Asia

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  14 July 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The issue of migrants has a strong impact on freedom of press and expression Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The management of the relationship with migrants in Malaysia, characterized in recent months by deportations and arrests, has raised concerns on behalf of organizations defending human righ ...
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  13 July 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Archbishop Moses Costa dies due to the consequences of Covid-19 Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - He contracted Covid-19 and had been hospitalized for a month. Weakened by the infection, Archbishop Moses M. Costa, CSC, 70 years old, Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chattogram, die ...
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  13 July 2020
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Churches and ecumenical bodies in the Middle East: the "reconversion" of Ayasofya is a sabotage of the new paths of brotherhood between Christians and Muslims Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The decision of the current Turkish leadership to reconvert the monumental complex of Ayasofia in Istanbul as a mosque represents "an attack on religious freedom", also protected by internation ...
• 13 July 2020
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as auxiliary of the metropolitan archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka, the Reverend Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam, of the clergy of the same archdiocese, currently ...
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  13 July 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal to political and religious leaders: seize the opportunity for peace Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "In view of important national elections and the 21st century Panglong Conference, we appeal directly to all Myanmar leaders and religious leaders to listen to each other and decide to seek the g ...
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  11 July 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Environmental disasters and the Church's commitment: the path of safeguarding creation in Central Asia Astana (Agenzia Fides) - Integral ecology and the protection of creation are issues that are still little felt in the five Countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan), strongl ...
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  11 July 2020
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The PMS National Director: "The Pontifical Mission Societies are at the service of the renewal of the universal Church" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "First of all, I would like to thank the Holy Father for his message, for sharing his thoughts and showing a special interest in the Pontifical Mission Societies. The proposals formulated by the ...
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  11 July 2020
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom to Catholic parliamentarians: living politics as an "eminent form of charity" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Implementing policies that privilege assistance to the poor and most vulnerable, so that politics can be an "eminent form of charity", as Pope Francis defined it in his Message for the 52nd World ...
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  10 July 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai's appeal for "Lebanese neutrality" moves national and regional political axes Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The recent appeal of Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai to internationally support Lebanon's position of neutrality on Middle Eastern geopolitical scenarios is beginning to arouse eloquent re ...
• 10 July 2020
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 25, 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Venanzio Khohi Mbwi, of the diocesan clergy of Taichung as Nat ...
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  10 July 2020
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - General elections, among Covid-19 and the migrant crisis Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The ballot boxes to elect parliamentarians of the 14th legislature since the "Lion City" has been an independent state (1965) begins today, July 10, in Singapore. With a unicameral parliamenta ...
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  10 July 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Cardinal D’Rozario to the faithful: return to mass Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We must take preventive measures and go back to church. Holy mass and the Eucharist are the best way to be united with Jesus Christ. Following an online mass does not have the same effect as the ...
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  9 July 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Churches reopen after lockdown; the Church activates a psychological and spiritual counseling program Manila (Agenzia Fides) - It is a new "starting signal" for the whole Catholic community and will be welcomed with joy and renewed spiritual enthusiasm: the leaders of the Catholic Church in the Philippines have welcomed ...
• 9 July 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Drought, floods, poverty and war: the real plagues of the nation Bagan (Agenzia Fides) - In the small town of Nyaung U, in the central plains of Myanmar, the distribution of food is an occasional fact. A truck loaded with giant cabbage stops in the neighborhood and distributes a cabba ...
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  8 July 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Since the Covid-19 emergency, new collaborations in the Church thanks to telework Almaty (Agnzia Fide) - "The state of emergency due to Covid-19 has provided an opportunity for the emergence of new relationships and forms of cooperation, both inside and outside the Church. As is happening all over the ...