Asia

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  2 October 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, intimidation and fears for Turkish Armenians increase Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The resurgence of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan around the Nagorno-Karabakh region is having worrying repercussions on Armenians living in Turkey. On the evening of 29 September, ...
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  2 October 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Senate committee in Pakistan rejected a bill calling for the protection of religious minorities, but will be resubmitted Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - A Senate committee in Pakistan rejected a bill calling for the protection of religious minorities and their rights which therefore will not be scheduled in the Senate's proceedings and will no ...
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  1 October 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The Catholic community committed to promoting peace in Nagaland Dimapur (Agenzia Fides) - The commitment of the Catholic community in the diocese of Kohima, in Nagaland, to promote peace in the north-eastern Indian region is much appreciated. As reported to Fides, the "Peace Channel" ...
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  30 September 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Eight Iraqi churches on National Postal Service postage stamps Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi Postal Service has issued, for the first time, a series of stamps dedicated to celebrating the Country's churches. The series includes eight stamps, depicting historic churches of Iraq ...
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  30 September 2020
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Towards Mission Sunday: the pandemic is an opportunity to give God's mercy to those who suffer Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "Covid-19 Pandemic is the best opportunity to have a sense that our call involves in helping the poor, spend time around those who suffer and our heart move towards the helpless and hopeless, to ...
• 30 September 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Resignation of the Archbishop of Dhaka and appointment of the new Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dhaka (Bangladesh), presented by His Eminence Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario, C. ...
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  30 September 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Vocations to the priesthood flourish during the pandemic Jaipur (Agenzia Fides) - God calls to his service in times of pandemic and the spread of the virus does not curb the desire of young people to consecrate themselves to the service of the Gospel and the Church: as Agenzia ...
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  29 September 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - A "Statute" for the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - An easily understandable and uniform instrument for regulating the "internal affairs" of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, is intended to bring the administration of the various institution ...
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  29 September 2020
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The Church promotes interreligious initiatives during the pandemic Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of Singapore promotes cohesion and collaboration with other religious communities, in order to contribute to peace and social harmony, during the time marked by the Covid-1 ...
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  29 September 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the Gospel have been extended for another year Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The celebration of the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the Gospel in the Philippines (1521-2021) has been extended for another year due to the coronavirus pandemic. As Agenzia Fides learns, a ...
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  28 September 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - "Hate speech" in the Turkish press is rampant. Greeks, Armenians and Syrians targeted Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Also in 2019 the so-called "hate speech", speeches that express denigration and incitement to contempt towards individuals and human groups identified on a national, ethnic or religious basis, ...
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  28 September 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Year of Youth in Pakistan: the Church presents the translation of the Bible in Urdu of the "Youcat" youth Multan (Agenzia Fides) - "Today we are happy to have put the Bible in the hands of our young people; I hope that this gift will help our young people to draw closer, in a relationship with Jesus Christ, who is the living ...
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  28 September 2020
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - The Catholic community on the front line to limit the spread of Covid-19 Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - With a project that will involve 6 thousand inhabitants of the town of Qubodiyon and 12 thousand people - including inmates and prison guards - in the penitentiary of the same district, the Taj ...
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  26 September 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Christians and Muslims deepen their faith: the initiative of the "Silsilah" movement Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "We try not only to protect ourselves and to counter the spread of the virus, but also to make our experience and our service meaningful for the common good. This is the effort that the moveme ...
• 25 September 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of bishop of Sivagangai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Sivagangai, India, presented by Bishop Jebamalai Susaimanickam. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 25/9/2020) ...