Asia

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  24 September 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian is the new Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Armenian Catholic Synod of Bishops, convened by the Holy Father in Rome on September 22nd, 2021, elected the new Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians on Thursday, September 23rd. It is Raphaë ...
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  24 September 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops oppose the anti-conversion law in Karnataka Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The ten Catholic Bishops of the state of Karnataka, in southern India, met Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to voice their opinion over a proposed law to ban forcible religious conversions in t ...
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  23 September 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: abortion is Cain-style murder Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The practice of induced abortion repeats what happened in the story of Cain, who committed the first "premeditated murder" told in the Bible. And for the Church "all human life, including that o ...
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  23 September 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In the pandemic, the path is compassion Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The path indicated by Christ is compassion, and it is the path that Christians are called to follow. This is the appeal released by Msgr. Marlo Mendoza Peralta, Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (in th ...
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  23 September 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Violence and intimidation against a Catholic journalist investigating a case of corruption Tangail (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic journalist of the Garo ethnic group, Prince Edward Mangsang, was attacked and severely beaten on charges of having destroyed assets worth 45 thousand Bangladeshi taka (about 450 euros ...
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  22 September 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Violence of the Burmese army against civilians: Baptist pastor killed Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - The violence and revenge of the Bimano army are hitting innocent civilians all over the nation. As Fides learned, on September 18, the town of Thang Tlang, one of the nine towns of the Burmese Sta ...
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  22 September 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Pope's visit and his meeting with Ayatollah al Sistani celebrated by a series of postage stamps from the Iraqi Postal Service Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The General Company for Post and Savings in Iraq, directed by Idris Khaled Abdel Rahman, has issued a special series of stamps dedicated to Pope Francis' visit to Iraq, which took place from Mar ...
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  21 September 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Raped Christian minor escapes the torturer: the culprit arrested Sahiwal (Agenzia Fides) - After an investigation conducted with raids in several villages in the area of Sahiwal (a city in the Pakistani province of Punjab), the Pakistani police arrested a Muslim man for kidnapping and ...
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  20 September 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - 11 Christians, 10 Muslims and 2 Druze (but only one woman) in the new government of Mikati Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The new government of Lebanon, led by the Sunni Muslim Najib Mikati, is preparing to obtain the vote of trust from the Lebanese Parliament today, Monday, September 20. All the main political forc ...
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  18 September 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The commitment of Salesian missionaries to help families impoverished by the pandemic Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "How will families without work, without economic activity survive? This was the general concern of people when the Coronavirus pandemic began. This is what motivated us to act: to experien ...
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  17 September 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Floods in central Vietnam: God's people take refuge under the mantle of Mary Da Nang (Agenzia Fides) - The tropical storm Con Son has hit the central coastal provinces of Vietnam, and many places in the region have put in place plans to deal with the fifth tropical storm of 2021 that has brought ...
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  17 September 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - "Marriage encounter": Christian spouses rediscover the richness of the Sacrament Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Married life is a life of patience, forgiveness and listening. It is a life of mutual enrichment, thanks to the presence and strength that Jesus Christ gives. It is a long journey together, enligh ...
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  16 September 2021
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Young people meet "the living Christ" Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "Even if the Catholic Church is a small reality, it is present throughout Kazakhstan. Especially in summer, a season that is relatively short in the country, we have numerous faith and mission fo ...
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  16 September 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Raï: Abu Dhabi Document and "Fratelli Tutti" become a 'compass' for Lebanese Catholic schools Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In Lebanon overwhelmed by a devastating crisis, which also has alarming effects on the state of health of the national school system, it is important and necessary that the teachings proposed by ...
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  16 September 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishops of Northern Luzon: amid assassinations, corruption, pandemic we find ourselves in the "valley of death" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "It is like being in the valley of death: the killing of drug addicts and opponents; victims of the pandemic; death from hardship due to a visionless government and blatant corruption that seems ...