Asia

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  6 May 2021
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - The Church collaborates with the government in the reconstruction of homes for the victims of the floods Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of East Timor is collaborating with the government to repair and rebuild the houses damaged by the floods last month, caused by cyclone Seroja, which caused the death of at leas ...
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  5 May 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Initiatives to relaunch pilgrimages to Ur of the Chaldeans, after the visit of Pope Francis Ur (Agenzia Fides) - The arrival of a dozen representatives of different Christian Churches from around the world is expected in the coming days in Ur of the Chaldeans, the Iraqi city from where, according to tradition, ...
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  5 May 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The legacy of the last Dominican missionary in Pakistan, "Good Samaritan" Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Father Aldino Amato OP, in almost 60 years of his pastoral service in Pakistan, carried out in various cities such as Khushpur, Sahiwal, Warispura Faisalabad, Chichawatni, Okara City and othe ...
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  5 May 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Good and concrete missionaries of the Gospel: the Camillians in aid of the population hit by typhoon Seroja Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "After the difficult moments of the tropical cyclone Seroja which hit several islands near ours in Flores (see Agenzia Fides 9/4/2021), aid is now being organized for those populations by many o ...
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  4 May 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A Catholic nun fasts during Ramadan as a sign of spiritual communion and interreligious solidarity Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic nun, committed to promoting peace and interreligious harmony in Indonesia, has made the decision to share fasting, as a sign of spiritual communion, which the Muslim faithful experien ...
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  4 May 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Young Catholics volunteer to assist Covid patients Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - A group of young Catholic volunteers, nuns and priests in the Archdiocese of Bangalore, in the state of Karnataka, in southern India, has begun to assist patients affected by Covid-19 while In ...
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  3 May 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Raï thanks Saudi Arabia and again calls for an "international solution" to the Lebanese crisis Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - A "thank you" to Saudi Arabia for allowing at least the Lebanese trucks blocked at the border to enter its territory and unload their goods, before triggering the embargo imposed by Riyadh on imp ...
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  3 May 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Religious and faithful in the world united in Marian prayer for peace and justice in Myanmar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - It is a month of May characterized, in Myanmar and abroad, by the ardent Marian prayer for peace and justice in Myanmar. The international campaign promoted by Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Ar ...
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  3 May 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Korean Church's farewell to Cardinal Cheong, Pastor "as caring as a mother" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "We live happily in His will for our life. We live happily by helping others to live a happy life": these are the last words of Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, who died on April 27 in Seoul, rem ...
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  30 April 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The youngest diocese in Vietnam welcomes the new Bishop Ha Tinh (Agenzia Fides) - "We are here to say thanks to Mgr. Paul Thai Hop for his immense contribution as Bishop in the dioceses. Above all we remember his work as president of the Episcopal Commission for "Justice and ...
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  30 April 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Burmese communities abroad demonstrate in favor of the new government of national unity Milan (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese communities abroad will be linked together on Sunday May 2nd in a kind of global human chain that will stretch across the world through 16 countries in Asia, America and Europe, where ...
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  29 April 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal by an Asian interfaith network: stop the massacre of civilians Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Let's stop the killing of innocent civilians in Myanmar": is the title of the global action campaign promoted in the Asian continent by an interreligious network of which they are part: the Franc ...
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  29 April 2021
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Caritas promotes inclusion and trains “accompanying teachers” Almaty (Agenzia Fides) – To promote a culture of inclusion, the Church in Kazakhstan has launched a number of initiatives that benefit children with physical or mental disabilities or people with Down syndrome. The coo ...
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  28 April 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Memori Genosida": Jesuit publishes book on genocide in Indonesia Yogyakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "We often see human rights violations or political violence only in a local or national context, as if abuses or mass murders were only the concern of a particular local or national governmen ...
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  28 April 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Church in mourning for the death of Cardinal Nicolas Cheong Jin-suk, the "Pastor of the last" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, died at 10:15 p.m. on April 27 at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital at the age of ninety. This was confirmed to Agenzia Fides by Fr. Young-yup Hur, spokesperson for the ...