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Father, Son and Holy Spirit "are involved in this creation, in this re-creation, in this perseverance in the re-creation. And we respond to all three: to safeguard and nourish Creation, be reconciled with Jesus, with God in Jesus Christ, every day, and do not grieve the Holy Spirit, do not chase Him away: Make room for him in our hearts, he accompanies us, makes us grow. "

Marking the International Day of Prayer against Trafficking in persons, Francis asks world leaders to “move decisively" to remove "this scourge". Bring "the light of the Word of God and the power of grace" to people who suffer and caregivers. "Caring for a sick person, welcoming him, serving him is to serve Christ, the sick person is the flesh of Christ. This also happens in our time, when, despite the many achievements of science, people’s inner and physical suffering raises serious questions about the meaning of disease and pain and of the death".

Members of the (banned) Guizhou Human Rights Forum, which promoted a fundraiser for the poet Wang Zang, are targeted. He has been in prison since last October, for having sympathized with the democratic movement in Hong Kong. The security forces in the province carried out detentions, searches and checks.

At the end of the Pontifical Council for Culture Plenary which discussed "Women’s cultures: equality and difference", Francis indicates some guidelines: the search for "reciprocity in equality and difference ", "generativity", the fight against the degradation of the female body and "a more extensive and incisive feminine presence " in the Church. Equality in difference.

In the urban context, often a place of dehumanization and unhappiness, "there is a much more fertile ground for the apostolate than what many imagine." Reaching out to others, in daily activities, at work, as individuals or as families, to "break the wall of anonymity and indifference that often reigns in the city."

"Renouncing the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation and acting first on the structural causes". "Politics, much maligned, is a lofty vocation, one of the most valuable forms of charity because it seeks the common good". "The pillars of those called to administer public life" are "the dignity of the human person and the common good." "Feeling ourselves to be custodians and not masters of the earth", that" it is not a legacy that we have received from our parents but a loan that our children make to us".

The fire started on the top floor of Yiwu Commodity Mall in Huizhou. About 300 customers evacuated. No news of 24 children who were in the bathrooms on the second floor and another 20 people who were in those on the top floor. Two mall managers arrested. Only 20 days ago they had had approved a fire safety check.

The martyrdom of Christians is not a thing of the past. "Our martyrs, who end their lives under the authority of corrupt people who hate Jesus Christ". "I too will meet my end. We all will" and "this, at least to me, makes me pray that this annihilation is as similar as possible to that of Jesus Christ, to his annihilation "

The authorities extend rescue operations for TransAsia Airways flight 235. The captain and his two first officers died in the crash. The black box reveals a "mayday" launched immediately after take-off: the cause believed to have been a shutdown in the engines. Taipei orders revision of 22 aircraft similar to the one destroyed in the crash.

A study by Greenpeace and the University of Beijing analyzes the environmental situation of 31 provincial capitals and municipalities. In one year, more than 257 thousand premature deaths, an average of 90/100 every 100 thousand deaths. The situation of the country "even worse", given that the study was not able to include some of the most polluted areas of the "industrial world".

In a letter to the presidents of episcopal conferences and religious superiors, Francis writes that in front of a case of abuse " priority must not be given to any other kind of concern, whatever its nature, such as the desire to avoid scandal". The Church's duty is to show solidarity with the victims. Parishes and ecclesiastical institutions must "guarantee" the safety of children.

This is the mission of the Church: to heal the wounded heart, open doors, liberate, to say that God is good, God forgives all, that God is our Father, God is tender, that God is always waiting ... "."The best praise for an apostle? 'He was a worker of the Kingdom '.