Saudi Arabia appoints kingdom's 1st female ambassador to U.S.

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Reema bint Bandar replaces Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud, son of King Salman

The Associated Press · Posted: Feb 24, 2019 6:06 AM ET | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

Spent 20 years in U.S.

Princess Reema, who studied in America and is known in the kingdom for her philanthropic work, lived in the U.S. during her father's over 20 years as the Saudi ambassador there. Her father also served as the head of the country's intelligence service.

"I will work with God's permission to serve my country, its leaders and all its children and I will spare no effort to that end," Princess Reema wrote on Twitter after her appointment.

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Her posting comes as Saudi Arabia under King Salman and Prince Mohammed allowed women to drive last year. However, the kingdom meanwhile has arrested women's rights activists as part of a wider crackdown on any perceived dissent in the OPEC-member nation.

Prince Khalid returns to Riyadh as a deputy defence minister. Prince Mohammed has held the position of defence minister even after becoming the next in line to the throne of the oil-rich kingdom.

In a tweet, Prince Khalid said his posting would allow him to again "be the sword" of the defence minister.

"I ask God to help me achieve the vision of our leadership and serve the men I know who are faithful to their religion and homeland," he wrote.

Prince Khalid's naming as deputy defence minister comes as Saudi Arabia remains mired in its years-long war in Yemen, which also have strained American relations to the kingdom.

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Saudi Arabia has faced growing Western criticism over its airstrikes hitting markets and clinics, killing civilians. U.S. lawmakers increasingly are pushing to withdraw American support for the conflict, which pits the kingdom and its allies against the Houthi rebels that hold the capital of the Arab world's poorest nation.

Another royal decree from King Salman overnight granted a month's salary as a bonus to Saudi soldiers defending the kingdom's southern border with Yemen, where the Houthis have launched a series of bloody attacks.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/saudi-arabia-female-ambassador-u-s-reema-bint-bandar-1.5031567?cmp=rss

Pope Francis on Sunday compared the sexual abuse of children to human sacrifice as he addressed the Catholic Church's top bishops at the end of a landmark summit to tackle paedophilia.

"Our work has made us realise once again that the gravity of the scourge of the sexual abuse of minors is, and historically has been, a widespread phenomenon in all cultures and societies," he said.

Calling for an “all-out battle” against a crime he called abominable, the pontiff said the crime reminded him of "the cruel religious practice, once widespread in certain cultures, of sacrificing human beings - frequently children - in pagan rites," he stated.

Francis was speaking after a four-day meeting which he had opened by calling for "concrete measures" on tackling priests and handing 114 senior bishops a roadmap to shape the debate on how to stop a global scandal.

Widespread abuse

"If in the Church there should emerge even a single case of abuse - which already in itself represents an atrocity - that case will be faced with the utmost seriousness".

The ongoing scandals have hit countries around the world, with recent cases affecting Australia, Chile, Germany and the US.

Francis said those who priests who pray on children are "tools of Satan".

"No explanations suffice for these abuses involving children," the Argentine pontiff said.

"The echo of the silent cry of the little ones who, instead of finding in them fathers and spiritual guides encountered tormentors, will shake hearts dulled by hypocrisy and by power.

"It is our duty to pay close heed to this silent, choked cry," he added.

https://www.france24.com/en/20190224-pope-child-sex-abuse-summit-vatican-battle-crime-priests-catholic-church

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However, it is alive and well in South Carolina, where a different generation has formed a partnership, according to The Hill.

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