Asia

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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 ...
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  4 May 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A Catholic nun fasts during Ramadan as a sign of spiritual communion and interreligious solidarity Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic nun, committed to promoting peace and interreligious harmony in Indonesia, has made the decision to share fasting, as a sign of spiritual communion, which the Muslim faithful experien ...
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  4 May 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Young Catholics volunteer to assist Covid patients Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - A group of young Catholic volunteers, nuns and priests in the Archdiocese of Bangalore, in the state of Karnataka, in southern India, has begun to assist patients affected by Covid-19 while In ...
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  3 May 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Raï thanks Saudi Arabia and again calls for an "international solution" to the Lebanese crisis Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - A "thank you" to Saudi Arabia for allowing at least the Lebanese trucks blocked at the border to enter its territory and unload their goods, before triggering the embargo imposed by Riyadh on imp ...
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  3 May 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Religious and faithful in the world united in Marian prayer for peace and justice in Myanmar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - It is a month of May characterized, in Myanmar and abroad, by the ardent Marian prayer for peace and justice in Myanmar. The international campaign promoted by Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Ar ...
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  3 May 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Korean Church's farewell to Cardinal Cheong, Pastor "as caring as a mother" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "We live happily in His will for our life. We live happily by helping others to live a happy life": these are the last words of Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, who died on April 27 in Seoul, rem ...
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  30 April 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The youngest diocese in Vietnam welcomes the new Bishop Ha Tinh (Agenzia Fides) - "We are here to say thanks to Mgr. Paul Thai Hop for his immense contribution as Bishop in the dioceses. Above all we remember his work as president of the Episcopal Commission for "Justice and ...