For Sister Inés Azucena Zambrano Jara, the female deaconate "would reconfirm our identity". Interviewed by Vatican news, Card Stella stressed the value of celibacy, "a gift which the Lord brings with the calling to the priesthood”. In Africa, the missionaries “bet on human nature and God's grace. Today we have an African clergy that lives celibately”.
“Before the day is over, take two or three minutes [to ask yourself] what important thing happened inside me today? If I had a little hate here and talked behind someone’s back there. Did I do something charitable? . . . Who helped you do these things, both bad and good?” Let us “ask ourselves these questions to know what happens inside us.”
With the start of the uprising on 17 October, a new civic consciousness was born. As they try to overcome the evils of the civil war, the Lebanese demand social justice, something that cannot be ignored or minimised.
The bishop of Parintins (Brazil) underlines some fruits of this Synod. The presence of Pope Francis. Saving and safeguarding nature in the Amazon under the guidance of the indigenous peoples, who are its custodians. Evangelization is not colonization, but love for cultures to understand how to offer the newness of the Cross and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The Committee slams Sirisena for "actively undermining" the government and the security services. Serious intelligence lapses led to hundreds of dead and wounded. Action must be taken against Wahhabism, fake news and growing extremism.
The recognition dedicated to "freedom of thought" is the most important of the European Union. Tohti, 50 years old today, has been in jail since 2014 with a life sentence for separatism. He fought for dialogue between his ethnic group and the majority Han. President of the EU Parliament: "We demand his immediate release".