Leo XIV at the audience: the hierarchical structure – with the episcopate at its highest level – is a “sacred order” founded on the Apostles, “authoritative witnesses of the Resurrection”. To the Polish faithful: “Defend life from conception to its natural end”. Yesterday, at Castel Gandolfo: “Work for peace, not with weapons”.
Myanmar’s military junta has introduced new restrictions on fuel, including petrol, while its planes hit a facility housing more than a hundred internally displaced people in Sagaing. Activists have documented how millions of litres of fuel are being diverted to the air force, despite the fuel shortages paralysing the country.
Over 400 soon-to-be-weds, migrant workers in various countries across the region, are unable to return home and tie the knot due to the suspension of flights. Families are in despair, having completed their preparations yet facing an uncertain future. Some are considering video calls for an ‘alternative’ ceremony, but weddings are not merely a personal choice but community events woven into the social and economic fabric.
Today’s headlines:Settler attacks in the West Bank continues unabated; In India, the young man for whom the Supreme Court had authorised the suspension of life-sustaining treatment has died; QatarEnergy halts gas supplies to South Korea and China following damage to its facilities caused by missiles.
Since 8 March, the Russian capital has also been hit by mobile network blocks “for security reasons”, causing serious disruption in a metropolis that, until recently, presented itself as a digital capital. There are also glitches in the “whitelists” of apps promoted by the regulatory bodies. And there are neighbourhoods where even home Wi-Fi is not working.
Father Aloysius Pieris died in Sri Lanka at the age of 92. He was the first non-Buddhist to earn a doctorate from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. A scholar of Eastern religions, he founded the Tulana Research Centre in 1974, also very active in social work. He was the first Asian member of the editorial board of the magazine Concilium.
