Asia

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  4 January 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Christmas celebrated in the nation respecting health measures; in Mongolia the authorities grant Catholics the extraordinary opening of the church Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The civil authorities of Inner Mongolia, where anti Covid measures are still very strict and all places of worship are closed, have granted the extraordinary opening of the church for the Christ ...
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  3 January 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Muslim community prays for a Catholic nun who died at Christmas Hermel (Agenzia Fides) - In her long life "she sowed good wherever she went". For this reason, even the Shiite Muslims in the Lebanese city of Hermel, in the Beqa'a valley, wanted to say a prayer for Sister Barbara of Je ...
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  30 December 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The recognition of the Missionaries of Charity as a "charitable body" has not been renewed New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian federal government has not renewed the permission of "recognized charity" to the congregation of the "Missionaries of Charity" founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, effectively prev ...
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  30 December 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - An interreligious meeting for the blind Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We blind people face rejection in our daily life; many people do not come forward to greet us or shake hands. We feel rejected when we see that the rights of blind people are not respected. We ...
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  29 December 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The funeral of Catholic civilians massacred in Kayah Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - The funeral of the 35 civilians, all Catholics, killed on December 24, in the village of Mo So, near the town of Hpruso, in the Burmese state of Kayah, in eastern Myanmar, took place today in the ...
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  28 December 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Church appeal to lay down their arms after the massacre of civilians in Kayah Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Myanmar issues a general appeal to remove arms and stop a civil conflict that has taken the form of a "heartbreaking and horrible atrocity", as Cardinal Charles Manung Bo d ...
• 28 December 2021
  ASIA/JAPAN - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Nagasaki Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today, the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan, presented by Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S. At t ...
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  28 December 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Father Jacques Mourad: the monastery of Mar Elian, devastated by jihadists, could soon return to being a place of prayer and peace Quaryatayn (Agenzia Fides) - The ancient Monastery of Mar Elian, located on the outskirts of the Syrian city of Quaryatayn, which in 2016 had been devastated and desecrated by jihadist militiamen, could soon return to be ...
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  28 December 2021
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Missionaries at the service of the "little flock", with great hopes for the new year Samarkand (Agenzia Fides) - "In Uzbekistan the Soviet tradition is still strong, which recognizes the New Year as the most important holiday of this period, but we have tried to convey the importance of Christmas to ever ...
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  23 December 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian girl, kidnapped and converted, reunites with her family Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Arzoo Raja, a 14-year-old Christian girl kidnapped, converted to Islam and was forcibly married to 44-year-old Muslim Azhar Ali, her kidnapper, reunites with her family. This was ruled yesterday ...
• 23 December 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Ambikapur Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 21, 2021 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Ambikapur, India, presented by Bishop Patras Minj, S.J. The Holy Father appointed Msg ...
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  23 December 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Vandalism in a Catholic church in southern India Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - A 160-year-old Catholic church in the Chikkaballapur district, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka was vandalized on the morning of December 22. As confirmed to Fides by Father Joseh Ant ...
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  23 December 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - An appeal to brotherhood and solidarity from the Christian Bishops Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – To promote brotherhood and solidarity on the occasion of Christmas: this is the joint appeal of the Catholic and Protestant Bishops in Indonesia who, in a shared Christmas message, recall that ...
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  22 December 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Israel responds to the Heads of Churches: your accusations are baseless and risk fueling violence Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The accusations made by Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches of the Holy Land regarding factors that threaten the presence of Christians in the land of Jesus "are baseless and distort the real ...
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  22 December 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The President of Pakistan: a law will be made against forced conversions Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians played an important role in the creation of Pakistan and many Christians, Hindus and Sikhs decided to remain in the country at the time of the partition with India. A law against f ...