Asia

• 11 May 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Archbishop to the new catechists: you preach the Good news, God changes hearts Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not lose hope, remain consistent and obedient in your pastoral work. You will encounter challenges as you begin your pastoral ministry as catechists. Your responsibility is to preach the Good ...
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  11 May 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Catechists on bicycles to announce the Gospel and visit remote villages Dinajpur (Agenzia Fides) - "Most catechists preach the Gospel without being paid for their work. Some of them receive a minimal refund. We hope that with this small gift of a bicycle, a small recognition from the Church, ...
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  10 May 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The Archbishop of Delhi: "Faith is alive in the midst of the pandemic" and Christian communities help patients New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Only faith can console and make people go forward in the current tragedy", says the Archbishop of Delhi, Mgr. Anil Couto to Agenzia Fides, stating that "we live this terrible suffering with f ...
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  10 May 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Reconciliation between Muslim and Christian hospital staff Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace and reconciliation are always possible. Blessed are the peacemakers. We thank God that the tensions between the Christian and Muslim staff of the Punjab Mental Health Institute have become ...
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  8 May 2021
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - An oratory, a place of knowledge and proclamation of the Gospel Samarkand (Agenzia Fides) - The oratory as a place of encounter, knowledge, play, human relationships, positive socialization, joy and proclamation of the Gospel. With this spirit, the priests of the Institute of the Inc ...
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  8 May 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Music to shorten distances: the World Youth Orchestra for children Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – To promote the universal language of music to fill the educational and social void caused by the health and economic crisis, to help reduce the distance between people. With this objective in m ...
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  7 May 2021
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Minister al Maliki: there is no Holy Land without Christians Rome (Agenzia Fides) - When you say that Palestine is the Holy Land, "you cannot talk about the Holy land without Christians", and Palestinian Authorites consider Palestinian Christians as an "integral, essential and sol ...
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  7 May 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - The impact of the third wave of Covid-19 on pastoral care; the missionaries close to the Burmese refugees Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - "The vaccination campaign against Covid-19 here in Thailand is extremely slow, therefore it is difficult to predict when the situation will improve", writes to Agenzia Fides Fr. Ferdinando Pi ...
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  7 May 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians observe a special National Day of fasting and prayer for the nation affected by the pandemic New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - While the Catholic Church in India loses another Bishop due to Covid-19, recording the death of 65-year-old Mgr. Basil Bhuriya Bishop of Jabhua, in Madhya Pradesh (after the death of Antony An ...
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  6 May 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Escalation of violence in the province of Papua: Church calls for moderation Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Tension increases in the Indonesian province of Papua (called Irian Jaya), in eastern Indonesia, plagued by separatist turmoil but also the scene of a general protest by civil society for the ab ...
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  6 May 2021
  ASIA/TURKEY - Erdogan hosts religious leaders at iftar dinner Ankara (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday, 5 May, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted and offered an official Iftar dinner (fast-breaking) during the month of Ramadan, in the mega presidential palace in Ankara t ...
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  6 May 2021
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - The Church collaborates with the government in the reconstruction of homes for the victims of the floods Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of East Timor is collaborating with the government to repair and rebuild the houses damaged by the floods last month, caused by cyclone Seroja, which caused the death of at leas ...
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  5 May 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Initiatives to relaunch pilgrimages to Ur of the Chaldeans, after the visit of Pope Francis Ur (Agenzia Fides) - The arrival of a dozen representatives of different Christian Churches from around the world is expected in the coming days in Ur of the Chaldeans, the Iraqi city from where, according to tradition, ...
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  5 May 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The legacy of the last Dominican missionary in Pakistan, "Good Samaritan" Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Father Aldino Amato OP, in almost 60 years of his pastoral service in Pakistan, carried out in various cities such as Khushpur, Sahiwal, Warispura Faisalabad, Chichawatni, Okara City and othe ...
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  5 May 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Good and concrete missionaries of the Gospel: the Camillians in aid of the population hit by typhoon Seroja Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "After the difficult moments of the tropical cyclone Seroja which hit several islands near ours in Flores (see Agenzia Fides 9/4/2021), aid is now being organized for those populations by many o ...