Asia

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  10 June 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The "Here I am" program in Bangalore Church to provide dignified funerals for victims Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - It is a work of mercy and with a spirit of compassion that the Archdiocese of Bangalore, in the state of Karnataka, in southern India, launched the "Here I am" program, an initiative to suppor ...
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  10 June 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: "The road to church unity is not easy" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The path to restore full unity between Churches and ecclesial communities "is not as easy as some imagine", said Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon. In a statement publi ...
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  9 June 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Italian military contingent leaves the country: the future is uncertain Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "The Italian contingent, which today leaves Afghanistan after twenty years of presence in the country, has played a significant role from a social as well as a security point of view. Our soldiers ...
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  9 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Church welcomes displaced people in Chin state Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - In the Catholic community in the city of Surkhua in the diocese of Hakha, over 50 displaced persons, including women, the elderly and children, have found refuge as a result of the intense fightin ...
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  9 June 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarchs and Bishops discuss topics for the upcoming summit in the Vatican Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) – The Patriarchs and Bishops of the Churches present in Lebanon met in the early afternoon of yesterday, Tuesday, June 8th, in Bkerké, at the seat of the Maronite Patriarchate, to discuss the i ...
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  8 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Vicar of Loikaw: "The churches in the sights of the military" Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - It is a serious and dramatic situation in the diocese of Loikaw, in the Burmese state of Kayah (eastern Myanmar), where the conflict between the Burmese army and the popular defense forces that o ...
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  8 June 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - An old Christian school seized from the Church: minority rights trampled on Peshawar (Agenzia Fide) – The Edwardes College in the city of Peshawar, a historic institute of the "Church of Pakistan" (the Anglican Church), in the Anglican diocese of Peshawar, has been entrusted to the management ...
• 7 June 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Cardinal Raï dedicates the land to the Immaculate Heart of Mary: "We are a people who will not die" Harissa (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanese Cardinal Béchara Boutros Raï, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, renewed the consecration of Lebanon and the entire Middle East to the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary ...
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  7 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Another Catholic church bombed in Kayah state: news of the massacre in Yangon not confirmed Demoso (Agenzia Fides) - In the city of Demoso, Kayah State, in eastern Myanmar, the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Peace in the parish of Dongankha, in the Diocese of Loikaw, was intentionally attacked by the Burmese ar ...
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  5 June 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Church sends to the Holy See aid for vaccines against Covid to poor countries Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Seoul has sent US $ 1 million to the Holy See to ensure equal access to Covid-19 vaccines for poor countries and populations in need. The donation is the result of a fundraising ...
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  5 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Burmese Government of National Unity recognizes the rights of the Rohingya New York (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese Government of National Unity (Nug), the "shadow executive" created abroad last April to counter the February 1 coup, has formalized a new policy towards the Rohingya, the Muslim min ...
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  4 June 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Raï's proposal: a "government of leaders" to tackle the crisis in the Lebanese system Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - A "Government of leaders", which involves the highest representatives of the main Lebanese political parties and political groups as members of the executive, as the only way to overcome the pol ...
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  4 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Military violence in the Chin state and humanitarian emergency: appeal from the Church to stop the fighting Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - "It is urgent to stop the fighting. Many innocent people suffer and are desperate. International aid is needed because a humanitarian emergency is underway here. We ask the United Nations agenci ...
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  4 June 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian couple sentenced to death for blasphemy acquitted: a victory for justice, but who will pay for the suffering of the innocent? Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a victory for justice. It is a victory of freedom. I carried this mission in the name of Christ, to save two innocent victims. It is, therefore, also a victory of faith, because we believe ...
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  1 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Massive military operations in Kayah state: many people are on the run Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - With a massive surprise attack, with airplanes, helicopters, heavy artillery, the Burmese army (Tatmadaw) has decided to quell the resistance in the Burmese state of Kayah, in eastern Myanmar, i ...