Asia

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  12 March 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Support of the Greek Melchite Episcopate for "Lebanese neutrality" Raboué (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church have also launched an appeal aimed at keeping Lebanon away from regional conflicts, agreeing with the many appeals expressed in this regard by th ...
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  12 March 2021
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Judicial decision on the use of the name of Allah in Christian publications, "a victory of common sense" Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "The High Court's decision to allow the word Allah to be used by Christians across Malaysia is a victory of common sense and should not be seen as the victory of one group or community over ...
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  12 March 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "The country needs peace and freedom; the role of the army is to protect, not to attack the people" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "In this Lenten season let us not abandon the hope that Myanmar will rise again. The path to be followed with faith, love and dialogue is a path of truth and justice, which leads to freedom, peac ...
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  11 March 2021
  ASIA/JAPAN - On the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima catastrophe: Catholic bishops are calling for the nuclear power plants to be closed Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - "In 2011, after the earthquake and the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, we Bishops as believers who protect life as a gift from God, demanded the immediate abolition of nuclear power ...
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  11 March 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - "The military say 'peace' but brutality and violence increase" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The military wants to show the people and the whole world that they are making peace and that they intend to relaunch dialogue with ethnic groups. This is why they have removed the label of a 't ...
• 10 March 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "St. Paul" interdiocesan Seminary in Tiruchirapalli Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 9 December, 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Andrew De Rose, of the diocesan clergy of Tuticorin, as Rect ...
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  10 March 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Lent and prayer between distancing and Buddhist feast Danang (Agenzia Fides) - It is a Lent that is affected by the measures of "social distancing", is what is being experienced by the Catholic community of Vietnam. But these measures do not affect faith and the lively spir ...
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  10 March 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Closure of the Twitter account improperly opened in the name of the Archbishop of Yangon Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Yangon, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, asked the social network "Twitter" to delete an account with his name that was wrongly attributed to him. This is confirmed by the secretariat ...
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  9 March 2021
  ASIA/TURKEY - Turkish media comment on Pope's visit to Iraq Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The media in Turkey did not ignore Pope Francis' visit to neighboring Iraq. Very different comments and analyzes were published. In addition to reports on the possible contribution of the papal t ...
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  9 March 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The religious stop the military: "Every life is precious. Do not kill" Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask not to kill. This is why we have turned to the military. We fear that police officers will kill more young demonstrators. Our presence as people of faith, peacemakers, may help them st ...
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  9 March 2021
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Catholic leaders: "We will not stop asking for truth and justice for the 2019 attacks" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "We will not stop asking for truth and justice regarding the 2019 attacks. The authorities must commit to finding the culprits and those responsible for the massacres". This is what Cardinal Mal ...
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  8 March 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Two young people killed in the compound of the Catholic Cathedral surrounded by the military Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - "The day of 8 March was marked by a harsh repression by the security forces against young demonstrators across the country. The agents open fire and claim more victims than in recent days", a ...
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  8 March 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Call of Catholics for the independence of the Commission for Minorities from the government Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - “The working style of the National Commission for Minorities has so far been unsatisfactory. The themes of the meetings have not been made public so far and there are members of the Committee ...
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  7 March 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Pope Francis in Mosul, Qaraqosh and Erbil: "Christ is alive and at work in his holy and faithful people" Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, I can see at first hand that the Church in Iraq is alive, that Christ is alive and at work in this, his holy and faithful people", said Pope Francis at the end of his homily in Italian at ...
• 6 March 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of bishop of Sibolga Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Sibolga, Indonesia, the Reverend Fransiskus Tuaman Sinaga of the clergy of the same diocese, until now director of the Dian Mandala ...