Francis lands in a few hours. Workmen, sound engineers and police busy at Suhrawardy Udyan Park. Billboards with the image of the pontiff are erected. The archbishop's garden is readied and the rickshaw that will carry the Pope polished. From our envoy on the gorund.
Allam Majharul Islam is the great guardian of the Amber Shah Shahi Jami Mosque. An interreligious group to promote harmony between the faiths. Sorrow for attack on Sinai. To curb terrorism, "focus on education in the madrasas and control sermons in the mosques". From our envoy on the ground
Dhaka still devoid of signs of welcome for arrival of the pontiff. At the center of the visit: refugees, migrants and rejected people. In Cox's Bazaar camps, the Chittagong diocese thinks of the education of Rohingya children. The displaced risk being moved to Hill Tracts where no rights or development exist. From our envoy on the ground.
A Hindu-Christian international conference on ‘Enlightenment and tantra’ was held in Rome. For Mgr Spreafico, “ignorance brings many evils”. Card Tauran noted Pope Francis’s many appeals in favour of dialogue. “Every religion and every believer thinks that his or her belief is the best’” said Hindu scholar. Spirituality should be the starting point, Christian mystic said.
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