Fair treatment, family rights, and papers are at the heart of the signed agreement. Bishop Ruperto Cruz Santos describes the deal as “caring and helpful”. It is the “centrepiece” of the Philippines’ ASEAN chairmanship. Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand have 6.5 million immigrants, 96 per cent of the total. In 2015, migrants sent US$ 62 billion in remittances to their home countries.
The Day must be observed with "a special prayer and practical action” to “show the Christian duty to the poor of the country." Priests, men and women religious as well as lay people are "agents of social transformation and sanctification." "In our Liturgy and sermons, [we reiterate] our Christian duty towards the poor and the respect and dignity with which we should treat them, organise campaigns to help the poorer families and other sections of society afflicted by egoism."
The executive director of the Capacity Building Initiative expects the historic apostolic visit to “boost our hearts and mind to work for the common good”. Buddhists will also attend the solemn Mass on 29 November at the Kyaikkasan Ground in Yangon.
More than four thousand indigent will attend Mass. They will come from Rome and from Lazio, diocese including Paris, Lyon, Nantes, Warsaw, Krakow, Malines-Brussels and Luxembourg. Among the initiatives, a medical field hospital set up near the Vatican that will carry out free clinical tests, specialist medical examinations in cardiology, dermatology, infectivity, gynaecology and andrology.
Needy Christians are forced to replace religious images with pictures of the president to get aid. “They think God is their saviour,” an official said. “After our cadres’ work, they’ll realise their mistakes and think: we should no longer rely on Jesus, but on the party for help”. According to some sources, the number of Christians exceeds that of party members.
About 3,000 members of the Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah party have been camped for a week. Police have closed the schools and blocked the streets with containers. The radicals demand the resignation of the Minister of Justice and the application of the blasphemy law.
