Hunger strikers vow to continue Hong Kong protest (Saturday, 20 July 2019 )
HONG KONG (UCAN): A group of hunger strikers in Hong Kong protesting an extradition bill that would allow the extradition to jurisdictions that Hong Kong does not have an extradition deal with, including mainland China, have vowed to refuse food indefinitely until the government officially withdraws the bill. The protesters include members of religious groups and have been fasting since July 3 on a bridge near the main government building in Admiralty. |
Bishop Ha urges Friday fasting, abstinence and prayers (Saturday, 20 July 2019 )
HONG KONG (SE): Bishop Joseph Ha Chi-shing has urged people to pray and fast every Friday during this summer holiday in intercession for the present crisis in Hong Kong caused by the now-suspended extradition bill. |
Rarely seen work of Jesuit artists in China showcased (Saturday, 20 July 2019 )
WASHINGTON (CNS): The Smithsonian art museums’ Empresses of China’s Forbidden City exhibit, on display from March 30 to June 23 at the Freer-Sackler galleries, in Washington DC, the United States, included the work of Brother Giuseppe Castiglione and Brother Ignatius Sichelbarth, 18th-century Jesuit missionaries, who offered their artistic services to the imperial court. |
China called to account for activist’s death (Saturday, 20 July 2019 )
HONG KONG (UCAN): Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Chinese authorities to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a prominent activist, Ji Sizun. |
Curia reform: Changing attitudes and structures (Saturday, 20 July 2019 )
VATICAN (CNS): Pope Francis’ plan for the reform of the Roman Curia will change the names of several offices and merge a few of them, but the biggest change it hopes to spark is one of attitude. |
Regaining trust through dialogue and communication (Saturday, 20 July 2019 )
OVER THE PAST three months, Hong Kong has gone through a cycle of stress and frustration due, among other things, to the government’s now-suspended extradition bill. Protests involving thousands to millions have seen a cross section of society from all walks of life raising a hue and cry. There have been clashes between police and protestors, young people committing suicide out of despair in condemnation of the government, while critics attack politicians with differing views. In the... |
Chile removes statute of limitations on sex abuse cases (Saturday, 20 July 2019 )
VATICAN (CNS): As the Catholic Church in Chile continues to deal with the fallout of clerical sexual abuse and its cover-up, the Chilean government passed a law removing the statute of limitations on sex abuse crimes against children. |
United Kingdom to defend persecuted Christians (Saturday, 20 July 2019 )
MANCHESTER (CNS): British foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said in a July 8 news conference in London said the government would commit itself to a robust defense of persecuted Christians following a new report into their plight. |
Filipino is first Asian to head Dominican Order (Saturday, 20 July 2019 )
BIEN HOA (UCAN): Father Gerard Francisco Timoner, a Filipino priest, was elected Master General of the Order of Preachers (OP), also known as the Dominican Order, during the congregation’s general chapter in Vietnam on July 13. He became the 88th master of the 800-year-old mendicant religious order and the first Asian to hold the post. |
Pope mourns death of patient after doctors withhold care (Saturday, 20 July 2019 )
VATICAN (CNS): “Every life is valuable, always,” Pope Francis tweeted after offering prayers for Vincent Lambert, a 42-year-old Frenchman who died on July 11, nine days after doctors stopped providing him with nutrition and hydration. |
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