Asia

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  21 July 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Participating in the political life of the nation and "choosing a leader who embodies the example of Jesus": the invitation of the Bishops Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Almost eight months before the general elections scheduled for May 2022, Mgr. Pablo Virgilio David, Bishop of Caloocan, recently elected President of the Bishops' Conference of the Philippines ...
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  20 July 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Massacre on the eve of the Islamic holiday. Patriarch Sako writes to "Muslim brothers": fratricidal struggles open the gates of hell Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "We have two options: either we unite and cooperate so that our country recovers completely, or we persist in perpetuating our struggles, and open - God forbid - the gates of hell". This is the ...
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  20 July 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Archbishop Howlader: "Young people are missionaries of the Kingdom of God" Chattogram (Agenzia Fides) - "By receiving adequate formation, young people can overcome, with the help and grace of God, all the challenges, fears and concerns that help them realize their dreams. They can be missionari ...
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  20 July 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Administrator of the diocese of Loikaw: the third wave of the pandemic overlaps political and social crisis Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - "In Kayah State and in our diocese of Loikaw, fighting between the military and the People Defense Forces (PDF) began in mid-May. They already caused more than 100,000 civilians to flee their hom ...
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  19 July 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Raï: "Lebanese people are similar to a flock without a shepherd". And he entrusts the nation to St. Charbel Diman (Agenzia Fides) - The Lebanese people, hungry and bent by the crisis, appear similar to a flock without a shepherd. And in the state of prostration in which they find themselves, also due to the inadequacy of their ...
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  19 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Attack on nuns, closure of the emergency department of a Catholic hospital Mokama (Agenzia Fides) - The Emergency Department of the Catholic Hospital of Nazareth in Mokama, southeast of Patna, in the Indian state of Bihar, was closed after the attack, on July 16, suffered by the nuns who work t ...
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  19 July 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - "It's time to save lives": Cardinal Bo's appeal for "Martyrs' Day", in the midst of the pandemic Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, July 19, is Martyrs' Day. Their blood was shed to make this country a great country. As the COVID spirals out of control, inflicting fear, anxiety and death, the only way we can pay homa ...
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  17 July 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako: elections at risk of boycott, even Christians could desert the polls Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The risk of fraud and the experience of having been "robbed" of the quota of parliamentary seats reserved by the electoral system for candidates from Christian communities will push many Christi ...
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  17 July 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - National prayer for the end of the pandemic Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "We behave in the best possible way, respecting the protocols, and for the rest we entrust ourselves to God who always has His unfathomable plans, which human beings do not understand. We believ ...
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  17 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Solidarity of Catholic organizations around the world to support the nation in the second wave of Covid-19 New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - While Southwest India, in the Kerala region, records a high number of coronavirus infections (more than 13 thousand cases per day) both in rural and urban areas, and while the mortality rate i ...
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  16 July 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Prime Minister-designate Hariri resigns from office. Father Zgheib: crisis with uncertain outcome Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - With Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's renunciation to form a new government "a new stage of the Lebanese crisis opens. The outcome appears uncertain: new ways out may be opened, or the coun ...
• 16 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Delhi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed rev. Deepak Valerian Tauro, of the clergy of Muzaffarpur, former Rector of St. Albert's College in Ranchi as auxiliary bishop of the Metropolitan Archd ...
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  16 July 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A YouTube channel for the Church in Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A Youtube channel for the Catholic Church in Korea: this is the initiative launched by the "Catholic Peace Broadcasting Corporation" (CPBC) in order to be present on the network and offer the fait ...
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  16 July 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Demonstrations of the Burmese diaspora around the world: recognition of the Government of national unity is being asked Venice (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese diaspora and those who support civil resistance to the military junta met in various places on the planet on the weekend of July 17 and 18 to honor the many generations who died in M ...
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  15 July 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Flores Island: Despite initial restrictions, the Camillians continue their initiatives Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "Churches and schools will remain closed while air and sea travel have been suspended until at least July 21st. The virus now seems to have penetrated our island, where the restrictions are beg ...