Paolo Fossati

The patrimonial transition in the religious organisation sparked controversy in Protestant community and civil society. With some 100,000 members, the Myungsung Church is one of the largest Presbyterian Churches in the world. The founder's son will now be able to take over the congregation in 2021.

For the first time in the history of France’s Muslim community, two women imams led a prayer in Paris on 14 September. For a young Muslim intellectual, "it is necessary for Muslims living in the West to take advantage of this context of tolerance, social and cultural change and rationality to update their religious practice”.

35 years after John Paul II's visit, Francis will be the second pontiff to visit the country. On May 16, 2018, the meeting at the Vatican with a delegation of 50 Buddhist monks laid the foundation for the journey. PIME Priest Fr. Daniele Mazza: "The pontiff comes as a father who visits his children".

An international rights watchdog slams the president's rhetoric and policies for encouraging killings. Since Duterte took power, the death toll reached 113; it was 65 in the previous three years. For Bishop Mangalinao, “The best option we have is to network and increase mutual support. It is further necessary to pray for each other. We must not be afraid for God is on our side.”

The UN's "Climate Action Summit 2019" is scheduled today in New York. Southeast Asia is among the regions of the world most affected by the phenomenon. Because of its effects, more than 70 people have died in Myanmar during this year's monsoon season and about 200,000 have been displaced.

The opposition leader says he is going to return from exile on 9 November, urges soldiers to defect, and promises to lead the "restoration of democracy" in the country. The government reiterates that planning a coup d'état involves a sentence of 15 to 30 years.

The Tulay ng Kabataan Foundation, headed by Fr Matthieu Dauchez, is helping children. The Archdiocese and the Foundation want to correct the false belief that Catholics must pay to receive the Sacraments. In 21 years, the Foundation has helped over 55,000 children, including the Servant of God Darwin Ramos.

About 100,000 people are displaced. Damages to road network thwart rescue operations. Flooding affected 60,000 people living in 86 villages in Attapeu province and almost all the newly planted rice fields have been wiped out.

The activist is the general secretary of the Coalition of Indonesian women for justice and democracy. Her organisation has led the campaign to raise the minimum age for marriage, bringing the issue before the Constitutional Court where tragic stories of some "child brides" were heard.

The old limit was 16 years. Every year, one in six Indonesian girls (340,000) gets married before they turn 18. Religious courts have already granted a15-year-old a dispensation to be legally married.

Catholic commitment starts first of all with unity with other Christian confessions. For Visitation church pastor, "The power of dialogue advocated by Christians lies in the friendships created between people of different religions, both in everyday life and in the workplace.” In recent years, building a church, buying land or raising a cross has become more difficult in Malaysia.

The 2011 nuclear disaster at the Daiichi plant is second only to Chernobyl. The former chairman and his deputies were indicted for not having implemented effective countermeasures. The prosecutors asked for the trio a prison sentence of five years for the death of 44 people and the wounding of 13 employees.