The leader of the Early Rain Covenant Church is reportedly suffering from liver cancer. His family, who have long been denied prison visits, have received no official news. Despite summits between Trump and Xi, China is intensifying its crackdown on believers and prominent figures within Protestant communities.
Card de Rocha noted that for those who want to accompany young people towards life in fullness, "it is essential to know the realities that they live in, starting from the most painful ones such as want, war, prison, migration and all other forms of poverty".
The opinion of Prof. Wang Meixiu, of the National Academy of Social Sciences. Thanks to the agreement, the era of the Church "independence" from the Pope ends. And we need to think of the Patriotic Association as a "voluntary" body in which participation is not obligatory.
The bishop of Hong Kong recalls that many bishops of the People's Republic of China "cannot always have contact with the Holy Father, and they cannot even have them with bishops from other dioceses". But for Msgr. Yeung, the Sino-Vatican agreement is a step forward in the journey of communion between the Church of China and the universal Church. Card. Zen to the two bishops: "Stop being two-faced. Come home!".
Francis opened the Synod on youth. Recognising, interpreting and choosing are the path to follow during the meeting to arrive at discernment and thus be able to listen to what the Spirit suggests to us. Three minutes of silence to reflect will follow every five interventions.
During the homily, Pope Francis was moved when he addressed them "a warm welcome". The two Synodal Fathers are Mgr Joseph Guo Jincai and Mgr John Baptist Yang Xiaoting. For one priest, "Today at the Synod there are only two bishops, but in the future, we hope to see many more.”
Students in two schools were forced to rewrite a questionnaire until they said they had “No religion”.
According to a Gallup Korea poll, China is the greatest threat to peace for South Koreans. China does “not want inter-Korean reunification", followed by Japan, Russia and the United States. China’s economic boycott has radically changed South Korean attitudes towards China.
At the Mass for the opening of the Synod, Francis underlined the presence, for the first time, of two bishops from mainland China. Sincere listening "protects us from the temptation of falling into moralistic or elitist postures, and it protects us from the lure of abstract ideologies that never touch the realities of our people".
The Vatican Under-Secretary for Relations with States won first prize at the annual lottery organized during the National Day of the Republic of China. The prelate is the signer of the agreements between the Vatican and Communist China on episcopal appointments. Ambassador of Taiwan: "Happy with the understanding, this is a purely religious matter".
Sister Teresina Cheng was invited as an auditor. From her work experience in an office she decided to dedicate her life to the youth of China, marked by loneliness, distance of parents, by worries for the future. "For young Chinese the term 'faith' is abstract ... their most real and beautiful desires are almost buried in their hearts".
Researchers at the Chinese University in Hong Kong published a study on ground-level ozone (O3) and fine particulate in China. Industry is the main cause of both pollutants. The average concentration of PM2.5 in Chinese cities is more than twice the world average.
American James Allison of the University of Texas is the other prize recipient. The two researchers discovered that inhibiting certain proteins can suppress the progress of cancer. Honjo’s research has been guided by the six Cs: curiosity, courage, challenge, confidence, concentration and continuation.
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