Asia

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  18 November 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Child marriages: Bishops welcome government ban Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Child marriage is a sad reality that dehumanizes, exploits and abuses girls. We welcome the new bill banning child marriages in the Philippines, praising its timely approval": said Bishop Rex An ...
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  18 November 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Exhibition on the 100th birthday of Pope John Paul II: "A Pope of Dialogue" Nursultan (Agenzia Fides) - "John Paul II was an incomparable religious leader and a tireless advocate of dialogue between peoples, religions, cultures and civilizations. The importance of dialogue was one of the main re ...
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  17 November 2020
  ASIA/JORDAN - Elections, seats reserved for Christians assigned to nine men. The number of women in Parliament decreases Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The nine newly elected within the framework of parliamentary seats reserved for Christians are all men and they belong to different Churches and ecclesial communities. The official and definitive ...
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  17 November 2020
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The work of " Boys' Town": The growth of young people to build a better society Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - "Boys' Town", managed by the Catholic youth pastoral movement "YouthReach", activated by the Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore for needy and vulnerable young people and children, has celebrate ...
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  17 November 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Associations write to the UN: investigation into the murder of a Catholic catechist by the military Timika (Agenzi Fides) - A group of Indonesian Catholic and lay associations sent a letter to the United Nations to involve the UN Commissions in charge of human rights and extrajudicial executions in the case of the murd ...
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  16 November 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Electoral victory of the National League for Democracy, which opens up to ethnic parties Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - After the electoral victory in Myanmar, the National League for Democracy (NLD), which received 396 seats in Parliament (six more than in 2015), opens to ethnic parties (i.e. representatives of e ...
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  16 November 2020
  ASIA - Jesuit Refugee Service celebrates its 40th anniversary: In times of the pandemic, refugee work is particularly important Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Although much has changed in the last 40 years, our mission to accompany, serve and defend refugees and displaced persons remains the same and remains a necessary and precious service in Asia, wh ...
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  14 November 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Court of Appeal accepts the appeal against the illegal expropriation of Christian lands in Iraqi Kurdistan Dohuk (Agenzia Fides) - - The Dohuk Court of Appeal, in Iraqi Kurdistan, has reopened the judicial case related to the illegal appropriation of land and buildings belonging to Christian owners, in particular in the Nahla ...
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  14 November 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Coronavirus pandemic: Catholics should only celebrate Christmas and other church festivals on a small scale Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic Catholic parishes, communities and movements will have to celebrate Christmas gatherings on a small scale: the Archdiocese of Manila advises all local commun ...
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  14 November 2020
  ASIA/YEMEN - Apostolic Vicar Hinder: "Poverty has increased with war: Christians give hope for a better life" Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Yemen is catastrophic. With the continuation of the conflict, the problem of poverty has worsened: there is hunger, there is a shortage of food, prices have risen due to the hig ...
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  13 November 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Conflict in Nagorno Karabakh: solidarity from the Catholic Patriarchs in Lebanon towards "Armenian brothers and sisters, wounded in their dignity" Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Patriarchs of Lebanon declare their solidarity with "the Armenian brothers and sisters in Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, whose dignity has been wounded and who are affected by the co ...
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  13 November 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Arrest warrant for the Muslim religious who celebrated the Islamic wedding of Catholic minor Arzoo Raja Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We welcome the decision of the Karachi Court to arrest the Islamic religious involved in forced conversion and in the religious celebration of illegal marriages, with minors belonging to religi ...
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  13 November 2020
  ASIA/THAILAND - Student protests: Parliament sets up "committee of experts" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Although there are no longer protest marches in the squares of the capital Bangkok and other Thai cities, the situation in the country remains tense after nine months of public demonstrations, m ...
• 12 November 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan Archbishop of Agra, India Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Agra, India, presented by Archbishop Albert D’Souza. The Holy Father has appointed, ...
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  12 November 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Another 200 families of Christian displaced persons return to Mosul and the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - There are about two hundred families of Christian displaced people who in recent weeks and in the near future have already returned or are preparing to return to their areas of origin, in the neig ...