In the Apostolic Palace’s Sala Regia, the pope and the participants of the meeting on ‘The protection of minors in the Church’ asked for forgiveness. Mgr Philip Naameh, archbishop of Tamale and president of the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Ghana, delivered the homily. The young victim also played a prelude by Johan Sebastian Bach.

| 23/02/2019
| VATICAN

On the third day of the Vatican meeting on the ‘Protection of minors in the Church’, the Nigerian nun shows that the scourge of abuse is also present in the countries of the South of the world. Responding to this urgency is part of the Church's mission.

| 23/02/2019
| VATICAN
by Willy Wo-Lap Lam

China’s Communist regime is obsessed with a possible uprising. As the economy worsens, people from all walks of life could turn against those in power. Rights lawyers, underground churches, dissidents, internet commentators and the poor are the "five new black categories".

| 23/02/2019
| CHINA
by Melani Manel Perera

The president lifted a ban on death sentences for drug-related crimes. The Constitutional Council and the Human Rights Commission claim the right to defend everyone, including jailed criminals.

| 23/02/2019
| SRI LANKA

MILF leader Al Hajj Murad Ebrahim will lead the transition in BARMM, the autonomous Muslim region, which includes five provinces, three cities and 63 villages on the southern island of Mindanao. For President Duterte, the end point of the "road to peace" has been reached.

| 23/02/2019
| PHILIPPINES
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| 12/04/2024
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