“As Buddhists and Christians, our religious principles and moral responsibilities motivate us to help mankind in its search for truth and peace,” said Card William Goh of Singapore. “May this celebration inspire us to cultivate greater understanding, kindness, and harmony within our communities,” said Archbishop Julian Leow of Kuala Lumpur.
With most seats in parliament, opposition Kuomintang and Taiwan People's Party want to expand the legislature’s right to question government officials, including the president. Some fear that such changes risk curtailing the country's political freedoms in favour of Beijing's aims. Yesterday's protests were inspired by the Sunflower Movement of 2014.
The pontiff issues a new appeal for peace from St Peter's, asking the world not to forget “martyred Ukraine", Israel, Palestine, and Myanmar, at “this time of world war". In his catechesis, he praised humility, his last reflection in the cycle dedicated to vices and virtues. Greeting a group of novices, he mentioned the shortage of vocations to consecrated life in Italy, inviting them to pray.
People in financial difficulty were taken to a clinic in Tehran to sell a kidney for a few thousand euros. It is suspected that some of them died during the operations, which brought proceeds of up to ten times more to the pimps. Iran is one of the crossroads of these criminal deals because of the high incidence of kidney disease.
The raid took place on 19 May, Pentecost Sunday. Two men on a motorbike threw a grenade during the service. Marybel Atis, 40, and Rosita Tubilo, 65, were hit by the shrapnel, sustaining several injuries. Card. Quevedo: 'dastardly' attack and 'sacrilegious act'. Appeal to the authorities for justice to be done.
Today's news: Over 1400 academics sign a petition to the Israeli government to end the war in Gaza; In Beijing, the Minister of Agriculture is also under investigation; Nepalese Sherpa climbs Mount Everest for the 30th time, an all-time record; Vietnamese police arrested a prominent trade unionist; Concern in Moscow over attack on foreign tourists in Afghanistan.
