By Fr. Gianni Criveller, PIME Even after SARS – in 2003 – Beijing tried in vain to introduce a “national security law” that would gag Hong Kong’s democracy. Today, Xi Jinping is trying to empty the local parliament, where the opposition will have a majority in September. Carrie Lam says she will help implement the […]
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Record Amazon Deforestation Amdist the Pandemic
By Andrea Guerra In April, the Amazon rainforest recorded a 171% increase in the rate of deforestation, the worst in ten years. Taking advantage of the controls made milder by anti-COVID measures, 328 square miles of forest were stolen, burnt down by corrupt farmers and ranchers. The Brazilian region of Parà was the most affected […]
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In Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholicism, COVID-19, Fr. Maurizio Arioldi, helping with PIME, Hill Tribes, Modern Mission, MondoeMissione, PIME, PIME Missionaries, PIME Missionary, PIME Priest, Thailand, Uncategorized
Thailand, Ora et Labora During Lockdown
By Fr. Maurizio Arioldi, PIME The following is the testimony of Fr. Maurizio Arioldi, a PIME Missionary working in Ngao among the tribes of the mountains of northern Thailand during the Coronavirus pandemic. We publish it here not only for the story that he offers on what COVID-19 represents for Thailand today but also to […]