Asia

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  17 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholic priest detained by the army in the State of Chin released and unharmed Hakha (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Michael Aung Ling, a Burmese Catholic priest of the diocese of Hakha, detained yesterday by the regular army on suspicion of supporting the resistance forces in the town of Kanpetlet, in the ...
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  16 June 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Stop the war: "There is no true religion that invites you to kill" Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace is a religious obligation, a political necessity, a request of the whole nation". Thus reads one of the messages of the national “StopAfghanWar” campaign. Launched two days ago on socia ...
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  16 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - A Catholic priest in the Chin State arrested by the military Hakha (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Michael Aung Ling, parish priest in the Catholic church of St. Joseph in Kanpetlet, a pleasant tourist resort in the diocese of Hakha, in the Burmese state of Chin, on the border with India, ...
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  16 June 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Camillians in Flores: keeping missionary commitment alive and looking to the future with hope Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - The invisible Covid-19 does not seem to have stopped and hindered the vocational enthusiasm of many young people who intend to prepare themselves to become future apostles of the Gospel not only ...
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  15 June 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Synod of the Maronite Bishops: "The supply of the Lebanese population is at risk" Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Food for half of the Lebanese population is at risk, while many young people are leaving the country to build less precarious lives elsewhere. Meanwhile, the political-institutional system is pa ...
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  15 June 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom: Bishop You to the Congregation of the Clergy is "a great gift" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The fact that the Bishop of Daejeon, Lazzaro You Heung-sik, was appointed Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy by Pope Francis is "a great gift for Korean Catholics and for the faithful fr ...
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  15 June 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The International Criminal Court: a complete investigation into the "war on drugs" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Judge Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on the eve of the conclusion of her mandate, has called for a full investigation into the killings in the so-cal ...
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  14 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholic priests arrested and released by the army: violence in Mandalay Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese military have arrested and released six Catholic priests and a lay Catholic in the village of Chan Thar, in the Archdiocese of Mandalay, 700 km north of Yangon. As confirmed to Agen ...
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  14 June 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Jerusalem, the Latin Patriarchate announces the "Annual Peace Day for the East" and announces the consecration of the region to the Holy Family of Nazareth Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - A "Peace Day for the East", which will be celebrated every year with a special Eucharistic liturgy "to implore God's Mercy and His Peace on this beloved Middle East, where the Christian faith ...
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  14 June 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Afghan women: without justice the war will continue Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - Nargis Nehan, director of the non-governmental organization "Equality for Peace and Democracy" is concerned. "With the withdrawal of troops, it seems that civil society is no longer as useful to t ...
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  12 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANAMR - The Bishops, between violence and social crisis: "It is urgent to open humanitarian corridors and respect sacred places" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Intentionally destroying humanitarian aid intended for poor, vulnerable and destitute people is a crime against humanity", says a source of Fides confirming the news that the Burmese army have d ...
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  12 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Burmese in diaspora around the world: strike in support of Aung San Suu Kyi Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Global Myanmar Spring Revolution Weekend" is the public event that today and tomorrow, in over fifty cities in more than 20 countries around the world, will involve all the Burmese communities of ...
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  11 June 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - In the midst of the pandemic, violence against Christians does not stop New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the first five months of 2021, in 151 days of the current year, despite the serious pandemic situation, 127 episodes of violence against Christians took place in India: says to Agenzia Fide ...
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  11 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The army destroys rice and medicines and starves the population Pekhon (Agenzia Fides) - The Myanmar army (Tatmadaw) is destroying tons of sacks of rice that had been stored and preserved to feed the internally displaced people in the village of Loi Ying Taungche, near the city of Mo ...
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  10 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Church raises the alarm: "Destruction, humanitarian emergency, imminent famine in Kayah" Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very sad and worried to find ourselves in this critical situation. Our peaceful lives are destroyed in the state of Kayah. There are no human rights and freedom. People flee to safe place ...