Asia

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  29 November 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Record number of landmine victims: children and civilians among the most affected Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Myanmar has become the country with the highest mortality rate in the world from landmines and unexploded ordnance, with more than 1,000 victims recorded in 2023 alone. According to studies carri ...
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  29 November 2024
  ASIA/SYRIA - The humanitarian crisis in Aleppo worsens, once again under siege by jihadists Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Aleppo is facing a new and fierce offensive that is plunging its population into an alarming humanitarian crisis. A jihadist attack of rare intensity, which began in recent days, h ...
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  28 November 2024
  ASIA/OMAN - Major Archbishop Thattil visits Syro-Malabar communities in the Arabian Peninsula Muscat (Agenzia Fides) – After completing his visit to the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia, the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, Raphael Thattil, who took up his post at the beginning of this year, h ...
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  28 November 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Protests suspended: situation in Islamabad remains tense Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Calm seems to have returned, the protests of Imran Khan's supporters have been suspended, but fear and tension are still felt among the people of Islamabad. It is like a fire smoldering under ...
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  27 November 2024
  VATICAN - The Pope's General Audience will also be in Chinese starting on Wednesday, December 4 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Chinese language will also resonate between the columns of St. Peter's Square or under the vaults of the Paul VI Hall on Wednesday mornings. Pope Francis has announced that starting fro ...
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  27 November 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Advincula's appeal: Prayer and sobriety to face political tensions Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A heartfelt appeal for prayer and moderation in a political and social phase marked by tensions that could lead to a "political storm" in the Philippines comes today, November 27, from the Archbi ...
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  26 November 2024
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako appeals to all the "heirs" of the Church of the East: "Unity is the only way to face the current challenges" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "Even if we are facing different waves, we are all in the same boat," said the Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, in a renewed call for unity to the four Eastern Chu ...
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  26 November 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Choir of Lea and war orphans: "Singing is our prayer for peace" by Gianluca Frinchillucci Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Lea Akoury, widow of a soldier who died in 2007 during an anti-terrorism operation, has transformed her grief into strength and charity and founded an association t ...
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  25 November 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Students still take to the streets: Notre Dame Catholic University tells how it has managed the protest Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Students have taken to the streets again in Bangladesh. Students from several colleges in the capital, Dhaka, have vandalized the Government Shahid Suhrawardy College to protest the death of a med ...
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  25 November 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - In the community of Anhui: priests' retreats on synodality and a total of 70 adults receive the sacrament of confirmation on the Solemnity of Christ the King Bengbu (Agenzia Fides) - "Walk courageously on the path of faith, assume your missionary responsibility, be courageous witnesses of the resurrection of Christ," said Joseph Liu Xinhong, Bishop of the diocese of Bengbu/An ...
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  25 November 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Pope Francis’ “Road Map” for World Youth Day in Seoul by Pascale Rizk Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us keep our gaze fixed on Jesus, on his Cross and on Mary, our Mother. In this way, even throughout our difficulties, we will find the strength to go forward, without fear ...
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  24 November 2024
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - Pope appeals to the parties involved in the conflict in Myanmar: "I ask all parties involved to silence the weapons" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "To all parties involved, I make a heartfelt appeal: may all weapons be silenced and may a sincere and inclusive dialogue be opened, that may ensure a lasting peace," said Pope Francis at t ...
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  23 November 2024
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The “Magnificat” of the Apostolic Prefect of Battambang: “In Cambodia I am a witness to the works of God” Battambang (Agenzia Fides) - "When I celebrate Mass in my cathedral, more than half of those present are unbaptized people. They are people in search, in search of God, of the meaning of life," said Father Enrique Figare ...
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  22 November 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “The Journey towards Peace”: young people from North and South Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - “Ttiattmeori” is a Korean word that means “love and friendship between brothers and sisters”. And it is the name of an organization in which young North Koreans who have fled the country a ...
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  21 November 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - President Dissanayake's coalition wins majority in Parliament: economic recovery on the agenda Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Sri Lanka has opened a new chapter and once again entrusted the country's destiny to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, elected last September. The recent parliamentary elections confirmed the ...