Asia

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  19 April 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Coronavirus pandemic: Election of the new Assyrian patriarch postponed due to new wave of infections Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The new wave of infections, which also affects Iraq and the Kurdistan Autonomous Region, has resulted in the election of the new Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East being postponed to a l ...
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  19 April 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - A "year of grace" for the diocese of Nha Trang, in the footsteps of Cardinal Van Thuan Nha Trang (Agenzia Fides) - He is a spiritual son and a successor of the former Bishop of the diocese of Nha Trang, Venerable Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, who greatly influenced his priestly life and his epi ...
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  19 April 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The era of hope: the new Burmese government of national unity, in opposition to the military junta Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "An era of fear and division ends and an era of hope begins". A time, says Salai Maung Taing San, spokesman for the newly formed "Burmese National Unity Government", in which "there will be no m ...
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  17 April 2021
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Growing religious extremism in Asia and Church response Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - On March 28, Palm Sunday, the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Makassar, capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, witnessed the bomb attacks, leaving two bombers dead and at least 20 people injur ...
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  16 April 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholics who follow masses online due to the pandemic are increasing: Bishops want to a return to the churches after the end of the pandemic Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The number of Catholics watching Sunday Mass on social media and television is increasing in South Korea. According to a report published by the Catholic Bishops' Conference in South Korea, the n ...
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  16 April 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Barnabite Fr. Scalese on the withdrawal of US troops: "The risk is to plunge back into civil war and instability" Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "The most serious risk deriving from the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan is that the country could fall back into civil war. So far, the negotiations between the government and the Taliba ...
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  15 April 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - "The nation is entrusted to God's mercy" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We are in God's hands. Our land is entrusted to his Divine Mercy. In a period of tension, suffering and uncertainty about the future, Christ is our rock. This is the path we walk when we see dem ...
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  15 April 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The government rewards Catholic nun "mother of the Forgotten" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are pleased and proud that the Pakistani government has bestowed Sister Ruth Lewis 'posthumously' with the Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) for her services to the society of this countr ...
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  14 April 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - The government of the autonomous region creates a Committee to counter illegal expropriations of property in Iraqi Kurdistan Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Council of Ministers issued an order to form a Committee to solve the phenomenon of illegal expropriation of properties - houses and land that are mostl ...
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  14 April 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Korean Church joins the fund to donate the anti-Covid vaccine to poor countries Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Seoul has launched an appeal to the faithful to join the special fund, created in the Vatican, to give the anti Covid-19 vaccine to people who live in poor countries or who have ...
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  14 April 2021
  ASIA/KYRGYZTAN - "God loves the little ones": Young woman receives the sacrament of baptism in the Kyrgyz Church Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - "With the beginning of Easter, which lasts from April 4 to Pentecost, our lives are by these two aspects: the first is Christ's victory over death through the cross; the second is the resurrecti ...
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  13 April 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A diocese opens health centers in all parishes during the pandemic Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A diocese in the Philippines has decided to create a health facility in each parish to meet the needs of the population in the midst of the pandemic. Mgr. Pablo Virgilio David, Bishop of Kalookan ...
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  13 April 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Solidarity of Catholics towards the Church and the people of Myanmar Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "With pain and sadness we have followed the recent episodes of the seizure of power by the military and the inhuman atrocities on the peaceful demonstrations of citizens who are demanding democrac ...
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  12 April 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Inauguration of the new Archbishop of Karachi: "I want to be a shepherd with the smell of sheep" Karachi (Agenzia Fides): "I thank God for choosing me as Archbishop of Karachi and I thank Pope Francis for considering me worthy to lead the archdiocese. The Holy Father's humility and love for those who live in the sub ...
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  12 April 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Patriarch in the 'message for Ramadan': let's remove the definitions that offend Christians from school texts Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "On the occasion of the advent of the holy month of Ramadan, I extend my sincere congratulations and my sincere blessings to our Muslim brothers and sisters, asking the Almighty God to bless the ...