Asia

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  15 February 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Citizens demand anti-conversion law to be stopped in Karnataka state New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Prominent citizens of all walks of life in India call for the anti-conversion law, approved in the Karnataka State Parliament on February 14, to be stopped, and for all anti-conversion laws in ...
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  14 February 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society condemns the lynching of a Muslim man accused of blasphemy Khanewal (Agenzia Fides) - "The violence and murders committed in the name of blasphemy by religious fanatics in Pakistan have become a serious threat to the state. Because of religious extremism in the province of Punja ...
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  14 February 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Covid-19 has not stopped the celebrations of the Camillian Missionaries in Flores for the sick on the island Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - In recent years, on the occasion of World Day of the Sick, the Camillian missionaries, present in Maumere, Island of Flores, have always organized a special Eucharistic celebration for sick peop ...
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  14 February 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Unity and love: the message of the Bishop ordained on Valentine's Day, inspired by the martyrs Hung Hoa (Agenzia Fides) - "The motto of the newly elected Bishop is 'Unity and Love': unity in Christianity is being one with Christ through the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Love is the essence of our God, God is love. U ...
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  12 February 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society to the government: Give public recognition to Akash Bashir, the Servant of God Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask the government of Pakistan to award our Christian martyr Akash Bashir one of the highest civil awards for his courage. It has been almost 7 years since Akash Bashir sacrificed his life a ...
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  10 February 2022
  ASIA/TURKEY - The ancient Monastery of Sumela used as a disco for an electronic music video. The government opens an investigation Trabzon (Agenzia Fides) - The ancient Monastery of Sumela, located in the province of Trabzon and closed for years to visitors because it has undergone demanding restoration works, was used as a setting to create an elec ...
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  10 February 2022
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - A hundred years of mission for the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - For a century, the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel have been working for the proclamation of the Gospel and for the missio ad gentes, offering quality education and committing themselves to the ...
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  9 February 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The Bishop of Kon Tum: the Dominican killed forgave his murderer Kon Tum (Agenzia Fides) - Before dying, Father Joseph Tran Ngoc Thanh, the 41-year-old Vietnamese Dominican priest killed while celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation in the diocese of Kon Tum on January 29, forgave ...
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  9 February 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “The House of Mary”: a charity initiative to give clothes to the poor Tando Adam (Agenzia Fides) - "We go out to reach the poor inspired by charity. We started this initiative thanks to the solidarity spirit of the parishioners, to provide for the needy. I thank God for the maximum support ...
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  8 February 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako teaches Iraqi politicians a lesson, quoting Imam Ali Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Ali ibn Abi Talib, the cousin and son-in-law, is considered by the Shiites to be the first Imam. Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako quoted the Muslim scholar as saying at the beginning of his ...
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  8 February 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Bishop's Coadjutor of Bac Ninh: pastoral care under the sign of mission Bac Ninh (Agenzia Fides) - "Two aspects that will characterize my pastoral project are contained in my episcopal coat of arms: they are the image of the flame and the rice flower, present and implicit. The flame represen ...
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  8 February 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Eucharistic Adoration for the unity of the Church and the unification of Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The unity of the Church, the spiritual well-being of the faithful in the difficult time of the pandemic, the reconciliation and unification of the Korean peninsula have one source: Eucharistic Ado ...
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  7 February 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Demolition of Holy Cross Social Center in Karnataka Mangalore (Agenzia Fides) - A group of radical Hindu militants destroyed the St. Anthony's Holy Cross Center, a Catholic place of prayer and hospitality, built 40 years ago in Urandady Gudde-Panjimogaru, near the city fr ...
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  4 February 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Towards the "Nineveh Fast". Patriarch Sako: help us to rejoice in the salvation of others and to free ourselves from any rigorism Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The salvation promised by God is not reserved for particular ethnic groups, or for certain moral categories. His mercy embraces anyone who repents, and at times scandalizes those who claim to poss ...
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  4 February 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians and civil society groups alongside the Muslim community in Gujarat Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) - More than 100 Christians and members of various civil society groups in the state of Gujarat, in western India, have urged the Prime Minister of the State to act against the "false propaganda" ...