Asia

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  17 December 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Christmas of silence, prayer, solidarity Pyay (Agenzia Fides) - It will be a Christmas without celebrations, made only of silence, prayer and solidarity with the poor, the sick, the destitute. Catholics in Myanmar will thus live the feast of the Incarnation of ...
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  17 December 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Serious food crisis: 23 million people in need Trento (Agenzia Fides) - "About 23 million people are in dire need of food in Afghanistan, a fact that could lead to the death of a million children by the end of this winter in what the UN World Food Program has describ ...
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  16 December 2021
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The Bicentennial of the Church ends: the Prime Minister praises the contribution of the faithful to society Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has praised the Catholic Church for the contribution it has made to society and the country in two centuries of history. Participating, with other mini ...
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  16 December 2021
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - A new Catholic church in Ruwais Ruwais (Agenzia Fides) - Important days begin for the Catholic community of the United Arab Emirates. Today, 16 December at 6.00 pm, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Ruwais will be inaugurated, 250 kilometers from ...
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  15 December 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarchs and Heads of Churches ask local governments for a "safeguard area" for the Christian quarter of Jerusalem Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The local governments that currently control the Holy Land are urged to "initiate a dialogue" among themselves and with the Churches and ecclesial communities present there, in view of the cre ...
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  15 December 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Missionaries of Charity accused of proselytizing: for Catholics it is pure defamation Vadodara (Agenzia Fides) - "The Missionaries of Charity are targeted by Hindu nationalists. It is pure defamation; they want to defame and slander Christian nuns and institutions". This is what Capuchin Father Suresh Mat ...
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  15 December 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Improving interreligious relations: the commitment of Christian organizations Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Interreligious dialogue is of great importance in Pakistan: meetings between people of different religions are essential to overcome tensions and divisions, to eliminate violence, hatred and dis ...
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  14 December 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Earthquake on the island of Flores: "Our structures are still intact. We hope that the five volcanoes remain inactive", writes a missionary Flores (Agenzia Fides) - This morning, around 11:20 a.m. local time (04:20 a.m. Italian time), an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 was recorded about 91 kilometers north of Maumere, in Indonesia, the second largest cit ...
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  14 December 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians oppose anti-conversion law in Karnataka Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – To oppose the anti-conversion bill that targets Christians in the state of Karnataka, in southern India. With this aim, the faithful of the state have launched an awareness campaign and vari ...
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  13 December 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Raï: the Cathedral inaugurated in Bahrain shows that the “Lebanese formula”, in crisis here for us, flourishes elsewhere Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The consecration and inauguration of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia in the Kingdom of Bahrain is a powerful "sign of the times". It highlights the fruits of dialogue between Christians and ...
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  13 December 2021
  ASIA/CHINA - Christmas lights are turned on: the Catholic community intensifies its spiritual journey and its works of charity Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, on the third Sunday of Advent, the Christmas lights, lights of hope, illuminated the different parishes of Beijing, with great emotion of the faithful, who were able to return to the ...
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  13 December 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishop David: the Nobel Prize to Maria Ressa, a glimmer of hope Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "For the first time in our history, a Filipino journalist was awarded a Nobel Prize for Peace. As I listened to her speech, I felt something lighting up inside me. It gave me that little glimpse ...
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  13 December 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic priest attacked, Christian sacred books burned Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - An unidentified man attacked a Catholic priest with a knife in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. As Fides learned, on December 11 an unknown person entered the church of St. Joseph the ...
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  10 December 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo's Advent message: Investing in hope, peace and justice Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We live in challenging times. The Prophet Isaiah has a memorable sentence which reflects our condition: The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; On those living in the land of the ...
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  10 December 2021
  ASIA - A support to the life of the small Churches in Central Asia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is facing enormous challenges in areas like Central Asia, so every little gesture is of great help in making the work of the missionaries easier. Our work in the Pontifical Soci ...