Following the Chinese model with the panda, Kuala Lumpur wants to donate a monkey specimen to each country that will buy the controversial production. Indignant reactions and criticism on the net for a proposal described as ‘gross stupidity’. This risks destroying the natural ecosystem and endangering other species, including the Sumatran tiger. 

Opposition protests continue in Georgia even during the Easter days after the second reading of the law on ‘foreign influences’ was approved. The law is expected to be reviewed by the parliament's legal committee for final confirmation. A situation that risks suspending the country's status as a candidate country for entry into the European Union.

In his message, the prelate urges voters to go to the polls because “This is a very important moment" for the country, choosing a "clean" candidate who knows how to make India "one large family”. He also asks parishes to take part in a "special novena" and recite the rosary during the Marian month.

The symbolic images of the papal visit in September to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and Singapore were released today. The mottos call for fraternity, prayer, and outreach to local cultures, but also closeness to persecuted Christians in the region.

A survey by the Methodist Centre reveals the concern of people over 75, indirect victims of the exodus of young families caused by the security crackdown after the 2019 protests. Meanwhile, an appeal court accepts the authorities' request to ban "Glory to Hong Kong", the song that became the protest movement’s anthem.

Countries bent by war and violence remembered: Palestine, Israel, Ukraine and Myanmar again recalled at the Wednesday audience. May the intercession of St Stanislaus 'obtain also today the gift of peace in Europe and throughout the world'. The theological virtue of hope, accompanied by patience, belongs to those who "stubbornly desire peace".