Bishop-designate Stephen Chow Sau-yan told Hong Kong media people must start with a sense of faith and not assume Beijing is the enemy, and he hoped for dialogue to develop a better understanding.
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Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Exclusive interview with Myanmar’s Cardinal Bo: ‘Our people need democracy, but they also need daily food’
Cardinal Bo expressed his immense joy, and that of the 750,000 Catholics in this majority-Buddhist country of 52 million people, that Pope Francis has decided to celebrate Mass for peace in Myanmar on Sunday, May 16, in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic sisters (with M.D.s) are on the frontline in the fight against Covid-19 in India
During this second surge medical and support teams had no time to be anxious about themselves as scores of Covid-19 cases began arriving at Holy Family’s emergency room doors.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Rich countries could prevent the next India. Will they?
The speed and virulence of the Covid-19 outbreak in India have been among its most shocking aspects. Could an outbreak as ferocious happen somewhere else?
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Fifty years ago, my father leaked the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times. It changed his life — and mine.
Half a century later, Robert Ellsberg looks back on his father’s famous release of the Pentagon Papers—and the consequences of that decision for his father, for him and for the nation.
Posted inFaith, News
The Vatican’s Statistical Yearbook has a list for (almost) everything you need to know about the Catholic Church
The countries in the world with the most people baptized Catholics continue to be, in order: Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines, the United States and Italy.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Who is Father Stan Swamy, the Jesuit priest (still) sitting in an Indian prison?
Jesuit priest Stan Swamy remains incarcerated in Mumbai after a judge denied his bail request. Father Swamy’s arrest almost six months ago followed a two-year-long period of interrogation, raids of his home and seizure of his personal property, including electronic communications devices.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Pope Francis and the dehumanizing nature of contemporary economies
Two recent books by Benjamin McKean and Vincent Bevins show the violence done to developing countries in the name of economic prosperity and U.S. political hegemony.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Cardinal Bo issues strong denunciation of Myanmar’s military junta in homily for peace
With the Myanmar military taking a more direct role in efforts to suppress protests, the death toll rose quickly on Sunday.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
‘Minari’: A delicate look at a Korean-American family’s fierce love and complex faith
Arkansas is a land of opportunity for the Yis, as well as the site of their suffering.