Asia

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  28 May 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Intense fighting in Kayah State: two young Catholic volunteers who assisted the displaced people were killed Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - Intense fighting continues in eastern Myanmar's Kayah state between the Burmese regular army (Tatmadaw), which continues to bomb cities and villages, and the Popular Defense Forces, spontaneously ...
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  28 May 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Fake news about the rape and religious conversion of a Christian girl, and the attack on a church: damage to religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - On May 24, news spread in Pakistan of the alleged kidnapping of a 14-year-old Christian girl, Sunita Masih, in Faisalabad, Punjab Province. She was supposed to have been abducted, raped and then ...
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  27 May 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Urban warfare and another church hit in Kayah: resistance is being prepared Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - Some rockets fired by the soldiers of the Burmese regular army hit the Catholic church of St. Joseph in the city of Demoso, in the Kayah state, in the eastern part of Myanmar, where intense fight ...
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  27 May 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Aleppo, Archbishop Boutros Marayati appointed Patriarchal Administrator of the Armenian Catholic Church Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Armenian Catholic Archbishop Boutros Marayati, at the head of the Armenian Catholic community of Aleppo, was appointed Interim Apostolic Administrator of the Armenian Catholic Church, after the d ...
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  26 May 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Farewell to Krikor Bedros Ghabroyan, Patriarch of the Catholic Armenians Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - On the morning of Tuesday May 25, Krikor Bedros XX Ghabroyan, Patriarch of Cilicia of the Catholic Armenians passed away due to illness in a clinic in Beirut. Born in Aleppo (then under French pr ...
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  26 May 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Interreligious prayer in the Italian Church for peace and brotherhood Milan (Agenzia Fides) – To put an end to the violence, tension and war in Myanmar, and pray so that the Burmese population can return to live in an atmosphere of peace and brotherhood: with this spirit, on Saturday May ...
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  26 May 2021
  ASIA/PALESTINE - After the bombings, Patriarch Pizzaballa launches an aid appeal for the Christian community of Gaza Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – An aid appeal to meet the urgent needs "of our brothers and sisters in Christ especially in Gaza and in places severely affected" during the latest armed conflict which for eleven days again ...
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  26 May 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo appeals after church bombs: it is a humanitarian tragedy, stop the attacks Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with immense pain that we express our concern over the attack on innocent civilians who took refuge in the Church of the Sacred Heart on the night of May 23", said Cardinal Charles Maung B ...
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  25 May 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A civic and political education plan: Catholics prepare for next year's general elections Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The May 2022 general elections will be a crucial turning point in the history of the country. For this reason, one year after that important event, Catholics are called to begin a process of awar ...
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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 ...