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Tuesday 14 June 2022
1. Like a flower flourishing through the cracks: Hong Kong’s bishop cultivates hope
2. Exceptional convoy: remains of the Holy Sepulcher travel across Jerusalem
3. In July, 100,000 people will debate the meaning of ‘synodality’ for global Church
4. In Nigeria, Christians must get involved in the elections
5. Church in Ireland struggling to have a conversation with itself
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Like a flower flourishing through the cracks: Hong Kong’s bishop cultivates hope
In a reflection published in the Sunday Examiner, a weekly Catholic newspaper in Hong Kong, Bishop Stephen Chow evokes the flowers that grow through the cracks in the concrete, as a sign of the “amazing power of life that comes from the Creator.” This is a reality that he believes should inspire Hong Kong and the local Church, which every day is doomed to “an existence within cracks.” “We used to enjoy much space and freedom of expression,” he says, noting the frustrations, anxieties, disappointments, and even exile, chosen by some in the face of the prevailing feeling that Hong Kongers are “living in cracks” without being able to flourish. He asks, however, not to cling to the past, reminding that “accepting the changing context as reality does not mean endorsing it.” He invites the inhabitants of this densely populated megalopolis to allow themselves “the inner space to discern.”
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