Asia

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  13 February 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Bangladesh minority groups demand reading of scriptures at start of parliament session Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – The organisations for the minority religious groups of Bangladesh have demanded reading of scriptures of all the four major religions of Bangladesh at the beginning of parliament sessions and st ...
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  13 February 2021
  ASIA - Poverty and risks of a "lost generation" due to the pandemic Singapore (Agenzia Fides) – What impact will the Covid-19 pandemic have in the short-term future in Asia? What are its effects on poverty, a plague that not only affects the Asian continent, but as can be seen in the p ...
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  13 February 2021
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The Bishop of Karaganda: "Blessed Bukowiński, the deep root of the Kazakh Church and its vocational flowering" Karaganda (Agenzia Fides) - "Along the path of history, the Church is continually regenerated and brought forward by the saints and their testimony. Blessed Wladyslaw Bukowiński was an active and profound root of the fl ...
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  12 February 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - "Master, don't you care that we are about to perish?" Syrian Lent according to Archbishop of Damascus Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Destroyed by war and suffocated by economic sanctions, Syria is like a ship sinking in a storm. And to the disciples of Christ who are in Syria, in this state, the same anguished words come to ...
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  12 February 2021
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Prayer of the Bishops for the protection of all families on the occasion of the Lunar New Year Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - Send a Greeting Message for the Lunar New Year - in February 12, 2021 - and pray for the protection of all families, such is the initiative taken by the Bishops of Malaysia who see in this occas ...
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  12 February 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Opening of the first formation house for young Camillian aspirants Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Twenty years ago I never thought I would reach this day. After joining the Camillian religious Order of the Ministers of the Sick, I immediately began to dream of the Order's presence in Pakist ...
• 12 February 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Karachi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Karachi, Pakistan, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Joseph Coutts. The Holy Father ...
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  10 February 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Ayatollah al Sistani and Christians Najaf (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis, as part of his important apostolic trip to Iraq scheduled for March 5-8, will visit the city of Najaf and the Great Ayatollah Ali al Sistani, a leading figure in Shia Islam including ...
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  10 February 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Cardinal Coutts, the first Catholic to chair the Christian Study Center Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Joseph Coutts, is the first Catholic to be unanimously elected president of the Christian Study Center in Rawalpindi, a neighboring city of Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. The Cardina ...
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  10 February 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Christians in Sumatra, protected by the central government and punished in the province of Aceh Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - While the central government promotes the rights of non-Muslim minorities and pays attention to the situation of Christians across the territory, in the province of Banda Aceh, in the far north ...
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  9 February 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Angelus prayer and address to the diplomatic corps: "The people of Myanmar are grateful to the Pope for his words" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pope's words at the Angelus and in his address to the diplomatic corps aroused a sense of gratitude among the people of Myanmar, Catholics and non-Catholics. They were quickly translated int ...
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  9 February 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Feast of St. Marone: Patriarch Rai relaunches the Pope's words for a "Lebanese rebirth" Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - All political, social and religious forces in Lebanon that really wanted to pave the way for the "Lebanese rebirth" should deal with the words, that Pope Francis on Monday February 8th in his ad ...
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  9 February 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Twenty new priests in Seoul, open to the challenges of the mission Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - In the midst of the pandemic and in spite of all the difficulties, the Archdiocese will "promote the vocation of the priest even more resolutely", with the confidence that God will always call new ...
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  8 February 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch Rai calls for a "UN International Conference" to save Lebanon Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The scale of the institutional, social and political crisis in Lebanon calls for drastic and timely action and the convening of an international conference initiated by the United Nations to fin ...
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  8 February 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Citizens of all religions gather for nonviolent civil disobedience protests Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a campaign of civil disobedience and peaceful protest involving citizens of all cultures, races and religions. Today people did not go to work and boycotted public services and offices. Pe ...