On 19-21 November, economists and entrepreneurs under 35 from around the world will meet online. More than 40 countries will be connected, with live streaming from Assisi. Some 2,000 people have registered with at least 12 link-ups to 115 countries, four hours a day plus a 24-hour marathon on the second day, and contributions from more than 20 countries.
The meeting with the president of the German Bishops Conference, in all likelihood touched upon the assembly with "deliberative power" convoked by the Germans to address issues such as the separation of power in the Church, priestly life, women's access to ministry and to offices in the Church and sexual morality.
Today's headlines: dozens of arrests in Russia among those demonstrating against the war in Ukraine; Russian companies relocate to Armenia to escape sanctions, hundreds more are waiting; Armenian MPs donate blood for Ukrainian hospitals; an Indonesian priest who made an "invaluable" contribution to the development of liturgy has died at 84; new Israeli air raids in southern Syria.
Today's headlines: dozens of priests and deacons from the Moscow Patriarchate sign an appeal for an end to the "fratricidal war"; Chinese companies operating in Russia have started asking for advance payments; Pyongyang hid the invasion of Ukraine for days and blamed the imperialist West; Hong Kong activist convicted under anti-sedition law; in India four Christians arrested on false conversion charges.
Today's headlines: A Christian family in Laos attacked on charges of practising a "foreign religion"; opposition parties in Georgia call for the blocking of TV broadcasts from Moscow; more than 3,000 Russians arrested for protesting against the war in Ukraine; Hong Kong ejects dozens of domestic workers because Covid-19 positive; migrant workers and Afghan, Indian and Nepalese students flee from Ukraine.
Today's headlines: Pyongyang's new missile test for the development of spy satellites; Baghdad hosts its first official football match in years, to qualify for the 2022 Qatar World Cup; Nepal's parliament passes a controversial rule on US funding that triggers street protests; Russian teachers' petition against the war; at least 12,000 people evacuated in Malaysia due to flooding.
