Tam's appetite and level of activity fell suddenly towards the end of last month.  The animal is under constant observation by veterinarians.  Iman, the last female specimen in Malaysia, is also ill.

 

 

| 25/05/2019
| MALAYSIA

The Pope meets the participants at the international conference "Yes to Life" and remembers how the teaching of the Church is "clear and unchanged. Human life is sacred and inviolable. Here religion has nothing to do with it is a human question".  No human being "can ever be incompatible with life, for any reason".

 

| 25/05/2019
| VATICAN

A branch of medical science, it applies the principles of biology and natural sciences to clinical practice.  The government: "It will bring economic growth, new jobs and better health care".  Seoul will spend around US $ 3.34 billion by 2025 to promote its development.

 

| 25/05/2019
| SOUTH KOREA
by Purushottam Nayak

The Franciscan nun pronounced her solemn vows last month.  Priests, nuns and thousands of people gathered in Raikia for a thanksgiving mass.  Some repented Hindu extremists also attended the ceremony.  In August 2008, the radicals killed about 100 Christians from Kandhamal.

| 25/05/2019
| INDIA

The prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples met with wounded and survivors.  He presided over the laying of the foundation stone of the reconstruction works in the sanctuary of St. Anthony and in the church of St. Sebastian.  His presence was a source of consolation for Catholics.

| 25/05/2019
| SRI LANKA - VATICAN

Defeated on the military level, the group changes strategy and invites the militants to deepen their knowledge.  On jihadist websites details on "hit and run" attacks.  A tactic that appears to yield with numerous attacks on a global scale.  US expert: the Islamic State "is still very dangerous".

 

| 25/05/2019
| IRAQ - SYRIA
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