A DIOCESE in the US has apologised after footage emerged of students from a Catholic boys’ high school mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
The video features a young man intimidating Nathan Philips, a 64-year-old Native American man singing and playing a drum, while other students wearing “Make America Great Again” hats and shirts surrounded them.
The groups were brought together by The Indigenous Peoples March coinciding with the March for Life which drew thousands of anti-abortion protesters.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington and Covington Catholic High School released a joint statement apologising to Phillips, saying an investigation is taking place and they will take appropriate action.
The statement continued: “This behaviour is opposed to the church’s teachings on the dignity and respect of the human person.”
In response to the students saying “build that wall,” Philips, an Omaha elder and Vietnam veteran, posted a video on Instagram where he said: “This is indigenous lands. We’re not supposed to have walls here. We never did.”
MEANWHILE, the world’s oldest man, Masazo Nonaka, has died in Japan aged 113.
His family said he passed peacefully in his sleep of natural causes.
Born on July 25, 1905, Nonaka and his family have run a hot springs inn for four generations on the country’s northern island of Hokkaido.
He outlived all seven of his siblings, his wife, and three of their five children.
The world’s oldest living person, 116-year-old Kane Tanaka, is also Japanese, and as of September 2018 the country had almost 70,000 citizens aged 100 or older.
ELSEWHERE, contested election results in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been upheld by the country’s constitutional court, confirming Felix Tshisekedi as president.
The African Union had asked for a delay in announcing the results over “serious doubts” about the vote.
Runner-up Martin Fayulu alleged fraud, but his request for a recount was rejected.
Leaked data attributed to the electoral commission shows a comfortable victory by Fayulu, but the court said he did not put forward proof to back his claims.
Tshisekedi is set to be inaugurated on Tuesday.
FINALLY, film producer Andy Vajna has died aged 74, Hungary’s National Film Fund has said.
Vajna produced several Rambo films as well as Madonna’s Evita.
Since 2011 he had been a commissioner in the country’s government, in charge of developing Hungary’s film industry.
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