Simcha Schreiber, afkomstig uit een nederzetting op de Westbank, wordt beschuldigd van mishandeling gemotiveerd door vijandigheid jegens een religieuze groep. • Een Israëlische kolonist, die wordt verdacht van het schoppen en verwonden van een Franse katholieke non in Jeruzalem, zal voor de rechter verschijnen voor mishandeling uit haat tegen een religieuze groep, aldus het Israëlische ministerie van Justitie. • De aanval op de non, een 48-jarige onderzoeker aan de French School of Biblical and Archaeological Research in Jeruzalem, vond plaats op Mount Zion, net buiten de Oude Stad.

Israeli foreign ministry denounce ‘shameful act’ after footage shows man pushing woman to the ground and kicking herA video of an attack on a French Catholic nun and archeological researcher in Jerusalem has caused widespread revulsion and has been denounced as a “shameful act” by Israel’s foreign ministry.In the video, a man runs up behind the nun as she walks down a street and pushes her over with force, so that the victim comes close to hitting her head on a block of stone. After walking away a few paces, the attacker, who appears to be Jewish, returns to kick the nun as she lay on the ground and only stops when a passerby intervenes. Continue reading...

Plan for three nuns who escaped from care home last year to go to Rome thought to be positive sign of Vatican’s decisionThree nuns who escaped from a care home to return to their convent in a castle close to Salzburg where they had spent most of their lives are a step closer to being able to stay there, sources close to them say.Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita, who are in their early to late eighties, broke into their convent home in Elsbethen last September with the help of former pupils of the Catholic school at which they had taught and other supporters. Their case became a cause célèbre, attracting attention from around the world. Continue reading...

Roofs torn off buildings in Exmouth, power lost and homes floodedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAuthorities were still working on Sunday to restore power to communities hit hard by Cyclone Narelle as a popular tourist town remained effectively cut off.After lashing coastal communities with 250km/h winds and dumping a year’s worth of rain in a day, the now-subtropical low again headed offshore after ripping through parts of Western Australia. Continue reading...