Asia

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  29 March 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society to government: it is necessary to protect religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "It is encouraging that the killing of Pooja Kumari, a Hindu girl who resisted kidnapping, forced conversion and forced marriage, was widely condemned by civil society and by individuals on socia ...
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  29 March 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Alarm from the Latin Patriarchate: fake messages sent in the name of the Patriarch Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Someone, pretending to be the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, is sending e-mail messages to extort money from people who are unaware of the increasingly aggressive forms of deception implemented ...
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  28 March 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - A Protestant Christian pastor killed in Chhattisgarh Bijapur (Agenzia Fides) - A 50-year-old Protestant Christian Pastor was murdered by a group of masked men in the district of Bijapur, in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The episode of violence, which took place on Marc ...
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  26 March 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - New priests for the Church, hope for the people Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church of Myanmar is wounded and displaced. Priests are the hope of the people. They are the refuge of brothers and sisters who suffer. Myanmar needs reconciliation and dialogue: for this ...
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  24 March 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced conversions: a bill is urgently needed to protect religious freedom Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Forced conversions to Islam threaten religious freedom and religious pluralism in Pakistan, therefore it is urgent to introduce legal and administrative guarantees to address crimes involving fo ...
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  24 March 2022
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - The Churches of the Middle East join the act of Consecration to Mary for the end of the war in Ukraine Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Churches of the Middle East join Pope Francis in the act by which Russia and Ukraine will be consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, to ask for an end to the tragic war that be ...
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  24 March 2022
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Marian consecration of Ukraine and Russia: "So that the Blessed Mother takes care of these peoples" Samarkand (Agenzia Fides) - "What the whole Church will experience together with Pope Francis on March 25 is a historic moment: the Marian consecration of Ukraine and Russia means entrusting these countries to Our Lady s ...
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  23 March 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Faithful in prayer for the Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to Mary Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "Dear brothers and sisters, it is with great joy and great hope that we have received the message that the Holy Father Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. ...
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  22 March 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Bringing God's love to the poor and the excluded: the mission of Sister Joseph, new Superior of the Missionaries of Charity New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - - "I thank God for the mercy granted to me through the gift of my vocation in the Congregation and now this new responsibility. With the guidance and blessing of God, I commit myself to adhere ...
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  22 March 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Christian, Muslim and Jewish exponents of the Holy Land to Russian Patriarch Kirill: do everything possible to stop the war in Ukraine Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - A letter hanging on the walls of a Russian Orthodox church in Jerusalem, signed by 150 Christians, Jews and Muslims from all over the world, and addressed to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, with t ...
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  22 March 2022
  ASIA - The implications of the war in Central Asia: between ethnic-linguistic divisions and new arrivals from Russia Milan (Agenzia Fides) - The war in Ukraine and the consequent sanctions imposed by the West on Russia are leading to developments that also affect Central Asia. Fr. Edoardo Canetta, a missionary in Kazakhstan for twenty ...
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  21 March 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - President Assad meets the participants at the Conference of Catholic Aid Organizations and Local Churches Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad met the representatives of Catholic humanitarian associations and institutions and the representatives of various ecclesial groups on Saturday March 19 w ...
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  21 March 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Young Muslim arrested for blasphemous acts against Christian community Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The police in Lahore have accused the young Muslim Muhammad Bilal of blasphemy. He is said to have desecrated the cross of the Pentecostal congregation "One in Christ Church" in Lahore through hi ...
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  21 March 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Church's spiritual and material support to war-torn Ukraine Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Imploring peace as a gift from God and witnessing the closeness and solidarity of the Ukrainian people suffering the devastating effects of war: with this objective the Catholic community o ...
• 21 March 2022
  ASIA/KOREA - Resignation of the Bishop of Cheongju and appointment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 19, 2022 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Cheongju (Korea) presented by His Exc. Mgr. Gabriel Chang Bong-hun. The Holy Father appoi ...