Five years after Bahrain uprising hopes for justice, reform fading - AI
Five years after a wave of protests demanding widespread reform rocked Bahrain, hopes for progress on human rights and accountability for past and present abuses have faded, a leading human rights group has said. The mass protests which began on 14 February 2011 were met with violence by the security forces, who shot dead and injured protesters. Others died in custody after being tortured, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
Bishops of Congo call on nation to embrace love and forgiveness
Congo Brazzaville's Catholic newspaper, “La Semaine Africaine” reports this week that the Bishops of Congo Brazzaville, at the end of their Plenary Assembly, have released a pastoral statement calling on the people of the Republic of Congo to live their “Christian vocation as witnesses of God’s mercy to others.” This, the Bishops emphasise, “means showing God’s forgiveness, compassion, tenderness and love, to build a fairer Congo, where unity, reconciliation, dialogue, harmony and sharing take precedence over selfishness, hatred, rancour, vindictiveness and divisions,” the Bishops emphasise.
Przewodniczący Episkopatu: 1050 lat temu na polskiej ziemi rozpoczął się proces nauki mądrości krzyża
„Odkąd 1050 lat temu na polskiej ziemi został postawiony krzyż, przejmujący znak zwycięstwa Chrystusa nad grzechem i śmiercią, rozpoczął się w naszej ojczyźnie proces nauki mądrości krzyża, proces składania przez Polaków duchowych ofiar” − mówił abp Stanisław Gądecki na zakończenie Poznańskiej Drogi Krzyżowej, która tradycyjnie w pierwszy czwartek Wielkiego Postu wieczorem przeszła ulicami stolicy Wielkopolski.
Fr. Lombardi: 'Pope with Virgin of Guadalupe gives a sense of tenderness to visit'
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is in Mexico on his 12th Apostolic Journey, after meeting with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in Havana, Cuba to sign a joint declaration. The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, SJ, spoke with Veronica Scarisbrick about the Holy Father's meeting with the Patriarch and his arrival in Mexico.
