UN experts are urging Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur to dismantle fraudulent recruitment networks and protect migrants from abuse. Growing indebtedness is a major factor. Migrants from Bangladesh are the largest group of foreign workers, with more than 800,000 active work permit holders as of June this year, or 37 per cent of the total foreign workforce.
Published yesterday, on the Solemnity of Christ the King, the text is the result of a synodal process involving bishops, young people, religious and laity. Inspired by the theme ‘Be courageous: I have conquered the world!’, it recalls Christ's victory, the origins of the Korean Church and the action of the Holy Spirit. It will accompany young people and the universal Church towards the 2027 meeting.
Ahead of the Pope's visit to Turkey, Monsignor Antuan Ilgıt, the first native to lead the Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia, speaks: ‘I feel close to young people because of my life experience,’ he says. ‘Our Church? It is a seed for the world.’
Today's headlines: diplomatic tensions continue between China and Japan; Floods in Malaysia have affected at least 11,000 people; New attack against police in Peshawar; Two Christian pastors arrested in Rajasthan under anti-conversion law.
Baku is one of the first candidates to form a decisive link in this new chain. US interest in the post-Soviet region has increased since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Washington wants to forge an anti-Chinese axis stretching from Israel to India. An economic, political and even military alliance to counterbalance the anti-Western axis of Moscow and Beijing.
From the steps of St Peter's Basilica, the pontiff greeted the faithful from Ukraine, telling them to “Bring home the embrace and prayer of this square”. The apostolic letter ‘In unitate fidei’ is published to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, before the papal trip to Turkey. “Christians have been called to walk in harmony,” Leo explained. He also said that he was “deeply saddened” by abductions in Nigeria and Cameroon.
