Asia

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  16 June 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople: calls for opening Hagia Sophia to Muslims and Christians prayers Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Sahak Mashalian has endorsed the idea of restoring Hagia Sophia’s status as a place of worship, today visited by tourists as a simple monument after b ...
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  16 June 2020
  ASIA - Pandemic and children's rights: thousands of children pushed onto the labor market Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "Children have the right to be protected from all forms of discrimination, exploitation and violence. The impact of Covid-19 containment measures in various Asian countries, the closure of schoo ...
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  15 June 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church involves young people to bring the Eucharist into homes and pastoral services Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Manila involves young people to help, as volunteers, in liturgies and pastoral services, in view of the desired reopening of churches, after the period of lockdown due to Covid ...
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  15 June 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - "Huge deficit". The Latin Patriarchate forced to sell land in Nazareth Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem is forced to sell land and real estate also in the area of Nazareth to face a deficit that has reached the impressive figure of 100 million dollars, caused l ...
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  13 June 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - In times of pandemic, the Indian Church has accompanied and supported 11 million poor and vulnerable people New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Church in India has reached and assisted at least 11 million people, poor and vulnerable, in the lockdown and confinement period which started on March 25 and ...
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  12 June 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - New Prime Minister al Kadhimi visits Mosul and the Nineveh Plain: "Christians, one of the most authentic members of the Country" Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians represent one of the most authentic components of Iraq, and it saddens us to see them leave the Country". With these words, new Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi, on behalf of th ...
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  12 June 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attack on a Christian family: new episode of discrimination on a religious basis Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) - "Our Muslim neighbors have threatened us to leave our home within 24 hours; listening to this threat I dialed the police helpline, but before the police arrived, they started beating me and, ho ...
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  10 June 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - "Egyptian Fatwa" against those who want to re-transform Ayasofya in Mosque. The pronouncement of the Council of State is awaited Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish Council of State, in a session put on the agenda for next Thursday 2 July, will consider opening the monumental complex of Ayasofya to Islamic worship again, reversing the decision ...
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  10 June 2020
  ASIA - Asian Churches promote hope and compassion in the time of the pandemic Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - Christian Churches in Asia are authentic lighthouses of hope and compassion in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis. "Churches live and play a crucial role in accompanying suffering people and co ...
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  10 June 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Pandemic and Pancasila: the Charter of the five principles, the "guiding beacon" for care, cooperation and brotherhood Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - " Pancasila establishes how to behave towards others. With humanity, and consent in the national interest, which must be placed before our individual interest; finally it wants to see us engaged ...
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  9 June 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Vincentians: the anti-terrorism law will bring suffering, violence, impunity Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "We, the Vincentian Family in the Philippines, call on our government to face the poverty and suffering of our people, exacerbated by a health crisis caused by a feared COVID-19 virus. We must ta ...
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  9 June 2020
  ASIA - Migrants in the grip of Covid-19 Bangok (Agenzia Fides) - The suffering condition of migrants has multiplied throughout Eastern Asia, South and North during the Coronavirus period and paradoxically above all in more advanced countries, such as Singapore ...
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  8 June 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Covid-19 emergency: churches reopen for worship, but with some exceptions Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - After a lockdown in force since mid-March, given the ascertained spread of coronavirus in all states of the Malaysian Federation, the Malaysian government has decreed the possibility of reo ...
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  8 June 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Christian Evan Jabro at the head of the Ministry for refugees and migrants Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - A Christian professor belonging to the Chaldean Church will manage the policies of the Iraqi government regarding the migratory emergency and the relocation of internally displaced persons. Her ...
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  8 June 2020
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Catholic community is mobilizing for assistance to the poor and economic recovery, in the midst of the Covid-19 emergency Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Sri Lanka has mobilized for assistance to poor families and the most vulnerable people, affected by the socio-economic impact of the Covid-19 health emergency. As repor ...