Medical director of the TLMI-Bangladesh Institute, Rozario has dedicated his life to leprosy patients for 12 years, inspired by the example of Jesus. Despite progress, the disease is still surrounded by stigma and superstition. Celebrating World Leprosy Day on 26 January, Bangladesh aims to eliminate leprosy by 2030.
Between the Trumpian Maga of America first and the Putinian dream of Russkij Mir there is much harmony in the post-globalist vision of the world, which in the coming decades will be dominated by a tyrannical, threatening, imperial and colonial neo-sovereignism, in which the most expendable part is not so much Ukraine, but the whole of Europe.
Passing of the baton between the cardinal who had led the archdiocese since 2000 and the prelate designated as coadjutor by Francis last November 30. On 11 February the official installation. In a video message, Gracias' gratitude to the Church he led for almost 25 years. Rodrigues: ‘Coming after him I will have very big shoes to fill...’.
Francis picked the 51-year-old cardinal from Kerala, coordinator of apostolic journeys, to succeed Card Ayuso Guixot who passed away last November. This makes him the first Asian at the helm of the Vatican body. In his first statements, he focuses on the path of fraternity and the form of inculturation developed by Fr Roberto De Nobili in India starting in 1500. The Syro-Malabar Church shared with AsiaNews her joy of a fellow member given this task.
People jailed for explosive possession were released on bail. After 16 years in prison, many accuse former Prime Minister Hasina and her government of unjustly jailing them. Children are anxious to see their imprisoned fathers. Many now demand a review of the original investigation.
The pope’s message for the 59th World Day of Social Communications, observed on 1 June, is released on the feast day of Saint Francis de Sales, patron saint of writers and journalists. In it, Francis calls for a form of “communication that can heal the wounds of our humanity”, which is even more important in this Holy Year in order to “spread hope, even when it is difficult”.
