Religious freedom is not only that about “private beliefs or worship,” but " is the freedom to live, both privately and publicly, according to the ethical principles that derive from religious principles". With the arrival of "new human rights", fundamental rights such as the right to life are denied, "especially in public".

| 04/04/2019
| VATICAN
by Nirmala Carvalho

The youth ministry was behind the event on the initiative of the local bishop. Local kids come from poor families and start working before they are 18. The exercises "help young people keep away from drugs and crime, and strengthen them to meet the challenges of life”.

| 04/04/2019
| INDIA
by Mathias Hariyadi

The authorities act following a Catholic family video is posted online. In Karet, only Muslims could buy or rent houses and land since 2015. In Indonesia there are at least 72 discriminatory bylaws in 34 provinces. The city of Yogyakarta is 41st out of 94 in terms of tolerance.

| 04/04/2019
| INDONESIA
by Vladimir Rozanskij

On his first trip abroad, the new Kazakh president, Kassym-JomartTokayev, met with Putin. The fifth Eurasian Economic Union summit will be held on 29 May. The new group is open to former Soviet republics as well as China and Mongolia. Meanwhile, Kazakhstan is moving from Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet.

| 04/04/2019
| RUSSIA – KAZAKHSTAN
by Shafique Khokhar

The Centre for Social Justice and the People’s Commission for Minorities Rights adopt a resolution demanding education without religious discrimination. In schools the ethics course should be an alternative to the one on the Koran, but the two are the same.

| 04/04/2019
| PAKISTAN

"May the Lord give us the grace to go along this path, to learn to intercede. And when someone asks us to pray, do not do it by parroting prayers – that are worth nothing - no, do it seriously, in the presence of Jesus, with Jesus, who intercedes for all of us before the Father ”.

| 04/04/2019
| VATICAN
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