Asia

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  13 September 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Army soldiers occupy and mine Catholic Church Pekon (Agenzia Fides) - The civil conflict in Myanmar does not stop at churches and other places of worship. According to local sources from Pekhon Diocese, Myanmar Regular Army troops occupied the Catholic Church of the ...
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  13 September 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Prayer and solidarity: mobilization of the Catholic community to help families affected by the floods in Sindh Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "The people affected by the heavy rains in the province of Sindh find themselves in a terrible situation: many live in the open air, without food to eat, without homes, without a kitchen and wit ...
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  12 September 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The Bishop of Almaty: "The Pope's visit, a fruitful moment to deepen our vocation to follow Christ" Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pope's visit to Kazakhstan is great news for all of us, truly Good News, which helps us to understand even better the meaning and mission of our presence in Kazakhstan and the value of our f ...
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  9 September 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Assyrian Patriarch Mar Awa III attends the closing luncheon of the Spiritual Exercises of the Chaldean clergy Ankawa (Agenzia Fides) - Exactly one year after his election as Patriarch, Mar Awa III, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, was the guest of honor at the lunch organized at the end of the spiritual exercises th ...
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  9 September 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal of the Church to the international community: "Urgent help is needed for the victims of the floods" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "We appeal to the international community to urgently help Pakistan, affected by the floods that have caused enormous destruction. Although we appreciate the efforts of government institutions ...
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  9 September 2022
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Association for small communities of faith on the synodal path: evangelization, appreciation of the laity, deepening of the faith Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Share evangelization in the diaspora, evaluate the development of Communities of Faith to unite the laity, continue promoting the Association to transmit the faith in parishes and in the vario ...
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  8 September 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - Islamist militiamen in Tahrir al Sham allow Christians to publicly celebrate Mass in the province of Idlib Idlib (Agenzia Fides) - Mass was celebrated in a church that had been closed for ten years. This happened in the province of Idlib, in an area still controlled by the anti-Assad Islamist militias. Permission to re-open t ...
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  8 September 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Missionaries accused of supporting terrorism: civil society takes the field alongside them Manila (Agenza Fides) - Catholic communities, human rights associations and civil society organizations are calling for the withdrawal of all charges against the organization "Rural Missionaries of the Philippines" (RMP) ...
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  8 September 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - 25 years after her death, Mother Teresa is for India an example of the following of Christ Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - "The life, the message, the embodied spirituality, the legacy of Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, foundress of the Missionaries of Charity (MC), are still relevant and significant for India and ...
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  7 September 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - The diocese of Zhouzhi celebrates ninety years of evangelization by renewing its missionary commitment Zhouzhi (Agenzia Fides) - May the celebration of 90 years of life of the diocese of Zhouzhi, in the province of Shaanxi, in mainland China, "be an opportunity to renew our missionary commitment while remaining faithful t ...
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  7 September 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Silsilah movement: the culture of dialogue and peace begins with children Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "The Movement for Islamic-Christian dialogue Silsilah has trained thousands of Muslims and Christians over the years through summer courses and training seminars on the culture of dialogue as ...
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  6 September 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - After riots: Christian parties strive for unity Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The shadows of civil war loom again over Iraq and some of the small and divided political parties, led by Christian politicians, are trying to find forms of coordination to face together the new t ...
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  6 September 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Camillian missionaries intervene for more than ten thousand people affected by the floods Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the misery and suffering caused by the floods and torrential rains that have devastated some parts of the country (see Fides, 29/8/2022), the Lay Camillian Family (FLC) and the Cami ...
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  6 September 2022
  ASIA/LAOS - The joy of the Church for the new Apostolic Vicar of Paksé Paksè (Agenzia Fides) - The small Catholic community in Laos rejoices at the gift of the new Apostolic Vicar of paksè: Bishop Andrew Souksavath Nouane Asa, 50, of the indigenous clergy of Laos. As local sources reporte ...
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  5 September 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian-led civil society organization accused of anti-state activities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Human rights groups, members of civil society and non-governmental organizations are these days defending the Christian organization "Center for Social Justice" (CSJ) accused of carrying out anti ...