Asia

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  28 March 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - The "digital Church" in Asia amid coronavirus crisis Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has affected more nations than the World Wars. The outbreak has impacted every aspect of life—family, social, business, governance, education, econom ...
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  28 March 2020
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The only Catholic church in Afghanistan closes for the Covid-19 emergency Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic chapel of the Italian Embassy in Kabul - the only Catholic church in Afghanistan - has suspended celebrations to respond to the containment measures of the coronavirus. This is what F ...
• 28 March 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Merauke Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Merauke, Indonesia, presented by Archbishop Nicolaus Adi Seputra, M.S.C. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 28/3/ ...
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  27 March 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Cardinal D'Rozario: "Let us collaborate with the government to overcome the coronavirus pandemic" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Being faithful collaborators of the government to overcome the coronavirus pandemic. This is what Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario, Archbishop of Dhaka has asked the faithful, who in a video message sen ...
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  27 March 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - The 4 activists of SOS Chrétiens d’Orient kidnapped in Baghdad on 20 January released Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - French authorities on Thursday 26 March said four aid workers of French Christian non-governmental organization SOS Chrétiens d’Orient were released. The four were missing since January 20. T ...
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  26 March 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - COVID-19: the Holy Sepulcher closed, but liturgies continue to take place inside Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the measures taken to combat the infection of the coronavirus epidemic, the Israeli authorities also ordered the closure of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem on Wednes ...
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  26 March 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Connection and compassion: Caritas at the forefront in the fight against the coronavirus New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Curbing the panic, helping the weakest, building trust: these are the action plans put in place by Carits India, at the forefront in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in India. This is ...
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  25 March 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - "May Mary protect the world". Christians and Muslims pray together on the feast of the Annunciation Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - This year, Lebanese Christians and Muslims will not be able to meet in squares and churches to venerate the Virgin Mary together on the Marian solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, proclaime ...
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  25 March 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians in India: helping the poorest during the complete lockdown of the nation because of Covid-19 New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to take care of the poorest during the 21 days of total lockdown of the nation, imposed by the government until April 14, as a measure to contain the spread of COVID-19. Christian ...
• 25 March 2020
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The country is unprepared to face the Coronavirus crisis Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "Afghanistan's health facilities are unable to deal with a pandemic like the Covid-19 pandemic. At the moment even the West is in difficulty, so we can only remotely imagine what could happen in a ...
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  24 March 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "National week of prayer": the Bishops invite the faithful to support the doctors on the front line against Covid-19 Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Praying incessantly for doctors who are "on the front line" to fight against coronavirus: this is the invitation issued by the Filipino bishops and civil authorities to support health workers who ...
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  23 March 2020
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops in the wake of Covid-19: "Let us look at the Cross of Christ" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "God allows calamities and tribulations, but also gives us the strength to overcome them. In this Lenten period of penance and conversion, let us joyfully overcome these sacrifices and sufferings ...
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  23 March 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Syriac priest’s missing mother found dead in SE Turkey after 70 days Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The body of Şimoni Diril, the mother of Remzi Diril, a Catholic Chaldean priest in İstanbul, was discovered in a stream close to the village of Kovankaya, seventy days after the kidnapping pe ...
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  21 March 2020
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Jesuits: "Need to start a deep and sincere dialogue for the good of the Syrian people" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Syrian population lives in an uncertain and tiring condition, which is becoming unsustainable for the weakest, while there is a significant decrease of the Christian communities". This is wh ...
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  20 March 2020
  ASIA/IRAN - Coronavirus, Ayatollah to the Pope: "Help us to revoke the sanctions, especially for medical assistance" Teheran (Agenzia Fides) - Ayatollah Seyed Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad, a man for decades committed to bridging the distance between Iran and other countries in the world, wrote a heartfelt letter to Pope Francis, asking him ...