The practice of wearing a costume depicting a character from manga, video games or films is now widespread amongst young Chinese people. And it often happens that they find themselves in front of churches to take their photos. An AsiaNews source living in China describes the reactions of the Christian community.
Celebrating Mass at Rome’s Prima Porta cemetery, Francis said "We walk on the path" that Jesus undertook for first and "opened the door for us to get to where we shall contemplate God".
About half of China’s weapons systems went on display yesterday at an Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, including the J-20 stealth fighter jet, which closely resembles Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. This fact casts some light on Su Bin, a Chinese national convicted of spying against the United States.
Originally from mainland China, she was born into a family without religion but now everyone is Catholic. She works for Magis, a global network of young people linked to the spirituality of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. World Youth Days strengthened her personal faith and joy of belonging to a community with young people from every continent.
Two workers survived and were saved yesterday. According to official statistics there were 598 mining deaths in 2015. But human rights groups suspect a much higher figure. Coal is the most important energy source for China. There is a plan to close at least 1000 mines for overproduction.
In his first and only public Mass in Sweden, Pope Francis gives an updated list of the beatitudes and extols the one about meekness, which “is a way of living and acting that draws us close to Jesus and to one another.” And “The saints bring about change through meekness of heart.” He thanks the president and General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation. The saints of everyday life are “those mothers and fathers who sacrifice for their families”. At the end, a prayer for Our Lady is recited.
At the end of the ecumenical day, Caritas Internationalis and the Lutheran World Federation World Service signed an agreement. Aleppo is “a city brought to its knees by war, a place where even the most fundamental rights are treated with contempt and trampled underfoot.”
As the joint statement says, " While the past cannot be changed, what is remembered and how it is remembered can be transformed." Likewise, “We urge Lutherans and Catholics to work together to welcome the stranger, to come to the aid of those forced to flee because of war and persecution, and to defend the rights of refugees and those who seek asylum.”
An ecumenical prayer service at the Lutheran cathedral in Lund. "Gratitude" because the reform "has helped to place greater focus on Sacred Scripture in the life of the Church." "The Christian faith is incomplete" if it does not give to the world "service" in the defense of the dignity of every person.
Francis is in Sweden to participate in the ecumenical commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation. He was welcomed by the Swedish prime minister, Stefan Löfven, the Minister of Culture, Mrs. Alice Bah Kuhnke-and some members of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) who invited him.
Choi Soon-sil, 60, has been a friend and confidant of the Park since her mother’s murder in 1974. Choi ‘s father was an ambiguous character, first a Buddhist monk, then Christian pastor, then a leader of a church he founded. Demonstrations in Seoul and Busan blaming Park of being a Choi “puppet”.
At the Sunday Angelus Pope Francis prays for the injured and families of the earthquake victims, a few hours from another quake that took place this morning. The people see in Zacchaeus "a villain, who has become rich on the backs of others. But Jesus, driven by mercy, was looking precisely for him". "This in order to give confidence to people who grow and change. This is how God acts towards all of us: He is not blocked by our sin, but surpasses it with love and helps us feel nostalgia for good. " Four new blessed in Spain, martyrs of the Civil War. Prayers for the trip to Sweden and the meeting with the Lutherans. The Pope went to Saint Mary Major yesterday in order to entrust this trip to Our Lady.
In an interview, Francis says that "one cannot be Catholic and sectarian, you must attempt to get along with others." The importance of "coming together" to avoid “being locked into rigid perspectives, because in these there is no possibility of reform."
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