Asia

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  6 August 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Caritas Lebanon: "We are living a nightmare, but we will not give up and will continue to help the most vulnerable" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - More than 300,000 people have been displaced from their homes, thousands have been wounded and hundreds have died: this is the provisional toll caused by the explosion that took place on Tuesday, ...
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  5 August 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai: "mysterious explosion" in Beirut. We ask everyone for help Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "Beirut, the bride of the East, Beirut, the lighthouse of the West, is wounded". It is a "devastated city", reduced to "a scenario of war without war". Thus begins the appeal launched by Maronite ...
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  1 August 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The construction of a Hindu temple stops after the opposition of Islamic groups: religious freedom at stake Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a fundamental right of every Pakistani citizen to preach and profess his religion freely, as prescribed by the Constitution of Pakistan. It is legitimate that each community has its pla ...
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  1 August 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Towards the peace conference: ceasefire and federalism on the agenda Naypyidaw (Agenzia Fides) - Myanmar is preparing for the two most important events of the year which, despite the restrictions for Covid-19, will be held with the times and methods already decided, albeit with some limit ...
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  31 July 2020
  ASIA/SYRIA - Christian groups join the "Front for peace and freedom" in north-east Syria Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - There are also political groups led by Christian militants in the new "Front for peace and freedom", the new alliance of organizations inaugurated in recent days in the city of Qamishli with th ...
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  31 July 2020
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Pope's words in Korean: a spiritual aid for the faithful Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - It is an information and knowledge service of the magisterium of Pope Francis, of the activities and initiatives of the Holy See and of the life of the universal Church which has enjoyed undoubted ...
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  31 July 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Dignified buriel to Covid-19 victims: the contribution of Catholic volunteers New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - It is one of the "works of mercy", a sign of attention and compassion towards those who are suffering for having lost their family members: in this spirit the Indian dioceses offer their servi ...
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  30 July 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Faith and courage in Rakhine State: parish priests and nuns in the midst of the conflict Sittwe (Agenzia Fides) - "There are five Catholic priests stranded in the Paletwa area in Chin state. The area is practically sealed off and it is a problem to reach them, as well as the inhabitants of the villages which ...
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  30 July 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako to Muslims for the feast of Eid al Adha: let's raise the Country together Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Greetings and best wishes from Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako are addressed to his “Dear Muslim brothers” who from the evening of today, Thursday 30 July, celebrate Eid al Adha, the " ...
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  29 July 2020
  ASIA/SYRIA- The construction of a “Syrian copy” church of Hagia Sophia is being studied, with the support of Russian sectors Hama (Agenzia Fides) - With the placet of the Damascus government, and with the support of Russian political and military sectors, the construction of a church dedicated to Divine Wisdom, could soon enter the operational ...
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  29 July 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Urdu news: the new information service on Radio Veritas to be launched, to build peace and unity Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The new information service is another milestone for the Urdu-language service of the Episcopal Commission for Catholic Social Communications and for the apostolate of Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) i ...
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  28 July 2020
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Covid-19, the Church offers aid to the homeless Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - With a service for the distribution of masks and hand disinfectants, Caritas Tajikistan has arranged for a project to help the homeless, while the Covid-19 health emergency is underway. This wa ...
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  28 July 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Christian faith flourishes in the territory of the "giraffe women" Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - "The parish of Tananukwe includes five villages and a population of 560 families. The majority of the people in this area are Christian, with a strong Catholic presence". Father Pius Kyan speaks ...
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  27 July 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Support and hypothesis of compensation for Christian refugees and Yazidi refugees in Kurdistan Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The precarious condition of Christian and Yazidi refugees still displaced in the territories of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan was at the center of the talks held on Sunday 26 July in Er ...
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  27 July 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Archdiocese in Kerala offers the government its facilities as treatment centers for Covid-19 Thiruvalla (Agenzia Fides) - An Indian archdiocese has offered its various facilities and institutions to the government as treatment centers for Covid-19 patients in the state of Kerala. As Fides learns, Archbishop Thom ...