Asia

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  14 January 2022
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - One thousand days after the Easter massacre: day of commemoration Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Sri Lanka lives today, January 14, a special day of commemoration, a thousand days after the 2019 Easter Massacre, when suicide bombers hit churches and hotels. As Agenzia Fides re ...
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  13 January 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - From war lockdown to health lockdown Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in Kazakhstan, after the popular uprising that began on January 5, has "normalized", but "a veil of deep sadness" remains on the streets of Almaty. This is what Father Guido Trezzan ...
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  12 January 2022
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Christian population: numerical growth with percentage decrease compared to other religions Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian population of Israel continues the slight numerical growth that has characterized it since the founding of the Jewish state, but also continues its progressive decline in percenta ...
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  12 January 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The new Archbishop of Seoul: pray for peace and walk a path of unity and reconciliation Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "To achieve peace, we need to reflect on ourselves and pray for peace. Prayer nurtures our faith in the presence of God, the Holy Spirit who is our teacher and guide of prayers. Remembering the tr ...
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  11 January 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Making God's love visible in society: this has been the mission of the Group of volunteers of the Nan Tang parish in Beijing for 10 years Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - During the year 2021, until December 31, the Nan Tang Parish Volunteer Group of the Archdiocese of Beijing, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of Mary, which was founded by the great Jesuit ...
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  11 January 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - After riots in Almaty: “Many parts of the city are completely devastated” Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in the Almaty area is slowly stabilizing. Now we are starting to take stock of the disaster: some parts of the city have been completely devastated and apparently have been bombed. ...
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  10 January 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian victims of blasphemy: a Pastor sentenced to death, a layman released on bail Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A district court in Rawalpindi has sentenced a Protestant pastor, Zafar Bhatti, 58, to death for blasphemy, in prison since 2012. The Christian leader was accused of sending blasphemous SMS text ...
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  10 January 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Bishop dell’Oro thanks for the words of the Pope during the Angelus prayer: "We join the prayer" Karaganda (Agenzia Fides) - "We thank the Pope for praying for the Kazakh people at such a difficult time. We too join this prayer: This morning Auxiliary Bishop Evgenij Zinkowski, Sister Alma Dzamova and I celebrated a ...
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  7 January 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The protest is a real political crisis that "could lead to a campaign against the West" Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - This is not a simple street protest against the expensive bills: the revolt that has been inflaming Kazakhstan since January 5 is a real political crisis that affects above all the new upper midd ...
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  7 January 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The parish of St. Michael in Myitkyina entrusted to the Salesians Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - The Salesians in Myanmar have resumed pastoral service in the new parish of St. Michael, in Myo Thit Kyi district, in the diocese of Myitkyina, in Kachin state, in the north of the country. Ca ...
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  5 January 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako receives a delegation from the Muqtada al Sadr Movement Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Tuesday, January 4th, the Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, received a delegation from the movement of Muktada al-Sadr from Karkh, a district of the Iraqi ...
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  5 January 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - First prison chapel in Sindh Province Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "This newly built Church will surely make it easier for Christian prisoners to pray and reflect on their lives, repent and change their lives to praise God. I hope the Christian prisoners will c ...
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  4 January 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - 2021 "the most violent year" for Christians in India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The year 2021 ended as the most violent year in history for Christians in India, recording 486 episodes of violence and hatred that shook the country. The Christian minority of the Indian popu ...
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  4 January 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Christmas celebrated in the nation respecting health measures; in Mongolia the authorities grant Catholics the extraordinary opening of the church Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The civil authorities of Inner Mongolia, where anti Covid measures are still very strict and all places of worship are closed, have granted the extraordinary opening of the church for the Christ ...
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  3 January 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Muslim community prays for a Catholic nun who died at Christmas Hermel (Agenzia Fides) - In her long life "she sowed good wherever she went". For this reason, even the Shiite Muslims in the Lebanese city of Hermel, in the Beqa'a valley, wanted to say a prayer for Sister Barbara of Je ...