Asia

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  9 December 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal to the Prime Minister: protection of religious minorities from forced conversions Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The phenomenon of the current forced conversions threatens religious freedom, freedom of conscience and religious pluralism in Pakistan. There are hundreds of cases of forced conversions of Hind ...
• 9 December 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Resignation and appointment of apostolic administrator of Atyrau Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 December 2020, the Holy Father accepted the resignation presented by the Reverend Dariusz Buras, apostolic administrator of Atyrau in Kazakhstan, and appointed to the office of apostol ...
• 9 December 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and succession of metropolitan archbishop of Patna, India Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Patna, India, presented by Archbishop William D’Souza, S.J. He is succeeded by Arch ...
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  7 December 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan claims the protection of the Holy Places of Jerusalem Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Jordanian government has also deplored the arson attack perpetrated on Friday 4 December in Jerusalem against the Basilica of the Agony, at the foot of the Mount of Olives. Ambassador Daif ...
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  7 December 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - For Christians, December 10 will be "Black Day for Human Rights" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The International Day of Human Rights, which is celebrated in the world on December 10, will be "Black Day for Human Rights" across Pakistan to protest against the increasing number of violenc ...
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  7 December 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Sixteen Christian families, expelled for religious reasons, return to their homes thanks to a court order Raipur (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 16 Christian families, who were forced to leave their homes last September on grounds of religious discrimination, have returned to their homes in Kondagaon district in the Indian stat ...
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  4 December 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Love for the Word of God in the midst of the pandemic: key to evangelization Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The main path of evangelization for Christians in Asia, in the time marked by the pandemic, is "to promote love for the Word of God": this is what was stated in the "Word Conference 2020" organiz ...
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  4 December 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Regional elections: the Bishops urge to vote wisely and to pay attention to pluralism and the common good Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Today a Catholic citizen should exercise his political right paying attention to these three considerations: vote correctly, intelligently and wisely and to elect good and just candidates, acco ...
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  3 December 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The Jesuits in Goa: "In the footsteps of St. Francis Xavier, we remain alongside the poor and those who suffer" Panaji (Agenzia Fides) - "Following in the footsteps of St. Francis Xavier, we are called to remain close to the poor and those who have no voice and to become true witnesses and messengers of Christ", said the Provinci ...
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  3 December 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite bishops urge the rapid application of anti-corruption controls in public institutions Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite Bishops "take note" of the political initiative announced by President Michel Aoun to take budgetary control measures to combat corruption in Lebanese public institutions. At the sa ...
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  3 December 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Bangladeshi Christians ask for the release of Jesuit Fr. Stan Swamy in India Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Bangladesh unite with the baptized in India to demand from the Indian government the immediate release of Father Stan Lourduswamy SJ, arrested in India for alleged complicity with Ma ...
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  3 December 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Ecumenical Message of the Bishops: God walks with us in the midst of the pandemic and in times of suffering Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians are called to remain steadfast in the faith in the midst of all the struggles and difficulties of life, since God brings light in the darkness and gives hope in the midst of despair" ...
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  2 December 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - World AIDS Day: Christians united in the fight against AIDS Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Even in times of pandemic, joint and collective efforts are required to fight AIDS and overcome the prejudices and stigmatizations that affect HIV-positive people. "Our nation and the whole world ...
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  2 December 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Anti-Christian violence: Two statues of saints destroyed by vandals in West Bengal Baruipur (Agenzia Fides) - Two statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Mother Teresa of Calcutta, which were placed in two grottos outside the Church of the Sacred Heart in Morapai, West Bengal, were destroyed by unknown ...
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  1 December 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Patriarch Bartholomew: Christian unity is not an "ecumenical utopia", but the will of Christ himself Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The path to full Christian unity has not stopped and must be continued with tenacity, realism and "full trust in Providence" precisely because it is not based on a sterile "ecumenical utopia" b ...