Asia

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  29 September 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society call for justice: Girls kidnapped and forcibly converted Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Disappointment for the documented cases of kidnappings, marriages and forced religious conversions; denunciation of serious injustice; appeal to institutions for a useful intervention to stop the ...
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  28 September 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem express gratitude to King Abdullah II, "Custodian" of Christian and Muslim Holy Sites Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - King Abdullah II, in his recent speech at the UN General Assembly, described in a "truthful and honest" way the reality of Christian communities in Jerusalem and throughout the Holy Land. The ...
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  28 September 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Support is organized for people affected by typhoon Karding: Refugees under the protection of St. Michael Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "We seek the protection of St. Michael the Archangel, who defeats evil and protects us and our families", say the refugees who have found refuge in the diocesan Sanctuary and parish of St. Michae ...
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  27 September 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Awareness and prayer for the abolition of the death penalty, according to the intentions of the Pope Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - According to the prayer of Pope Francis, who asked for prayer for the abolition of the death penalty in September, there have also been initiatives of awareness and prayer in the Catholic communit ...
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  27 September 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Mourning in the episcopate Ankang (Agenzia Fides) - On August 28, 2022, after a long illness, His Excellency Monsignor Jean-Baptiste Ye Ronghua, Prefect Apostolic Bishop of Ankang, in the province of Shaanxi, in mainland China, died at the age of ...
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  26 September 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - In the climate of violence, Catholics thank the Pope who "remembers us" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Today the Catholic community in Myanmar lives in a painful climate of violence. The fighting continues. Life is difficult and precarious. The people are exhausted in the face of the ongoing viol ...
• 26 September 2022
  ASIA/JAPAN - Resignation of the Bishop of Takamatsu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Takamatsu (Japan) presented by His Exc. Msgr. John Eijiro Suwa. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 26/9/2022) ...
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  26 September 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Religious Forum for Justice and Peace: "Firm in faith, alongside the oppressed in the midst of tribulation" Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - "To be prophets in a Church often disfigured by ritualism, to remain steadfast in faith, anchored in Christ Jesus, in the midst of the tribulations that arise from choosing to stand alongside ...
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  24 September 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - In cooperation with state research institutions: church commitment to drug prevention Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - In collaboration with the Vietnamese Research Institute for Drug Prevention, the Catholic Church in Vietnam organizes seminars for young people - Catholic and non-Catholic - to help young people a ...
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  23 September 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishops, priests, religious: always and in all cases at the side of the people, with a strength that "only God can give" Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - "A year and a half after the coup of February 1, 2021, when violence is raging especially in certain areas, it is difficult to see a way out of this conflicting situation. But we believers, we ...
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  22 September 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: the floods have swept away houses, but not faith Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistani Bishops of the three dioceses most affected by the recent floods that have caused extensive damage in the country, say that "the floods have destroyed homes, but not the faith of C ...
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  21 September 2022
  ASIA/KAZHAKISTAN - Fr. Leopold Kropfreiter: The Pope's visit has increased interest and benevolence towards the small Catholic community Korneevka (Agenzia Fides) - "It was very enriching to see the enthusiasm with which not only the few Catholics in Kazakhstan have prepared the visit, but also the authorities of the country, which has a 75% Muslim popula ...
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  21 September 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic universities commemorate 50 years of martial law and warn against post-truth Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Remembering the dark passages of national history to illuminate the present: with this intention, several schools, Catholic universities and communities in the Philippines today celebrated the 50 ...
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  21 September 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Sport for the promotion of women and dialogue: the nation greets the football champions Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Bangladesh women's national football team has won a historic victory, obtaining the first title of the "South Asian Football Federation Women's Cup, the continental cup of South Asia, with a 3 ...
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  20 September 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Unity between Chaldeans and Assyrians: "See nothing opposed to a united Church of the East" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "I have studied our Eastern heritage and the writings of the Fathers of the Church and I see nothing to prevent the union of the Chaldean Church and the Assyrian Church of the East under the nam ...