Ethics newsweekly is provided by the lilly endowment, an indianapolisbased private Family Foundation dedicated to its founders interest in religion, Community Development and education. Additional funding also provided by mutual of america. Designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome, im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. This week at the vatican, pope francis urged prayers for ebola victims and called on the International Community to do Everything Possible to eradicate the virus. The World Health Organization said the rate of new cases may be slowing in liberia, the worsthit country but the fight was far from over. During a visit to west africa, u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said a much Greater International Response is needed to defeat ebola. A delegation of top religious leaders came to the u. S. This week seeking help for their besieged community in iraq. Isis has particularly targ
Religi religion, Community Development and education. Additional funded provided by mutual of america. Were your retirement company. Welcome, im bob abernethy. Warning that west africas ebola crisis is spiraling out of control president obama announced a ramped up u. S. Response including the deployment of 3,000 american troops to fight the deadlyrf disease. The military will help dwibt supplies, build new Health Care Facilities and develop training for local workers. The plan was praised by many faith based groups working in the region. At a congressional hearing american missionary dr. Kenten brantly who has recovered from ebola urged that the military assets be mobilized immediately. It is imperative that our government response be conducted in Close Partnership with nongovernmental organizations on the frontlines of this epidemic. Brantly said the u. S. Military should not march in and try to completely take over from people who understand the local complexitie complexities. This u
Its founders interest in religion, community devj welcome. Im hari sreenivasan, sitting in for bob abernethy. As conflicts continue to rage in many parts of the world, uv strong plea for peacau his weeko from pope francis. Pmpthe start of world war one, f francis urged the International Community to remember the lessons of histo especially the impa of war on children. T i beg you with all my heart, t ju auixd to stop. Faw3xdyq5] a between israel and hamas, a aithbased ni humanitarian groups specifically jewish religious and Community Leaders convened a summit to show their solidarity and unity they heard from members of r congress and Administration Officials who pledged to continue helping israel defend o n urged the u. S. To provide e1 jc itarian aid to christians e been uprooted by the violence. U according to the u. N. , more tha a million iraqis have been displaced because of the recent events. Xd 4ie state Department Said in itr annual religious freedom report this week that
Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. This week president obama was in myanmar for the east asia summit, a meeting of regional leaders. It was his second visit in two years to the country, which emerged from military rule four years ago. Obama pressed lawmakers in the largely buddhist country to speed up reforms, such as protecting the rights of the Rohingya Muslim minority. Many rohingya are considered stateless, and the u. N. Has called them one of most persecuted minorities in the world. Here in the u. S. , an emotional welcome home for two americans who had been jailed in north korea, kenneth bae and matthew todd miller. They were released after a top u. S. Intelligence official visited north korea, although its unclear what exactly led to their freedom. Bae is a devout christian who was arrested in 2012 and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for allegedly plotting against the north korean government. He is now recovering from ailments he suffered in prison. Dr.
Interest in religious, Community Development and education. Additional funding also provided by mutual of america. Designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. The International Community continued to mourn the victims of last weeks terror attacks in paris amid concern about growing hostility toward minorities. In france, Security Officials guarded synagogues and tried to assure jews that they are safe. In many quarters, there is renewed debate about islam and extremism. Many muslim groups condemned the violence, but also urged more public respect for religion. Pope francis waded into the controversy, saying while no one should ever kill in the name of god, people also should not provoke or insult the faith of others. Many muslims expressed alarm about antiislamic sentiment in parts of europe. In germany, record numbers attended antimuslim protests, outpacing a separate ra