The Sunflower Centennial Halfway Home for Boys' offers shelter, education, medical care and psychological help for boys aged 5-17 from all over the island. Founder Fr Costa: ‘We provide the most suitable facilities and opportunities for recovery from trauma, struggles and problems. From a small clinic to a full-fledged centre with therapy and psychiatric assessments of children in difficulty.

Released today, “Sanatani: Karma Hi Dharma" is yet another picture that risks fuelling religious tensions. According to Christian activists, the meaning of baptism is misrepresented in the film. Several communities joined the protest, remembering that violence already out broke for the same reasons in the tribal-majority state in 2008.

For more than two months, Tbilisi has been protesting against the elections manipulated by the Georgian Dream, and the repression is getting tougher. The testimonies of those who ended up behind bars collected by Ekho Kavkaza: ‘Even among policemen, many are not happy with what is happening in our country’.

Pope Francis released his reflection for the event slated for 19 October in the jubilee year. Even “the most developed areas” are in crisis today, but the Gospel can “restore us to a whole, healthy, redeemed humanity.” Francis thanks the missionaries ad gentes and calls for experiencing evangelisation as a “communitarian process”.

Introduced in 2007 to replace kerosene, the 3-kilo LPG cylinder was reserved for poor people starting in 2019. The Prabowo administration is forcing retailers to become agents of the state-owned energy company to prevent price gouging and abuses. However, many retailers have opted to stop their activity, harming the weakest.

After the vote in the House, the Senate will rule only in June, after the midterm elections. Several representatives from the Duterte family’s stronghold of Mindanao voted in favour of impeaching Duterte, a sign of her waning political influence.