Asia

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  12 April 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Civil society network: stop extrajudicial executions, "red tagging" and impunity Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic communities are really appalled and deplore the countless human rights violations and extrajudicial executions committed by government forces and stigmatize the prevailing culture o ...
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  10 April 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Pizzaballa: the proclamation of the Gospel passes through the gratitude of "forgiven sinners", such as Mary Magdalene Magdala (Agenzia Fides) - Men and women of all times, to be reached and touched by the announcement of the Risen Christ, need "witnesses in the same league", "sinners like the Apostles and as we are today". And the story ...
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  10 April 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN- Two Christian nurses accused of blasphemy Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Two Christian nurses from Faisalabad, a city of Pakistani Punjab, have been formally accused under the Pakistani penal code 295 B, one of the articles of the notorious "blasphemy law" of com ...
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  9 April 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syriac Catholic Patriarch: Those who use sanctions as an instrument of political pressure starve the Syrian people Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - In the Syrian crisis, "it is neither fair nor logical to condition the lifting of sanctions on a so-called political solution while ordinary people are impoverished and suffering from hunger, d ...
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  9 April 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Military raids on churches and temples: the army violates religious freedom Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Christian churches and Buddhist temples are subjected to continuous military raids and violent searches by the Burmese army, in search of hidden activists or alleged illegal activities. As source ...
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  9 April 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Everything is possible for those who believe": a Camillian missionary from the island hit by cyclone Seroja Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "Here in our city and diocese of Maumere, we have not been hit by the terrible tropical cyclone Seroja (see Fides, 8/4/2021) which, on the other hand, has disastrously affected the diocese of La ...
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  8 April 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Floods in Eastern Indonesia: the campaign of compassion and solidarity is underway Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - It is an Easter time marked by suffering and hardship that the Indonesian Christian communities is experiencing in the East Nusa Tenggara province in Indonesia, where there is a strong Christian ...
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  8 April 2021
  ASIA/TURKEY - Syrian Orthodox monk condemned as "supporter of terrorists" for giving water and food to PKK militiamen Mardin (Agenzia Fides) - The Mardin Criminal Court has handed down a 25-month prison sentence against the Syrian Orthodox monk Sefer Bileçen, finding him guilty of complicity with terrorist organizations and activities. ...
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  7 April 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Comfort to victims of violence and aid to the displaced: the mission of the Sisters of St. Joseph Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - An Easter of solidarity, closeness and human and spiritual comfort is what the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition in Mandalay experienced. In recent days, the sisters went to visit and com ...
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  7 April 2021
  ASIA - Churches committed to protecting the right to drinking water and its link with human dignity Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Churches in Asia, together with other religious organizations and civil society movements, play an important role in raising awareness of the global water crisis. As stated in t ...
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  31 March 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako reveals: the Pope has donated 350 thousand dollars for the poor Iraqis Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis, in his recent apostolic pilgrimage to Iraq, together with the spiritual comfort and hopes of rebirth for all Iraqis, also left a substantial donation of 350 thousand dollars in the ...
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  31 March 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Evangelization in the millennium: the Jubilee of faith and the challenges of the future Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A pastoral and missionary look at the future of the Church in the next five centuries: this is what the Bishops of the Philippines are proposing, starting with the celebration of the 500th annive ...
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  31 March 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - New appeal for the release on bail of Jesuit Stan Swamy, in prison for sedition Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) – More than 2,500 people from all over India and other countries in the world have signed an appeal request to the Mumbai Court, against the judge's decision not to grant bail to Jesuit Stan Swam ...
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  30 March 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Arab media: a "government committee" will work on suggestions that emerged during Pope Francis' visit Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi government has appointed an inter-ministerial committee to work on the suggestions and proposals that emerged during Pope Francis' recent visit to Iraq. This is reported by the Arab ne ...
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  30 March 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic leaders, after the attack in Sulawesi: "Holy Week with prudence, vigilance, national unity" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Suicide attacks against churches have already occurred several times. One wonders what the criminal plan is. Such incidents do not happen without financial support or help of networks or organi ...