Asia

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  21 January 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence and discrimination against Christians increase in 2020, "Anti-conversion laws" are extended New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Violence against Christians in India continues to grow and in 2020 it reached the number of 327 cases of violence against Christian persons or institutions: this is stated by the Evangelical F ...
• 21 January 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the Regional Theological Seminary in the Archdiocese of Bhopal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 23 July 2020, Card. Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Thomas Peringalloor, SVD Rector of the Regional Theological Semina ...
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  21 January 2021
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Job loss as a result of the coronavirus pandemic: Caritas helps returnees Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - The Tajik Church is helping people who have lost their jobs after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the Central Asian country. According to the Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Rep ...
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  20 January 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Vaccination campaign: Church calls for priority treatment for poor population groups Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The vaccination campaign, which will start in the Philippines in February, should, in addition to giving priority to health workers, also privilege the poorest and most vulnerable: this is what t ...
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  20 January 2021
  ASIA/JORDAN - Vaccination campaign takes refugees into account: Bishop Shomali welcomes government decision Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Vicar of the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem appreciates the decision of the Jordanian government to consider refugees from Iraq and Syria as part of the Covid 19 vaccination campaign. "This ...
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  20 January 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Meeting with Prime Minister Modi: Cardinals encourage Pope's visit New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In a personal conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday, January 19, three Indian cardinals requested that the institutional steps be taken to invite Pope Francis to visit India ...
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  19 January 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian migration minister rejects criticism of the closure of the refugee camps Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In Iraq, efforts are being made to close refugee camps and return internally displaced people to their respective regions of origin. However, the positive results already announced by the Iraqi ...
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  19 January 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Year of Reflection for the Local Church of Jakarta Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Reflection is the spiritual tool to strengthen personal integrity and faith, in a time marked by suffering and difficulties": with these words Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo, Archbishop of Jakarta, ...
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  19 January 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - A new home for street women and children in Calcutta Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - "Taking care, helping and serving others without distinction of caste or religion is the way to manifest God's love for human beings": with these words, released to Agenzia Fides, Sister Lucy K ...
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  18 January 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Appeal of the Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites to clearly distinguish the civil sphere from religious affiliation Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanon will only succeed in surviving the systemic crisis it has been going through for years only when has more clearly and decidedly set the limit distinguishing the political and institution ...
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  18 January 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Blossoming of vocations in the midst of a pandemic, the joy of being missionaries Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "In a global context made worse by the Coronavirus pandemic, on the island of Flores, there is no lack of positive news: In the coming months, in fact, new priestly ordinations are planned, whic ...
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  18 January 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The love of the Child Jesus, source of love for the poor in times of pandemic Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - Devotees of the Holy Child Jesus are called to "reach out and love the poor , in the suburbs, in the midst of the pandemic": this is the exhortation addressed to the faithful by Archbishop Jose Pal ...
• 18 January 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Xuân Lôc, Viêt Nam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 16, 2021, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Xuân Lôc, Viêt Nam, presented by Bishop Joseph Đình Đúc Đao. He is succeeded ...
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  18 January 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appeal of the Bishops of the Visayas: stop the killings of indigenous peoples Capiz (Agenzia Fides) - "An in-depth investigation by an independent body aimed at explaining what really happened on December 30, 2020; the cessation of military intervention on indigenous communities so that our Tumand ...
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  16 January 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Relatives of former IS fighters are returning to Raqqa Raqqa (Agenzia Fides) - The Kurdish Alliance of Democratic Forces of Syria, which controls northeast Syria, has ordered the release of about 400 families of former Islamic State (IS) militants from the Al Hol prison camp ...