Asia

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  13 June 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Divorce rate rising: Tendency less pronounced among Catholics Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - More and more young couples in Vietnam are getting divorced. This is confirmed by the latest statistics and sociological studies. The country's divorce rate has nearly doubled over the past 10 yea ...
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  12 June 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The path of legality to promote the rights of all citizens and work to combat any discrimination Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Nine years ago, a historic ruling by the Supreme Court of Pakistan (Judgment No. 1 / 2014) expressed serious concerns that federal and provincial governments were failing to address human rights ...
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  9 June 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Inter-ethnic violence in Manipur continues; first seeds of a possible dialogue Imphal (Agenzia Fides) - The death toll in the ongoing violence in the Indian state of Manipur (in northwest India) between the Kuki and Meitei ethnic communities has risen to 98 people killed, the Manipur Chief Minister ...
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  8 June 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Day of Prayer for Reconciliation and Unity: Korean Bishops' Peace Initiative Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "2023 marks the 70th anniversary of the signing of the armistice of the Korean War (1950-1953). The war that claimed millions of lives is still not officially over. This unfinished conflict is sti ...
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  7 June 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Episcopal Commission for Indigenous Peoples: safeguarding the life of the Ati People on the island of Boracay Boracay (Agenzia Fides) - The life of the Ati tribes must be safeguarded and not deprived of their lands: this is the vision of the Episcopal Commission for Indigenous Populations, which reported the situation on the isl ...
• 1 June 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of bishop of Pathein Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Henry Eikhlein, of the clergy of Pathein, Myanmar, until now diocesan administrator of the same diocese, as bishop of the diocese of Pathein, Myan ...
• 1 June 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Resignation and succession of bishop of Mawlamyine, Myanmar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Mawlamyine, Myanmar, presented by Bishop Raymond Saw Po Ray. He is succeeded by Bishop Maurine Nyunt W ...
• 1 June 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of Bishop of Jullundur Vatican City - (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Jullundur, India, presented by Bishop Franco Mulakkal (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 1/6/2023) ...
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  1 June 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Dioceses and parishes committed to "carbon neutrality", in the spirit of Laudato Sì Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the global climate crisis, humanity faces the great task of so-called "carbon neutrality", defined in climatology as "the state of equilibrium between carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of ...
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  31 May 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The "Marian month" ends with pilgrimages and visits to shrines Ende (Agenzia Fides) - More than 15,000 pilgrims have visited the cave dedicated to Mary, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, in Mbay, in the Archdiocese of Ende, on the island of Flores, considered "the Catholic heart of Indone ...
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  30 May 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Young Christian sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy through WhatsApp Bahawalpur (Agenzia Fides) - Nouman Asghar, a 24-year-old Christian from the city of Bahawalpur, in Punjab, was sentenced to death for blasphemy today, May 30, by a court of first instance in Bahawalpur. The young man ha ...
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  30 May 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Freeing "modern slaves" from their chains: the mission of a parish priest in Punjab by Paolo Affatato Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Five Christian families are trapped in the web of "slave labour" in the clay factories scattered in the countryside of Pakistani Punjab. Each of them includes young people, ...
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  29 May 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Tense situation in Papua: Catholics are trying to resolve the conflict Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - "The conflict in the Indonesian Papua region is destined to increase in intensity, due to the growing deployment of members of the Indonesian security forces, after the case of the kidnapping o ...
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  29 May 2023
  ASIA/TURKEY - Erdogan remains in power. Bishop Bizzeti: the inadequacy of certain Western analyzes emerges Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The final results of the elections in Turkey, with the victory of the incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, also highlight "the inadequacy of Western media tools in presenting the Turkish sit ...
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  27 May 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Women entrepreneurs in rural areas, thanks to the Archdiocese of Calcutta Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) – To restore dignity to women in society, especially in rural areas; to promote their entrepreneurial capacities and develop their skills: it is with this objective that the organization "Seva ...