China

Rescuers managed to extract 23 survivors, who were trapped throughout the night. There are still two missing. Accidents in Chinese mines continue.

Francis sends a telegram for the death of the former Archbishop of Managua, defined by a law "National Priest for Peace and Reconciliation".

The Early Rain Covenant Church was founded by pastor Wang Yi, a former human rights activist. A two-hour prayer was scheduled in memory of the victims of the massacre. For the police, the reason for the closure is that the church does not respect the new Regulations on religious activities.

Many young people also present. Before the vigil, a Christian prayer meeting, led by Card. Joseph Zen. The testimonies of the families of Tiananmen dissidents and martyrs. Thank you to the people of Hong Kong, the only place to where the dramatic event can be commemorated.

Ecumenism is “increasingly becoming a necessity and a desire, as shown by the various joint prayers and the many ecumenical meetings that took place last year around the world. Let us not forget to start from prayer, so that it is not human plans that indicate the way, but the Holy Spirit”. Also, “The sufferings of many brothers oppressed because of their faith in Jesus are also a pressing invitation to reach an ever more concrete and visible unity among us. The ecumenism of blood.”

The organizers anticipate 100-150 thousand people. Attendance of students in doubt, as the call for more effective tools for greater democracy in the territory. A tribute to the memory of the writer Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize 2010.

Through the Eucharist "we experience the New Covenant, which fully realises the communion between God and us. And as participants in this Covenant, we, however small and poor, work together on building history as God wants it.”

Relatives of the victims of the massacre write an open letter. "The June 4 tragedy is history now, but this disaster remains unresolved, and its wounds have yet to heal," it says. On the anniversary, members of the group are routinely subjected to checks, house arrest, forced travel in the company of security forces. The regime fears a group of fragile, “sick and elderly people”. At least 51 of them have died without receiving justice.

"The devil tries to destroy the profession of Christ in Christians and the image of God in man and woman". Francis indicates hunger, an "injustice" that "destroys man and woman because they have nothing to eat", even if there is "so much" food in the world. Then human exploitation, the different forms of slavery.

The Pontifical Missionary Societies need to renew themselves ahead of the Extraordinary Missionary Month set for October 2019. “It is not simply a matter of rethinking the motivations to do better what you already do. The missionary conversion of Church structures requires personal holiness and spiritual creativity, so as not to only renew the old but to allow the Holy Spirit to create the new.”

Writer Liao Yiwu spoke with Liu Xia, wife of the late dissident Liu Xiaobo, who was left to die in prison from cancer. Under house arrest, Liu Xia was promised by the government that she could leave China for treatment. But nothing has happened so far. Despite her request, Angela Merkel could not meet her. Liao pleads with politicians and ordinary people.

Francis issues a message to mark the publication of the new document by the Dicastery "Giving the best of yourself. On the Christian perspective of sport and of the human person". "Sports can open the way to Christ in those places or environments where, for different reasons, it is not possible to announce Him directly; and people, with their witness of joy, practicing a sport as a community, can be messengers of the Good News".