G20 Religion Forum Gathers Ahead of Summit in Bali, Indonesia
Called the R20 for short, this year’s inaugural Religion Forum is set to reconvene with next year’s G20 in India and then the following year in Brazil.
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Facing a Rise in Religous Repression in India and Elsewhere in South Asia (Season 4 — Ep. 3)
In most South and Southeast Asian countries, ‘religion is a powerful force, and in most of them, more radical forms of the religion have been getting stronger,’ says religious freedom expert Paul Marshall. ‘I would say the overall pattern is increased tension, increased repression.’
Indonesia Bishops Say Palm Sunday Cathedral Bombing ‘Disgraced Human Dignity’
Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo, the archbishop of Jakarta said that the attack on the first day of Holy Week “shocked everybody in Indonesia, not only Catholics,” noting that “leaders of all religious communities ... condemned the brutal violence.”
CRS Helps Victims of Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunami
More than 800 people have died as a result of the disaster.
Proposal to Expand Sharia Alarms Malaysia’s Christians
Although President Obama praised nation last year as ‘a majority-Muslim country that represents tolerance and peace,’ there are signs of a growing Islamization in the Asian country’s politics.
Pope Calls Attention to Asian Migrants Abandoned at Sea by Human Traffickers
According to the U.N., some 2,000 people are stranded in boats in the Bay of Bengal and another 1,500 in the Andaman Sea.
Indonesian Missionary: Executed Brazilian Had Serious Mental Illness
Father Charles Burrows, an Irish missionary in Indonesia who prayed with the condemned man, discusses this week’s executions with the Register.
Australia’s Bishops Appeal to Indonesia for Clemency
With two Australians on death row over their drug-trafficking convictions, they say jail is the appropriate punishment.
