Asia

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  21 January 2022
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Presidential elections, hope for stability and prosperity Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The people of East Timor see in the next presidential elections, scheduled for March 19, an opportunity for growth, prosperity and well-being for the country. "People in the country want to see the ...
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  20 January 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church helps the economic and social reintegration of former prisoners Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "God is merciful, he is our creator and supplier and takes care of our needs. We continued to raise funds to support our brothers, who have been in prison for five years. After their release, it ...
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  20 January 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - Two Syrian Franciscans, twin brothers, compose songs in Arabic inspired by the writings of St. Francis Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Johnny and George Jallouf are twin brothers, and they are also friars and students at the Custody of the Holy Land. They were born 25 years ago in Aleppo, and in that Syrian metropolis, martyred ...
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  20 January 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A Camillian heart always beats when there is suffering: aid continues for the population hit by Odette Bohol (Agenzia Fides) - Typhoon Rai, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Odette, which hit the country on December 16, 2021, devastated the islands and coastal communities of the eastern Philippines, flooding towns and c ...
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  19 January 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Prayers for Christian unity from the Middle East Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "We saw the star in the East, and we came to worship him". This is the title of the booklet of texts proposed to Churches and ecclesial communities around the world to celebrate liturgies and mee ...
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  19 January 2022
  ASIA/LAOS - A new church dedicated to the first Laotian martyr catechist of the Hmong ethnic group Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - The small Catholic community in Laos rejoices at the opening of a new church dedicated to the first Laotian martyr of the Hmong ethnic group. As Fides has learned, the inauguration of the fi ...
• 19 January 2022
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Bento Barros Pereira Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 13, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Bento Barros Pereira, of the clergy of the archdiocese of D ...
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  19 January 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Political tension is rising again; people need help and social assistance Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - Tension is rising again in Kazakhstan. About ten days after the beginning of the withdrawal of the Russian forces that had quelled the uprising on January 5, the city of Almaty is back in a state ...
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  18 January 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - Men and women consecrated together to bear witness to Christ in the midst of the tribulations of the Syrian people Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – More than seventy consecrated Catholics, men and women, have gathered in Damascus in recent days to discuss and reflect together on the present and the future of their vocation lived in a Syr ...
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  18 January 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Army bombs on Christian refugees Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - Three dead and seven wounded, all Catholics, so much terror and tears: this is the toll of the air raid that the Burmese army, "Tatmadaw", launched in the early hours of January 17, on refugee ca ...
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  17 January 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Protecting religious minorities, especially women: the commitment of Christian and Muslim leaders Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "In the new year there are first positive results on the very sensitive issue of forced conversions and marriages", said Father James Channan OP, Dominican Father and Director of the Center fo ...
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  15 January 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishops' appeal: respect human life and dignity, allow humanitarian aid Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops' Conference of Myanmar promotes justice, peace and reconciliation, and strongly requests all stakeholders to facilitate humanitarian access to the suffering and displaced people in o ...
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  15 January 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslim men arrested for kidnapping Christian teenager Okara (Agenzia Fides) - "We appreciate the police for their quick response and action in arresting the perpetrators of violence against a Christian teenager. It is essential to break the culture of impunity", says to Fid ...
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  14 January 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - International Conference of Religions in the north-east of the country Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - In the Syrian city of Amudah, near the border with Turkey and 30 kilometers from Qamishli, the First International Conference of Religions and Beliefs in Mesopotamia was held on January 10-11, ...
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  14 January 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Towards Lepers' Day: the Catholic community in action, like all year round Nanjing (Agenzia Fides) - Like every year, members of the Nanjing Ark Charity Foundation, the charitable foundation of the Catholic community in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province - one of the many Catholic charities s ...