Asia

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  10 July 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai's appeal for "Lebanese neutrality" moves national and regional political axes Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The recent appeal of Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai to internationally support Lebanon's position of neutrality on Middle Eastern geopolitical scenarios is beginning to arouse eloquent re ...
• 10 July 2020
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 25, 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Venanzio Khohi Mbwi, of the diocesan clergy of Taichung as Nat ...
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  10 July 2020
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - General elections, among Covid-19 and the migrant crisis Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The ballot boxes to elect parliamentarians of the 14th legislature since the "Lion City" has been an independent state (1965) begins today, July 10, in Singapore. With a unicameral parliamenta ...
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  10 July 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Cardinal D’Rozario to the faithful: return to mass Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We must take preventive measures and go back to church. Holy mass and the Eucharist are the best way to be united with Jesus Christ. Following an online mass does not have the same effect as the ...
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  9 July 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Churches reopen after lockdown; the Church activates a psychological and spiritual counseling program Manila (Agenzia Fides) - It is a new "starting signal" for the whole Catholic community and will be welcomed with joy and renewed spiritual enthusiasm: the leaders of the Catholic Church in the Philippines have welcomed ...
• 9 July 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Drought, floods, poverty and war: the real plagues of the nation Bagan (Agenzia Fides) - In the small town of Nyaung U, in the central plains of Myanmar, the distribution of food is an occasional fact. A truck loaded with giant cabbage stops in the neighborhood and distributes a cabba ...
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  8 July 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Since the Covid-19 emergency, new collaborations in the Church thanks to telework Almaty (Agnzia Fide) - "The state of emergency due to Covid-19 has provided an opportunity for the emergence of new relationships and forms of cooperation, both inside and outside the Church. As is happening all over the ...
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  8 July 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Crimes based on religious discrimination cannot go unpunished Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) - "All the residents on this street are Muslims and they do not want Christians to live here: this is what the attackers said to my husband and us; since we did not succumb to those pressures, th ...
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  8 July 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops: concern over the increase in violence against religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Despite the current Covid-19 pandemic, which is posing its share of challenges in Pakistan, religious intolerance and discrimination in recent months have increased": is the complaint of the Nat ...
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  7 July 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Male and female religious orders: conscientious objection to the anti-terrorism law Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "In light of faith, we cannot conscientiously adhere to a law that can attack human dignity and human rights. At a time when our people are battling the effects of Covid-19, we find no reason to ...
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  7 July 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Heads of the Churches of Jerusalem: "radical groups" threaten the Christian presence in the Holy City Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Jewish "radical groups" committed to acquiring ecclesiastical properties in the so-called Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem aim to sabotage the plural identity of the Holy City, o ...
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  6 July 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Catholic University choirs at the "Concert of Resilience" among the archaeological remains of Baalbeck Baalbeck (Agenzia Fides) - The choirs of three Lebanese Catholic universities were among the protagonists of the great concert event hosted on the evening of Sunday 5 July among the imposing remains of the archaeological ...
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  6 July 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Churches, associations, cultural groups: the new anti-terrorism law is draconian and unconstitutional Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "The Philippines are facing the Covid-19 crisis but, despite the urgency of the situation, the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte is committed to consolidating power. At the moment there ...
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  6 July 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslim leaders: the work of Friar Francis Nadeem will inspire many to true fraternity Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Friar Francis Nadeem was the backbone of the mission of interreligious dialogue in Pakistan: after his death we feel orphaned, we hope and pray his legacy inspire many Christians and Muslims in ...
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  4 July 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Farewell to Fr. Francis Nadeem, Capuchin friar engaged in interreligious dialogue Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We have lost a wonderful priest and friar, who humbly served in his community, and also reached people of other faiths with the Christian message of peace and love. A priest who was known, appre ...