Asia

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  28 October 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - In the Missionary Month, the gift of new priests ready for mission Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - In this Missionary Month and with the resumption of pastoral activities after the temporary slowdown of the Covid pandemic, the rhythm of the life of the Church, the fruits of vocations ...
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  27 October 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch wants to mediate "institutional compromise": "Problems are not solved on the street" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - An "institutional compromise" to overcome the crisis following the tragic events of Thursday October 14th, when seven Shiite demonstrators in Beirut were killed by snipers on the roofs of the Chr ...
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  27 October 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence against Christians, "flagrant violation of the Constitution" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The attacks against the Indian Christian faithful are clear and flagrant violations of the Constitution, and as such must be prosecuted and stopped: this is how priests, religious, promoters o ...
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  26 October 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Museum in Erbil will preserve Christian manuscripts that escaped jihadist devastation Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The old manuscripts and books, Christian and Islamic, saved in recent years from a possible destruction by the jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) will be collected and kept in a museum-study c ...
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  26 October 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Flores: Missionary Sisters of the Holy Face celebrate their 30th anniversary Koting (Agenzia Fides) - On October 24, 2021, on the same day the Church celebrated World Mission Day, the Sisters of the Holy Face, C.S.V, present in Koting - Flores - Indonesia, celebrated their 30 years of presence in ...
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  26 October 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Prayer, fasting, charity: mission in times of pandemic Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzi Fides) - "Even in difficult times, the Church of Vietnam has increased missionary and charitable activities, as a sign of solidarity towards the poor", declared the Bishops of Vietnam gathered in ...
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  26 October 2021
  ASIA - ASEAN summit without Myanmar Bandar Seri Begawan (Agenzia Fides) - The 38th and 39th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the most important event of the year for the regional association of Southeast Asia, opens today, 26 O ...
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  25 October 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch after riots in Tayyouneh: "It is the duty of the State to protect its people" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The State has the task of "protecting its people". And if this does not happen, those who "defend their dignity and the security of their surroundings" should not be treated as a "scapegoat", sai ...
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  25 October 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Cardinal D'Rozario: guaranteeing dignity and protection to the Rohingya Cox's Bazar (Agenzia Fides) - "We open our hearts to people who need our support to ensure their existence in this world", said Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario, after having visited, in recent days, the world's largest refuge ...
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  22 October 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - “United in Christ”. Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako pays a visit to Mar Awa III, the new Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The condition of the indigenous Christian communities in the delicate historical phase crossed by Iraq and the future that awaits them in the lands of their millenary roots were at the center of t ...
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  22 October 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A mission at the service of young women Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - It was the invitation of the Virgin Mary "Go, O my Handmaids", to push the Congregation of the Franciscan Handmaids of Mary, an Italian religious institute, born in Tuscany, to go to distan ...
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  22 October 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The military occupies a Baptist church: new episodes of attacks on Christians Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - The military in Myanmar devastated a Baptist church after attacking the village of Tlang Rua in the diocese of Hakha, in the Burmese state of Chin, in the northwestern area of Myanmar, and encampe ...
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  21 October 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Post-election controversy over the distribution of seats reserved for Christian candidates Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - A few days after the Iraqi parliamentary elections, which took place on Sunday, October 10, the foreseeable post-electoral controversies over the distribution of the 5 parliamentary seats reserv ...
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  20 October 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Melkite Patriarch Youssef Absi: the Gospel can be proclaimed only for "a force that is not ours" Latakia (Agenzia Fides) - In the present time, in which faith "is dying out in many regions of the world", one cannot become and remain Christian by virtue of human strategies and formation courses. One can flourish and ...
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  20 October 2021
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The Apostolic Prefect: mission is nourished with the depth of faith Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - Moving from "promptness" to a dimension of greater "depth". This is the need for the near future for the Church in Mongolia, according to what was highlighted by Msgr. Giorgio Marengo, Apost ...