Asia

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  23 November 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako: digital platforms and social media used to harm the Church Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In the age of the internet, the spread of social networks and the increase in blogs and digital platforms have disproportionately multiplied the dissemination of articles critical of the church. ...
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  23 November 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Jesuit on "Constitution Day": "Learning a lesson from the farmers" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "On November 26th, we celebrate Constitutional Day in India. We must internalize the letter and the spirit that our constitution fathers gave us in 1949 and make it our own. This great Charter ...
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  22 November 2021
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Catholic priest stopped by the police: he asked for truth and justice on the Easter attacks Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "We have been here for three days to accompany our brother Fr Cyril Gamini Fernando, called by the Intelligence services to be questioned. They ask him for an account of the statements he made o ...
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  22 November 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishop David: "We need to elect reliable candidates" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - It is important to choose "reliable candidates" in the general elections scheduled for next May 2022. This is the invitation made public in a message by the president-elect of the Bishops' Confer ...
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  22 November 2021
  ASIA/CHINA - Death of Bishop Stephen Yang Xiangtai Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the night of October 13, 2021, His Exc. Mgr. Stephen Yang Xiangtai, Bishop of Handan/Yongnian (Hebei) died at the age of 99. He was born on January 3, 1923 into a devout Catholic family in Gaocu ...
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  20 November 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Bishop of Aleppo: Western sanctions are a "death sentence" for the Syrian people Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "Perpetuating the sanctions against Syria means condemning many people to death". Bishop Georges Abou Khazen, Apostolic Vicar of Aleppo for Catholics of the Latin rite, chooses clear and unequivo ...
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  20 November 2021
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - A "linguistic revolution" for evangelization Astana (Agenzia Fides) - One of the future challenges of evangelization in Kazakhstan is the gradual transition to the Kazakh language. Father Leopold Kropfreiter (SJM), National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societ ...
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  20 November 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Prime Minister abolishes controversial agricultural laws: “A victory for farmers” New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "We welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi's belated wisdom in repealing the three agricultural laws that had an unconstitutional profile. It is a victory for the people: the future of India is ...
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  19 November 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako to the Chaldean youth: in the Church, enlivened by Christ, your role is not "decorative" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "I would like to express to each of you my closeness and understanding for the difficulties and emergencies you are facing, but also to tell you that there is no reason to despair. The Lord call ...
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  19 November 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The cross of Kovardo and symbols of the Christian faith in Northern Pakistan: new studies are being prepared Multan (Agenzia Fides) - "In addition to the cross found in the village of Kovardo, in the mountains of Skardu-Baltistan, in northern Pakistan, many other inscriptions, objects and archaeological sites have been found or ...
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  19 November 2021
  ASIA/CHINA - New priests in various dioceses in China increase the hope of the Church Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - In autumn, the season when the fruits of the earth are harvested, the Chinese Catholic community has also collected abundant spiritual fruits of vocations, especially of priests, who enrich the ...
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  18 November 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Kurdistan, steps forward in the fight against illegal expropriations suffered by Christian owners Dohuk (Agenzia Fides) - In the Autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan, the collection of documents and complaints on the illegal expropriation of real estate - houses and land - suffered by Christian owners in recent decad ...
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  18 November 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Initiatives for the benefit of the poor and the homeless: "It is above all the loving care that nourishes every person" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Italian missionary of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Father Vincenzo Bordo, describes his extraordinary story and experience of proximity among the poor in Korea. In Seongnam, a suburb of Seo ...
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  17 November 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Post-election chaos, the Chaldean Church calls for "national dialogue" to avoid disaster Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "If we do not quickly emerge from the chaos the Iraqi nation plunged into after the October general election", "the country will face the worst, and we all know Iraq cannot bear more". The Chald ...
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  17 November 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The Jesuit rewarded: "Intolerance and insecurity for religious minorities, politicians must act" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Social violence against Christians and Muslims in India is worrying and must be prosecuted. The federal government has not done enough to end the incitement to hatred against Christians and o ...