Asia

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  29 December 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - President Erdogan's message of condolence for the death of Bishop Tierrablanca Istanbul (Turkey) - The funeral of Catholic Bishop Rubén Tierrablanca González, who died on the evening of Tuesday 22 December due to the effects of Covid-19, was celebrated today, Tuesday 29 December, in Istanbul, at ...
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  29 December 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Radio Veritas in Bengali, a station also listened to by Muslims, celebrates 40 years of proclaiming the Gospel Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Through Radio Veritas Asia's Bengali-language service, over the past forty years we have offered our listeners what is most important: directly and indirectly, our station preaches the Gospel and ...
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  29 December 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Church's commitment to education: a "Charity Run" for precarious teachers Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The funds that we are currently raising during this Christmas season will go not only to Catholic teachers but to all teachers who need it: as we celebrate the birth and presence of Jesus Chris ...
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  28 December 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops to the faithful, in the second wave of Covid-19: "Do not be afraid" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not be afraid: this message, given by Archangel Gabriel to the shepherds, gives us good news, namely that God loves His people especially those who are in suffering, in fear, are powerless ...
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  28 December 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - President Widodo recalls the key message of Christmas: hope Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - For the Catholic community in Indonesia, this year Christmas was celebrated both in a virtual way - thanks to new technologies - and through concrete gestures of closeness and sharing with the p ...
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  28 December 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic seminarian killed in the Indonesian province of Papua Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - Christmas 2020 was saddened by a serious episode for Catholics in Papua. On the evening of 24 December, the lifeless body of Zhage Sil, a Catholic seminarian, was found in a ditch in Jayapura, ...
• 28 December 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Shillong, India Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Victor Lyngdoh of Jowai as metropolitan archbishop of the archdiocese of Shillong, India. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 28/12/2020) ...
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  23 December 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic healthcare initiative: a new geo-tagging software in response to the Covid-19 crisis New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) has developed and introduced new geo-tagging software as part of the response to the Covid-19 health crisis. The new geo-tagging software, calle ...
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  23 December 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Farewell to Bishop Rubén Tierrablanca, beloved pastor and man of fraternal charity Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Bishop Rubén Tierrablanca Gonzàlez OFM, Apostolic Vicar of Istanbul for Latin Rite Catholics, did not survive Covid-19 against which he had been fighting for the past few weeks in an ...
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  23 December 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Archdiocese of Lahore supports former Christian prisoners for the creation of businesses Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We give thanks to God because today we are able to support our brothers so that they create their own entrepreneurial activity. They have suffered a lot over the past five years. We have taken t ...
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  23 December 2020
  ASIA/THAILAND - Testimony of a missionary: "The sense of the common good of the Thai people: we are ashamed of contributing to the malaise of others" Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - "Much has been said about the different approach to the pandemic that exists between Western and Asian countries. In some cases the results still make us reflect despite the fact that there i ...
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  22 December 2020
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Scalese Barnabite: "The country is under the protection of the Virgin Mary who weaves the threads of peace" Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "We Christians are called to look at the facts in a realistic way, but we must never allow ourselves to be overwhelmed by pessimism. We can learn to read signs of hope, even in the apparently insi ...
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  21 December 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Interreligious gathering for Christmas: believers, together, messengers of peace and unity Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are messengers of love, unity, peace and harmony and our interreligious gathering for Christmas brought together citizens of Karachi, of all faiths, in order to set a good example of interre ...
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  21 December 2020
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Hamas limits Muslim "interactions" with Christmas celebrations in the Gaza Strip Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The provision by which a department of the Ministry of Religious Affairs in the Gaza Strip, governed by the Palestinian Islamist party Hamas, has given instructions to Muslims to limit their "inter ...
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  21 December 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Family Christmas at the Ark Village, but generosity does not decrease Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "The Christmas we will experience at the Ark Village will be more intimate and more family-friendly than usual. In past years, the month of December represented a very eventful period, because ma ...