Asia

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  25 May 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako to Christian politicians: unite forces and strategies, free yourselves from sectarianism Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Iraqi acronyms and political parties encouraged by Christian activists must bring together the forces, strategies and policies to tackle together the emergencies and problems that weigh on the l ...
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  24 May 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bombing of a Catholic church in Kayah State, two dead among refugees Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese army (Tatamadaw) soldiers attacked the village of Kayan Tharyar, 7 km from Loikaw, capital of Kayah State, with artillery shells last night, with the aim of hitting suspected rebel gr ...
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  24 May 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA -Patriarchs and Bishops invite to participate in the elections. Bishop Audo: "it is always easy to give lessons from outside" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "We have the election of the President of the Republic. It is normal for us to ask the people, and especially Christians, to take part in the elections". Syrian and Jesuit Bishop Antoine Audo, at ...
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  24 May 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Father Moretti: the attack on women, a bad sign; risks of civil war, hope is in the young Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Afghanistan is worrying from all points of view, as the departure of the American contingent could leave a large space for the opposition, the Taliban. The future of the country ...
• 22 May 2021
  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of auxiliary of Busan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Busan, Korea, the Reverend Pius Sin Hozol, of the clergy of the same diocese, until now president of the Catholic Univers ...
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  21 May 2021
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh: a new live Catholic channel on the web to offer spiritual support to the faithful Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "The Lord also writes straight on the crooked lines of life": with this spirit the Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh, Mgr. Olivier Schmitthauesler, speaks to Fides about the work of the Catholic ...
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  21 May 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops: sanctions against Damascus "to be removed", Palestinians victims of "brutal aggression". And they thank the Pope Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The economic sanctions of Western countries against Assad's Syria, culminating in the so-called "Caesar Act" issued by the US Administration led by Donald Trump, are unjust and must be removed, a ...
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  21 May 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - Fear and concern for the vaccination campaign that has not yet started: increase in Covid cases Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - The news that comes from the Camillian Social Center in Prachinburi is not good (see Agenzia Fides May 7, 2021). Father Ferdinando Pistore, a fidei donum priest who works in Chiang Mai, write ...
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  20 May 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Sustaining the quality of life in minor Seminaries: the commitment of a Catholic organization Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Caring for and managing the collective funding programs to support minor Seminaries in Indonesia: this is the mission of "GOTAUS", an initiative born within the Indonesian Catholic community to ...
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  19 May 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The High Court orders the health check for Fr. Stan Swamy, Jesuit jailed for sedition, defense calls for his release Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - The High Court of Bombay, in the hearing held today 19 May, ordered a medical check of the health conditions of Father Stan Swamy, a Jesuit religious, accused and imprisoned for alleged sedition ...
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  19 May 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarchs and Bishops gathered in Aleppo: "unsustainable geopolitical pressures" on the peoples of the Middle East Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Syria and the entire Middle East continue to experience a time of pain and suffering, in which the "appalling economic conditions" and the dramatic exodus of the younger generations are intertwin ...
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  18 May 2021
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Haifa, the dream of "coexistence" between different people fades. Father Mikhael Abdo: "They reopened wounds that never healed" Haifa (Agenzia Fides) - Up until two years ago, thousands of Christians from all over the Holy Land came to Haifa in May to take part in the traditional procession in honor of Our Lady of Carmel, popularly known as Taala ...
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  18 May 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholic priest arrested by the military has been released Banmaw (Agenzia Fides) - The priest of the diocese of Banmaw, 38-year-old Fr. Colombano Labang Lar Di, was released after 4 days of detention, arrested by a Burmese army patrol on May 14 while on his way to the city of ...
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  18 May 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Conference on the "new evangelization": "Jesus Christ, light of the world" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Jesus Christ, light of the world": this is the title of the Conference on the new evangelization that will be held on May 22 in Manila. The Conference takes on a special character and meaning be ...
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  18 May 2021
  ASIA/NEPAL - May 31, a special day of fasting and prayer for the end of the pandemic Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Observe all necessary precautions and pray intensely: this is the invitation of Bishop Paul Simick, Apostolic Vicar of Nepal, addressed to Catholic priests, men and women religious and laity a ...