Asia

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  9 April 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Buddhist New Year and Christian Easter in confinement, due to Covid-19 Bagan (Agenzia Fides) – In Myanmar the Christian Easter in 2020 coincides with the Buddhist New Year. But the faithful of the two religious communities will not be able to celebrate the holidays with the usual rites an ...
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  9 April 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops to the faithful: Easter in "holy quarantine" to defeat Covid-19 Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistani faithful will live Easter in "holy quarantine". "Do not fear this difficult moment that the world is going through, have faith and hope in God and spend the time of quarantine and ...
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  9 April 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Easter Triduum online does not discourage the participation of the faithful Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Masses and liturgies of the Easter Triduum are online for the Catholic community in Bangladesh, given the Covid-19 emergency: this is what the Catholic bishops of the nation reiterated, inviting t ...
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  8 April 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - COVID-19: Christian foundations contribute to funds for the solidarity campaign wanted by Erdogan Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish Foundations that are part of the Christian communities also adhere with substantial donations to the "National Solidarity Campaign" launched by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to acc ...
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  8 April 2020
  ASIA/THAILAND - Covid-19, "fear is disproportionate and visible", says a missionary Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church has suspended all liturgical and pastoral activities, with the participation of the people, until after Easter and has disseminated information and preventive material, i ...
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  7 April 2020
  ASIA/SYRIA - Easter of charity for Christians and Muslims even in the area still controlled by jihadists Idlib (Agenzia Fides) - In Syria, the threat of the Coronavirus pandemic looms over a reality devastated by the war years, which in the northwestern Province of Idlib still sees a situation of armed conflict involving go ...
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  7 April 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Covid-19 emergency: the Church opens shelters for migrants and internally displaced persons Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of Ranchi, in Jharkhand, State of eastern India, has opened the first shelter for migrant workers and their families stranded in the district of Muri, on the border with West ...
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  7 April 2020
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - A "Telegram" channel to unite the various religious faiths in times of coronavirus Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - Uzbekistan stops in the face of the widespread of Covid-19. In the Central Asian Country there are over 55 cases and still no deaths, but about 20,000 people are currently in quarantine: for th ...
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  6 April 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Covid-19, the Prime Minister of the state of Meghalaya: "Nothing is impossibile for God" Meghalaya (Agenzia Fides) - "At the beginning of this Holy Week, let us remember our faith in God, the Almighty. Today, the world is facing the great challenge of Covid-19. As Christians, we have hope in the Word of God ...
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  6 April 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Easter and pandemic, message from Patriarch Sako: May the Lord protect Iraq and the world Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In the days preceding Easter, Christians "are not able to celebrate these important liturgical events" as they used to do annually due to the current situation, but "they keep praying at their h ...
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  4 April 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Has conronavirus caught Christian believers unprepared? "Coronavirus has caught Christians in the various continents unprepared, distracted by concerns and conflicts of diverse nature, and blinded by proposals of half-truths, warped truths and ‘instrumentalized truths’. W ...
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  4 April 2020
  ASIA/IRAN - Ayatollah rector of the University of Qom to Pope Francis: in the face of the pandemic, let us unite at the service of humanity Qom (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks for the concern shown by Pope Francis for the poor and needy in the time of the pandemic, and the proposal to "intensify" collaboration and exchange of experiences with Catholic institutions, ...
• 4 April 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Jolo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father has appointed Fr. Charlie M. Inzon, O.M.I., currently Provincial Superior of the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate, (O.M.I) in the Philippines as Apostolic Vicar of t ...
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  4 April 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Manila's "double war": coronavirus and drugs, with unpunished murders Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The fight against the Covid-19 pandemic has not slowed down the "drug crusade" in the Philippines. "Currently, the country is facing a double war: one concerning the war on drugs and the other ag ...
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  3 April 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Covid-19, religious minority foundations join the "Donation collection" launched by Erdogan Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish foundations headed by minority religious communities are preparing to participate in the collection of donations launched by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a "National Solidarity C ...