Asia

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  21 July 2020
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Young Vincentians: witness to the faith in society Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) - "Christ is alive and wants you alive", and he wants every young person to be ready to bear witness to their faith and hope in society: this was the focus of the gathering of the Vincentian Mar ...
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  21 July 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The fruits of the mission: charity and interreligious coexistence in Kalaw Kalaw (Agenzia Fides) - "The dormitories of our school also host young Buddhists or Muslims. After all, the message of our Holy Father, Pope Francis, is to open up to others in peace". This is what Father Lucas Maung Hla ...
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  20 July 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Covid-19, outbreak in the Catholic Church of Medan, the Archbishop in hospital Medan (Agenzia Fides) - The Indonesian Catholic community is in prayer and is living a time of waiting and fear for the outbreak of Covid-19 which broke out in the Church of Medan, capital of the province of North Sumatr ...
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  20 July 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Anti-terrorism law, from the Bishops a "call to conscience" Manila (Agenzi Fides) - "In the midst of this desolate political landscape, we find consolation from the groups of lawyers and ordinary citizens who have filed petitions before the Supreme Court, questioning the constitu ...
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  20 July 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Priests and religious: "It is time to resist against a dangerous and unjust law" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "I was here, in these same streets with a crowd of people on February 24 and 25, 1986, 34 years ago, when I was still a young seminarian. Today I have returned here as a sign of protest. Despite ...
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  18 July 2020
  ASIA - Abuses of human rights, xenophobia and religious intolerance in Asia: the denunciation of "Franciscan International" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of respect for human rights in East Asia and the Pacific area is precarious due to phenomena such as xenophobia, religious intolerance and the impact of climate change: these eleme ...
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  18 July 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The work issue in Sulawesi reopens the wound of discrimination against Chinese minorities Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Protests against Chinese workers employed by some companies in the south-east of the island are not abating in Sulawesi, Indonesia. The protests, which began in March, are tied to an atmosphere ...
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  17 July 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako to the government: a law on personal status is needed that respects the identity of Christians Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Iraq are not foreign guests from far away. The indigenous communities of the baptized have been rooted in the lands of Mesopotamia for millennia, and the Assyrian and Chaldean Chri ...
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  17 July 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society to the government of Punjab: religious freedom in the educational system Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask the government of the Punjab province to review all the measures that are clearly in conflict with the right to freedom of religion, guaranteed by the Constitution of Pakistan pursuant to ...
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  17 July 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The commitment of "Talitha Kum" nuns against human trafficking during the pandemic New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A group of Indian nuns is strongly committed to tackling the phenomenon of human trafficking during the Covid-19 pandemic. The "AMRAT - Talitha Kum India" movement, the Asian alliance of women ...
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  16 July 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur to the faithful: "Stay safe and be holy" Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "Stay safe and be holy": is the exhortation that Archbishop Julian Leow Beng Kim, at the head of the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, addressed to the faithful while Malaysia is gradually easin ...
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  15 July 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Ayasofya, Erdogan’s Party responds to criticism: religious freedom has increased with our governments Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - "Our silent revolutions in the field of religious freedom" is the title of the dossier prepared in record time by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Party as a response to the negative re ...
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  15 July 2020
  ASIA / INDIA - The coronavirus crisis does not stop violence against Christians New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Covid-19 pandemic and the long lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the virus have not stopped inter-religious violence and cases of attacks on Indian Christians. The first half of 20 ...
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  15 July 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Archbishop Moses Costa was a "living saint", "an authentic missionary", a "Bishop-catechist" Chittagong (Agenzia Fides) - "Archbishop Moses Costa was our friend and brother. He was a zealous servant of God. He made a valuable contribution not only to the communities of Dinajpur and Chittagong, but to the whole o ...
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  14 July 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Churches re-open and pastoral activities begin again; St. Nino parish burns in church fire Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "We have resumed celebrating masses, with due caution and respecting the measures indicated by the government. We have seen some people cry and were moved in taking part in the Eucharist, after ...