Among the first engagements awaiting Budapest’s new prime minister is the summit of the Organisation of Turanian Countries, scheduled to take place in Kazakhstan in May. On that occasion, it will become clear whether the great attention paid to this region was a personal initiative of Orbán or a tendency deeply rooted in the Hungarian people, stemming from historical roots that run deep into the tradition of the Huns.
Leo XIV in Kilamba with 100,000 faithful in the aftermath of the civil war: ‘The Lord is with us’. The call to “be vigilant regarding forms of traditional religiosity”. The need for pastors and missionaries with “a desire to break their own lives and give them away”. Yesterday in Luanda to the authorities: “true joy” free from the “logic of extractivisim”. At the Regina Caeli: the truce in Lebanon “a seed of relief for the people”.
One year after Bergoglio’s death, the Church in Sri Lanka has placed the theme of synodality – dear to his heart – at the centre of the Sunday that annually brings together the grassroots groups which, for over thirty years, have been gathering in their neighbourhoods or villages to walk together in faith. Bishop Wickramasinghe: “A privileged place to live out each person’s responsibility towards others”.
To mark the New Year, Min Aung Hlaing has granted pardons to over 4,500 prisoners, including former President Win Myint and documentary filmmaker Shin Daewe. Only a minor reduction in sentence for Aung San Suu Kyi. A political charade to legitimise the junta following the sham elections. Whilst Yangon celebrates, the army continues to target civilians with air raids.
An Italian priest of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, who died aged 83 in North Kalimantan, he dedicated almost 50 years to the local people, even taking the name Wan Abung. He used to say: “My mission is to cherish the history and the places of the people I serve, gathering the seeds of the Word already present and sowing further seeds of truth to contribute to human growth.”
A rare defeat for Modi in Parliament: Bill to reserve 33% of Lok Sabha seats for women in the 2029 elections rejected. The opposition, led by Rahul Gandhi, rejected the bill, denouncing ‘gerrymandering’: the increase in seats to 850 and the redrawing of constituencies based on 2011 census data would have favoured the North at the expense of southern states.Delhi: The constitutional amendment on women and political manoeuvring
