Paesi Bassi
Verbatim record. International Court international of Justice. Wednesday 11December 2019. L’affaire relative à l’Application de la convention pour la prévention et la répression du crime de génocide (Gambie c. Myanmar) - Aung San Suu Kyi

Court international of Justice

Thank you, Mr.President and Members of the Court. It is an honour to appear as Agent of the Union of the Republic of Myanmar in these proceedings, in my capacity as UnionMinister for Foreign Affairs. For materially less resourceful countries like Myanmar, the World Court is a vital refuge of international justice. We look to the Court to establish conditions conducive to respect for obligations  arising  from  treaties  and  other  sources  of  international  law,  one  of  the  fundamental objectives of the UnitedNations Charter.2. In  the  present  case, Mr.President, the  Court  has been  asked  to  apply  the  1948Genocide Convention,   one   of   the   most   fundamental   multilateral   treaties  of   our   time.   Invoking   the 1948 Genocide Convention is a matter of utmost gravity (...)

India
India’s Crackdown Hits Religious Freedom in Disputed Kashmir

usnews.com - Ap

(Aijaz Hussain) The call to prayer at the central mosque in disputed Kashmir's largest city has been silent for four months. For years, Romi Jan’s mornings would begin with the plaintive call to prayer that rang out from the central mosque in disputed Kashmir’s largest city. The voice soothed her soul and made her feel closer to God. Not anymore. For nearly four months, the voice that called out five times a day from the minarets of the Jamia Masjid and echoed across Srinagar has been silent, a result of India’s ongoing security operations in this Muslim-majority region. “The mosque closure is a relentless agony for me and my family,” Jan said. “I can’t tolerate it, but I am helpless.” (...)

Grecia
“The Church of Greece has decided freely and without haste for the Autocephaly of the Church of Ukraine”
Orthodox Times

The Standing Holy Synod emphasized in a statement that any view that opposes the synodical decision of the Church of Greece to recognize the autocephaly of the Church of Ukraine is untimely, incongruous and “sly”. There was an immediate response of the Standing Holy Synod to Panos Kammenos’ s statements on the responsibility of the Church and Archbishop Ieronymos to any geopolitical change in the region after the recognition of the autocephaly of the Church of Ukraine. (...)

Italia
Experts say formal Vatican-China ties are a distant hope
Crux

(Elise Harris) Over the weekend Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, chancellor of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences, raised eyebrows when he said the next step for the Vatican and China would be to establish formal diplomatic relations, and spoke of a possible future papal trip. (...)

Stati Uniti
California dioceses expect subpoenas in priest investigation

Crux

Half of California’s Catholic dioceses expect to be subpoenaed by the state attorney general as part of an investigation into whether they have properly handled allegations of sexual abuse by priests, a church spokesman said Tuesday. The subpoenas are expected for the six dioceses that have already been voluntarily providing documents since May, church spokesman Kevin Eckery said. They are the archdioceses of Los Angeles and San Francisco and the dioceses of Sacramento, Fresno, San Jose and Orange. Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s office sent letters to all 12 dioceses in May asking them to voluntarily retain documents related to the abuse allegations that have forced the Church to pay hundreds of millions (...)

Vaticano
Tweet del Papa: "Chiediamo al Signore, in questo tempo di Avvento, di ravvivare in noi la fede in Cristo che viene per salvarci, per aiutarci ad essere sempre fedeli alla nostra vocazione di discepoli missionari. #UdienzaGenerale" (11 dicembre 2019)
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Vaticano
Messaggio del Cardinale Segretario di Stato ai partecipanti al Simposio Internazionale “Religione ed Etica Medica: Cure Palliative e la Salute Mentale durante l'invecchiamento”
Sala stampa della Santa Sede

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Pubblichiamo di seguito il Messaggio che il Segretario di Stato, l’Em.mo Card. Pietro Parolin, ha inviato questa mattina, per l’apertura dei lavori, al Presidente della Pontificia Accademia per la Vita, S.E. Mons. Vincenzo Paglia, e ai partecipanti al Simposio Internazionale “Religione ed Etica Medica: Cure Palliative e la Salute Mentale durante l'invecchiamento” (Religion and Medical Ethics: Palliative Care and the Mental Health of the Elderly), organizzato dalla Pontificia Accademia per la Vita e dalla World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) (Augustinianum, 11-12 dicembre 2019):
Messaggio del Segretario di Stato
Your Excellency,
I offer cordial greetings to you and to the scholars and experts from different religious traditions assembled in Rome in these days for the International Symposium on Religion and Medical Ethics. Palliative Care and Elderly Mental Health, as you explore this complex issue of pressing concern.

Turchia
BREAKING: Bishop Sahak Mashalian elected 85th Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
Armenpress

Bishop Sahak Mashalian has been elected the 85th Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople.  If he chooses to retain his name he will be proclaimed Patriarch Sahak II. (In 1707, the Patriarch was Sahak I). Mashalian was elected by special delegates composed of representatives of both the clergy and secular circles, who in turn were elected by the patriarchate’s synod and the local Armenian community of Istanbul respectively.(...)

Stati Uniti
Greta Thunberg is Time's 2019 Person of the Year
Nbc News

(Safia Samee Ali) Greta Thunberg, the soft-spoken Swedish teen who became a global conscience for climate change and environmental activism, has been named Time’s Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019.The magazine announced 16-year old Thunberg as its choice Wednesday exclusively on "TODAY.""She became the biggest voice on the biggest issue facing the planet this year, coming from essentially nowhere to lead a worldwide movement," Time editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal told "TODAY," adding that Thunberg is the magazine's youngest choice ever to be named Person of the Year(...)

Australia

The Coalition's religious discrimination bill: what's changed and can doctors refuse treatment?

theguardian.com.au

C. Porter - S. Morrison

(Paul Karp) The new bill is designed to respond to a revolt from conservative religious organisations that forced the Coalition to miss its self-imposed deadline. On 10 December, Scott Morrison and the attorney general, Christian Porter, released the second draft religious discrimination bill. The new bill is designed to respond to a revolt from conservative religious organisations that forced the Coalition to miss its self-imposed deadline to introduce the bill to parliament by year’s end. What is the original bill about? The religious discrimination bill prohibits discrimination in certain areas of public life on the ground of religious belief or activity. The bill prohibits (...)

Mondo
(Stati Uniti) North Carolina priest put on leave after abuse allegation reported
The Washington Post

(Michelle Boorstein) A priest at St. Matthew in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the country's biggest Catholic parishes, was put on leave Monday following a report that he sexually abused a minor 25 years ago, before he became a priest. The Rev. Patrick Hoare denied the charge of abuse in Pennsylvania, which the alleged victim reported Sunday to the diocese, according to a statement by Bishop Peter Jugis. The Catholic magazine America in 2017 profiled the parish, calling it the largest in the country with 10,000 registered households. Jugis said the accuser told the diocese he has been in touch with police and social services, according to the statement. The diocese will cooperate with police (...)

- (Stati Uniti) Priest at Ballantyne parish on administrative leave after sex abuse allegation (wsoctv)
- (Timor Orientale) Padre americano em prisão preventiva em Timor-Leste por abuso sexual de crianças  (Sapo)
- (Spagna) El obispo de Solsona revela que dos curas abusaron de ocho menores entre los años 50 y 70  (20minutos) 

Vaticano
Comunicato Stampa del Pontificio Consiglio per il Dialogo Interreligioso
Sala stampa della Santa Sede

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Yesterday, 10 December 2019, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) and the Office for Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation (IRDC) of the World Council of Churches (WCC) held a meeting to reflect on and initiate their forthcoming joint project “Serving a Wounded Humanity: Towards Interreligious Solidarity”.

Australia
Australian bishop protests at treatment of sick refugees
ACBC - ICN

Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv has expressed deep concern over the repeal of legislation that gave doctors decision-making power in the transfer of refugees and asylum-seekers requiring medical treatment from offshore detention facilities to Australia. "These arrangements were essential in ensuring sick people received the medical care they desperately needed. The 'Medevac' legislation put an end to needless deaths - 12 occurring prior to the legislation. It operated without a massive influx of asylum-seekers and without undermining the Government's control of Australian borders. "The lives of a very vulnerable group of people are now placed at risk once more," said Bishop Long, the chair of the Australian Catholic Bishops Commission for Social Justice, Mission and Service. (...)

Stati Uniti

Trump expected to sign order to foster probes of anti-Semitism on campus

The Washington Post

President Trump plans to sign an executive order Wednesday that defines the Jewish people as a nationality for purposes of federal civil rights law, an effort to step up enforcement against episodes of anti-Semitism on college campuses, two administration officials said. Defining Jewish people as an ethnic group and not just a religious one allows the government to consider discrimination against the group as a violation of a key civil rights law. That means schools could lose federal funding if they fail to combat discrimination against Jewish students. “There’s been a lot of unclarity surrounding the application of Title VI to Jewishness, basically, because of a question of about whether Jewishness is primarily a religion — in which case Title VI (...)

Regno Unito
Cardinal urges 'seek the good' on polling day
The Tablet

(Esther Marshall) The Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Vincent Nichols has urged Catholics to “vote thoughtfully” and “step well away from hatred". As voters in the UK prepare to head for the polls, the cardinal tweeted: "At this moment of decision, seek the good, always. Evangelisation Westminster tweeted: "Knowing where we come from and where our true home is might just help us to make good use of the gift being able to vote #Elections2019." (...)

Vaticano

Catechesi di Papa Francesco. Sintesi e saluti in diverse lingue. «Ancora un poco e mi convinci a farmi cristiano!» (At 26,28) Paolo prigioniero davanti al re Agrippa

(a cura Redazione "Il sismografo") 
- Francesce - Ore: 09.46
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- Spagnolo - Ore: 09.57
- Portoghese - Ore: 10.01
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Francese - Ore: 09.46

Speaker: Frères et soeurs, poursuivant la lecture du livre des Actes des Apôtres, nous voyons le témoignage de saint Paul de plus en plus marqué par la souffrance. Son arrivée à Jérusalem, la ville où Jésus avait déjà rencontré l’hostilité, déchaîne une haine féroce contre lui. Il se rend au Temple où il manque de peu d’être tué, mais il est sauvé par les soldats romains. On lui reproche d’enseigner contre la Loi et le Temple. Il est arrêté, accusé, mais reconnu innocent par l’autorité romaine. La similitude avec Jésus est frappante : Paul est associé à la passion de son Maître. Sa défense devant le roi Agrippa est une profession de foi au Christ qui est au centre de sa vie. Il raconte sa propre conversion, lorsque le Ressuscité lui confia la mission auprès des païens, afin qu’ils passent des ténèbres à la lumière, obtiennent le pardon des péchés et l’héritage promis. Paul a été fidèle à cette mission, les chaînes qu’il porte « pour l’Evangile » en sont le témoignage. Elles ont aussi pour effet d’encourager désormais les frères à annoncer sans peur la Parole. Les chaînes peuvent bien emprisonner le prédicateur, la Parole de Dieu reste souverainement libre pour transformer l’histoire.

Sudafrica
Pope Francis coveys heartfelt condolences to the mourning Church in Southern Africa
SACBC

After being informed of the tragic accident which claimed two Catholic Priests’ lives and left the other two injured, His Holiness Pope Francis has conveyed the following message of condolences to the mourning Church in Southern Africa, “INFORMED OF THE AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF FATHERS OWEN WILCOCK AND SIBUSISO ZULU, FORMATORS AT SAINT JOHN VIANNEY SEMINARY, PRETORIA, (...)

Stati Uniti

Obispos de Estados Unidos aprueban $830.000 en Subvenciones para Proyectos Pastorales en Apoyo a la Iglesia en África
USCCB

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El Subcomité para la Iglesia en África de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos (USCCB) aprobó 36 subvenciones por un total de $832.500 en fondos para apoyar conferencias de obispos, diócesis y proyectos pastorales en todo el continente africano. 
"Me complace anunciar nuestro apoyo a la Iglesia en África, que a pesar de los grandes desafíos, continúa creciendo y acercando a las personas de todo el continente a Cristo", dijo el cardenal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., de Newark, presidente del Subcomité para la Iglesia en África de USCCB.

Stati Uniti
RealClear Poll: Where US Catholics Stand
NC Register

(Matthew Bunson) The new poll released today finds a deep divide between Catholics who are active in the practice of the faith and those who are not. As Catholics in the United States head into an election year, and into a new decade, many questions are being asked about the state of the faithful — and a new poll released Dec. 9 provides powerful insights into this critical matter. And among the most pressing questions are not only where Catholics stand on current political affairs, but also how they are living — or not living — their Catholic faith and how this guides their participation in American elections and culture. To find out the answers, EWTN News and RealClear Opinion Research have partnered to conduct four opinion polls measuring the attitudes of Catholic voters (...)

Vaticano
Vatican official: I’d ‘hold hand’ of person dying from assisted suicide
Crux

(Inés San Martín) A leading Vatican official says he would “hold the hand” of someone who was dying from assisted suicide, even though he considers it wrong, because “no one is abandoned” by the Church. Italian Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia was speaking on Tuesday during the presentation of an upcoming symposium on end-of-life issues co-sponsored by the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life, which he heads. (...)