Asia

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  26 May 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Interreligious prayer in the Italian Church for peace and brotherhood Milan (Agenzia Fides) – To put an end to the violence, tension and war in Myanmar, and pray so that the Burmese population can return to live in an atmosphere of peace and brotherhood: with this spirit, on Saturday May ...
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  26 May 2021
  ASIA/PALESTINE - After the bombings, Patriarch Pizzaballa launches an aid appeal for the Christian community of Gaza Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – An aid appeal to meet the urgent needs "of our brothers and sisters in Christ especially in Gaza and in places severely affected" during the latest armed conflict which for eleven days again ...
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  26 May 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo appeals after church bombs: it is a humanitarian tragedy, stop the attacks Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with immense pain that we express our concern over the attack on innocent civilians who took refuge in the Church of the Sacred Heart on the night of May 23", said Cardinal Charles Maung B ...
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  25 May 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A civic and political education plan: Catholics prepare for next year's general elections Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The May 2022 general elections will be a crucial turning point in the history of the country. For this reason, one year after that important event, Catholics are called to begin a process of awar ...
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  25 May 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako to Christian politicians: unite forces and strategies, free yourselves from sectarianism Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Iraqi acronyms and political parties encouraged by Christian activists must bring together the forces, strategies and policies to tackle together the emergencies and problems that weigh on the l ...
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  24 May 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bombing of a Catholic church in Kayah State, two dead among refugees Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese army (Tatamadaw) soldiers attacked the village of Kayan Tharyar, 7 km from Loikaw, capital of Kayah State, with artillery shells last night, with the aim of hitting suspected rebel gr ...
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  24 May 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA -Patriarchs and Bishops invite to participate in the elections. Bishop Audo: "it is always easy to give lessons from outside" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "We have the election of the President of the Republic. It is normal for us to ask the people, and especially Christians, to take part in the elections". Syrian and Jesuit Bishop Antoine Audo, at ...
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  24 May 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Father Moretti: the attack on women, a bad sign; risks of civil war, hope is in the young Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Afghanistan is worrying from all points of view, as the departure of the American contingent could leave a large space for the opposition, the Taliban. The future of the country ...
• 22 May 2021
  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of auxiliary of Busan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Busan, Korea, the Reverend Pius Sin Hozol, of the clergy of the same diocese, until now president of the Catholic Univers ...
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  21 May 2021
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh: a new live Catholic channel on the web to offer spiritual support to the faithful Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "The Lord also writes straight on the crooked lines of life": with this spirit the Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh, Mgr. Olivier Schmitthauesler, speaks to Fides about the work of the Catholic ...
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  21 May 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops: sanctions against Damascus "to be removed", Palestinians victims of "brutal aggression". And they thank the Pope Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The economic sanctions of Western countries against Assad's Syria, culminating in the so-called "Caesar Act" issued by the US Administration led by Donald Trump, are unjust and must be removed, a ...
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  21 May 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - Fear and concern for the vaccination campaign that has not yet started: increase in Covid cases Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - The news that comes from the Camillian Social Center in Prachinburi is not good (see Agenzia Fides May 7, 2021). Father Ferdinando Pistore, a fidei donum priest who works in Chiang Mai, write ...
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  20 May 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Sustaining the quality of life in minor Seminaries: the commitment of a Catholic organization Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Caring for and managing the collective funding programs to support minor Seminaries in Indonesia: this is the mission of "GOTAUS", an initiative born within the Indonesian Catholic community to ...
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  19 May 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The High Court orders the health check for Fr. Stan Swamy, Jesuit jailed for sedition, defense calls for his release Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - The High Court of Bombay, in the hearing held today 19 May, ordered a medical check of the health conditions of Father Stan Swamy, a Jesuit religious, accused and imprisoned for alleged sedition ...
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  19 May 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarchs and Bishops gathered in Aleppo: "unsustainable geopolitical pressures" on the peoples of the Middle East Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Syria and the entire Middle East continue to experience a time of pain and suffering, in which the "appalling economic conditions" and the dramatic exodus of the younger generations are intertwin ...