Asia

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  20 September 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Raï condemns attack on the Lebanese people Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "Sadness" for the bloody attack that hit "almost three thousand Lebanese citizens" by turning their pagers and walkie-talkies into explosive devices, and his firm condemnation of the Israeli atta ...
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  20 September 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Elections in the midst of an economic and political crisis: the people demand change Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Two years after the popular protests that led to the dismissal of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in the midst of a serious economic crisis, Sri Lanka is preparing to elect a new president. ...
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  20 September 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy on WhatsApp Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Shagufta Kiran, a 40-year-old Pakistani Christian, was found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to death under Article 295-C of the Penal Code for defaming the Prophet Muhammad through a messag ...
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  19 September 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Danger for Chinese Catholics: Bishops warn again about sects by Marta Zhao Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) - "Catholics must stay away from sects and their teachings, categorically refusing to attend their meetings. The baptized must persevere in the faith and adhere to the truths reve ...
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  19 September 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Wayanad landslide victims: joy for being alive and sadness for the current situation Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Although the government has provided a fixed rent and food subsidy to the people seriously affected on July 29 by the landslides that devastated the Wayanad district in Kerala, the population ...
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  19 September 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Holy Year under the sign of ecumenism: Catholic Church wants to include other Christian denominations New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - It will be a Holy Year that will be lived in India under the sign of ecumenism: this is what the President of the Latin Rite Bishops' Conference (CCBI) in India and Archbishop of Goa and Daman ...
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  18 September 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Churches damaged by typhoons, ecclesial communities launch aid and reconstruction initiatives Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - After Typhoon Yagi destroyed and damaged six churches on the island of Hainan, Typhoon Bebinca - the most powerful since 1949 - hit the Pudong area of Shanghai on September 16, affecting more t ...
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  18 September 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic Church celebrates the month of martyrs in September Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "God has chosen his people on this earth to accept the Gospel and to flourish in faith. Let us entrust ourselves to the intercession of the blessed martyrs so that we may always live according to ...
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  17 September 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Displaced people in Loikaw affected by floods: “Only the power that comes from above keeps us going” Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In ten refugee camps hosting displaced Catholics in Loikaw, "the sudden floods have shaken the lives of families and older children. At least 18 victims are confirmed, others are missing. It is a ...
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  16 September 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - World Synod of Bishops in October: Who are the two bishops from the People's Republic of China who will partecipate by Marta Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The list of bishops who will participate in the next assembly of the Synod of Bishops by papal appointment also includes the names of Vincent Zhan Silu and Joseph Yang Yongquian ...
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  16 September 2024
  ASIA - After tropical storm “Yagi”: Help and solidarity for the victims in Vietnam and Myanmar Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Eight days after the severe tropical storm "Yagi" hit northern Vietnam, the authorities are busy with massive reconstruction and relief operations. The floods and landslides caused by typhoon "Yag ...
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  14 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Agreement between China and the Holy See on the appointment of Bishops, the Pope: "Good result, I am happy" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The result" of the agreement between China and the Holy See on the appointment of bishops "is good, I am happy." This is what Pope Francis said during the usual press conference on the pla ...
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  14 September 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Civil war in Rakhine State worsens the situation of the Rohingya Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The civil war in the Burmese state of Rakhine, on the west coast of Myanmar, is intensifying with an increase in victims and the displacement of the Rohingya, an ethnic group of Muslim faith who ...
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  13 September 2024
  MIDDLE EAST/LEBANON - Remains of Cardinal Agagianian return to Lebanon Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Joy and emotion in Lebanon: the remains of the Servant of God, Cardinal Agagianian, a leading figure in the Church of the 20th century, have returned home. Since 1971 they have been resting in th ...
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  13 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope in Singapore: excerpts from the address during the interreligious meeting with young people Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - An hour of sincere dialogue, made up of questions and answers, exchanges of jokes and smiles, concluded the long Apostolic Journey of Pope Francis in Asia and Oceania by embracing the young Si ...