Asia

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  18 September 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Middle East Council of Churches meets to choose the new Secretary Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) meets today Friday 18 September in Bkerké, at the headquarters of the Maronite Patriarchate, to elect the new Secretary Gen ...
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  17 September 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Eucharist at the time of the coronavirus: a drive-in mass Tacloban (Agenzia Fides) - It was necessary to "invent something" to allow the faithful to celebrate the Eucharist safely and "in the presence", not only through the web, while Covid-19 continues to plague the Philippine ...
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  17 September 2020
  ASIA/SYRIA - Assad "returns" the "Holy Land College" of Aleppo to the Franciscans Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The former "Holy Land College" of Aleppo, historic stronghold of the Custody of the Holy Land in the northern Syrian metropolis, has been officially returned by the Syrian State to the Franciscan ...
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  16 September 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Christian appointed at the top of the National Investment Authority Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Chaldean Christian Suha Daoud Elias al Najjar is the new President of the Iraqi National Investment Authority, a government body also involved in the management of resources made available by fo ...
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  16 September 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Religious women in southern India feed two thousand people a day, affected by the economic crisis due to Covid-19 Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - An inter-congregational group of nuns in Bangalore, in the state of Karnataka, in southern India, has launched a food security program, managing to provide for the daily sustenance of 2000 poo ...
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  15 September 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A new Emergency Department at the Catholic hospital in Hyderabad Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - A new Emergency Department, equipped with cutting-edge technologies, has been inaugurated at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Hyderabad, a Catholic health facility managed by the diocese, with 150 ...
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  15 September 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cathedral in Manila reopens, cemeteries close to commemorate the dead Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Manila, in the heart of the area of Intramuros, reopens to the public and to worship on Wednesday 16 September after six months of closure due to the ...
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  14 September 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A life for the mission: Fr. Richard Timm, "great soul" for 66 years at the service of Bangladesh Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - His life as a Catholic missionary in Bangladesh is considered legendary: Father Richard William Timm (1923-2020), American Catholic priest and religious of the Congregation of the Holy Cross (CSC) ...
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  14 September 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian refugees from the Nineveh Plain celebrate the feast of the Holy Cross Teleskof (Agenzia Fides) - The persistent difficulties following the jihadist invasion of 2014 and the new problems linked to the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic have not prevented Christians of the Nineveh Plain from ce ...
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  14 September 2020
  ASIA - Asia is the continent most exposed to climate change and risks Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Earth's climate is changing after more than 10,000 years of relative stability, and Asia is the continent most exposed to sudden changes that are fraught with consequences for human commun ...
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  11 September 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: the proposal on "Lebanese neutrality" is not aimed "against" Hezbollah Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The proposal to reaffirm the so-called "Lebanese neutrality", indicated in recent months on several occasions by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai as a way out of the crisis in Lebanon, shou ...
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  11 September 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic priest found dead in his room, due to gunshots Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Nomer de Lumen, a Catholic priest of the diocese of Antipolo, suffragan of the archdiocese of Manila, was found dead due to gunshots in his room on 9 September. He was 32 years old. This is ...
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  11 September 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Marian pilgrimage "in digital form", but faith remains strong Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Every year we celebrate the feast of Mother Mary, on 8 September, by organizing a three-day national pilgrimage to Mariamabad, the 'city of Mary' in the Archdiocese of Lahore. The pilgrimage inv ...
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  10 September 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The young Indian Catholic at the UN: Laudato Sì is a source of inspiration Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Sì is a precious source of inspiration for the commitment in defense of mother earth and in the fight against the climate crisis. I regularly draw inspirat ...
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  9 September 2020
  ASIA / PAKISTAN - Christian sentenced to death for "blasphemy"; the Church calls for a government campaign for minority rights Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A court in Lahore, capital of the Punjab province of Pakistan, sentenced a Christian man to death for committing "blasphemy": Asif Pervaiz, 37, has been in prison since 2013 on charges of having ...