Asia

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  8 November 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - The alarm of Catholic Patriarchs and bishops: let us resist the designs of those who want to annihilate Lebanon Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the designs pursued by those who want to cancel the singular and unparalleled physiognomy of Lebanon from the Middle Eastern scenario, the only effective response remains that of retur ...
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  8 November 2021
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Christians bring "the light of hope and care" alongside people of other faiths Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - "We have been living with the pandemic for almost two years and we have seen how it has been a universal cause of suffering for mankind. Yet, even in times of greatest darkness, faith communit ...
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  8 November 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Keep the door of hope open, especially for women Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "That thread of hope that opened in the early 2000s in Afghanistan began to disappear with the shrinking of humanitarian space and the advance of the war". This is what Alessandra Morelli, long-tim ...
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  6 November 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The poorest Filipinos are "non-citizens": undocumented and without identity Manila (Agenzi Fides) - "There are many Filipinos, among the poorest, who are undocumented in our country. They are people without identity, without rights. It is a terrible situation": Bishop Pablo Virgilio David told A ...
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  6 November 2021
  ASIA/TURKEY - Different signals from the Turkish authorities towards schools and foundations of non-Muslim minorities Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Apparently contradictory and difficult to decipher signals are coming from the different levels of Turkish power regarding the state of difficulty in which foundations and schools linked to minor ...
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  6 November 2021
  ASIA - Conflicts in Asia: Afghanistan and Myanmar the most serious cases Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Seven countries in Asia experienced active armed conflicts in 2020 and 2021. There were three in South Asia: Afghanistan, civil war (major internationalized civil war), India (high-intensity, inter ...
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  5 November 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - “Inter-ritual” football tournament between the parishes in Baghdad. The Chaldeans win on penalties Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The final of the "Pope Francis Tournament", the sporting event that competed 12 teams, representing local Armenian, Chaldean, Syriac, Latin and Coptic ecclesial communities, ended on penalties. ...
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  5 November 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - More than 120 Catholic religious who died of Covid in 2021: "They did not hold back" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - More than 120 consecrated Catholics (including friars and nuns) died from January to September 2021 because of Covid-19 in Indonesia. They were infected in the exercise of their mission of pasto ...
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  4 November 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Catholic Churches of the Holy Land confirm their "Eucharistic hospitality" to the baptized of the non-Catholic Eastern Churches Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - A priest belonging to one of the Catholic communities present in the Holy Land can administer the sacraments of Penance, the Eucharist and the Anointing of the sick even to Christians belongin ...
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  4 November 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A Protestant Bishop: it is urgent to set up an interfaith teaching program in schools to fight intolerance Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "I ask the Ministry of Education to include in the school curriculum a subject that touches on different religions, in the name of dialogue and harmony. This will help to put an end to religious v ...
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  3 November 2021
  ASIA/JORDAN - Islamic-Christian international appeal for the protection of prayer communities and Holy Places Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The bloody attacks on places of worship that host communities of faith gathered in prayer or while taking part in ritual acts, represent the "summit" of justified atrocities and violence by bringi ...
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  3 November 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Church representatives warn against buying votes with a view to the 2022 election Manila (Agenzia Fides) - It is important and necessary to cast one's own vote according to one's own conscience: Mgr.Socrates Villegas, Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan emphasizes this with a view to the elections on May 9 ...
• 3 November 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Jamshedpur Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 1, 2021 the Holy Father appointed Bishop Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D., until now titular of Rutabo and auxiliary of Ranchi, as bishop of the diocese of Jamshedpur, India. (SL) (Age ...
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  30 October 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The barbed wire cross, a symbol of peace and reconciliation Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "This is the most beautiful cross in the world", said Korean President Moon Jae-In, at the inauguration of the exhibition entitled "Barbed wire becomes a symbol of Peace", organized by the Ministry ...
• 30 October 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Bac Ninh Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Joseph Do Quang Khang, until now lecturer and dean of studies in the Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Saigon, as coadjutor bishop of the diocese of ...