Asia

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  30 May 2020
  ASIA/JAPAN - A missionary: "In times of a pandemic, we rediscover the centrality of the word of God" Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - "Isolation is not a new situation for Japanese Christians, it was like that even at the time of persecutions: even then they could not meet in churches, but they carried on faith in families. Toda ...
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  30 May 2020
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Contagions increase: the only Catholic church and school for disabled children are still closed Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "In Afghanistan we are still in full lockdown. The Italian Embassy in Kabul continues to be closed and consequently access to the church continues to be blocked, which is situated within the diplo ...
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  29 May 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Prayer, empathy, solidarity of the Church with victims of Cyclone Amphan New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Prayer, empathy, closeness and concrete solidarity: this is how the Catholic Church in India shows its proximity to the victims of Cyclone Amphan which in recent days hit parts of the Indian s ...
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  29 May 2020
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - The pandemic slows down the registration of a new parish, but the life of the Church continues thanks to technology Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "The lockdown has had the effect of blocking the construction process and registration of a new parish in the city of Angren. At the beginning of the year we had started to collect the necessar ...
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  28 May 2020
  ASIA/LAOS - Zero deaths from Covid-19, but a negative impact on economy and tourism Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - In the small and isolated Laos, a country with seven million inhabitants in the northern heart of Southeast Asia and with a socialist type government, with a single party in power, coronavirus ...
• 28 May 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Leopold Kropfreiter, SJM Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 13, 2020 the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Leopold Kropfreiter, SJM as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) ...
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  28 May 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Release of detainees to contain the coronavirus: it is "a right step" according to the Church Dhaka (Agenza Fides) - "We welcome the government's decision to release three thousand prisoners. It is a timely initiative. Many people, imprisoned for minor crimes, can be released in this pandemic situation". This is ...
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  27 May 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Covid-19: young Christians create a "Food bank" in solidarity with the poorest of the poor Sahiwal (Agenzia Fides) - Young Catholics in Sahiwal, a town in Pakistani Punjab, offer evening meals to a hundred destitute people every day, in a solidarity activity that will continue until the crisis linked to Covid- ...
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  27 May 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic volunteers at work to fight the "infodemic" Lampung (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic volunteers on the island of Sumatra are at the forefront to provide correct information, awareness and concrete support to local populations, to defend themselves from the spread of the ...
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  26 May 2020
  ASIA/THAILAND - The Catholic community of Bangkok close to the poorest, affected by the pandemic: "Whoever wants can leave, whoever wants can take" Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - Many parishes of the Archdiocese of Bangkok, Thailand, are at the forefront in helping and assisting the poor, severely affected by the social and economic effects of the pandemic. The Church ...
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  26 May 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - PMS National Director: "The poor people of our country contribute to the Fund for the victims of Covid-19" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The coronavirus pandemic has given us the opportunity to rethink our missionary service in Bangladesh. The Catholic Church in Bangladesh is always close to the poor and most vulnerable, with its ...
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  25 May 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The spirit of Laudato Sì involves faithful from other religions Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "It is truly a precious service for our Earth: if we are united, there will be a change not only in the climate, but also in our relationships and this will become the principle of solution of t ...
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  25 May 2020
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Drinking water and waste management: the Church operates in the spirit of Laudato Sì Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - "After four editions of the 'Wash' project in the Jomi district, our main partner, 'National KMK', a government company for the management of housing and public services, asked us to replicate ...
• 23 May 2020
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Resignation of the Archbishop of Taipei and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Taipei (Taiwan), presented by His Exc. Mgr. John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D. The ...
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  23 May 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders: "Let us protect life and health on the day of Eid-al-Fitr" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Pakistan lives Eid-al-Fitr, - the Islamic feast that starts on the evening of May 23 and lasts all May 24, for the closing of the holy month of "Ramadan". For the occasion, the Pakistani governme ...