Asia

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  7 October 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Visiting the sick and loving the poor in the name of Jesus Goa (Agenzia Fides) - Visiting the sick, bringing comfort to the suffering and relief to the poor in the name of Jesus: this is the mission of a group of nurses from Goa who, as volunteers, go to orphanages, homes for th ...
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  6 October 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: the future of Christians in the Middle East depends above all on them Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The presence of Christian communities in the Middle East and their survival in the lands of the first apostolic preaching call into question "first of all" the responsibilities of Middle Eastern ...
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  6 October 2021
  ASIA - Evangelization in Central Asia in times of Evangelii Gaudium: webinar of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The mission of evangelization in Central Asia in times of Evangelii Gaudium. Context, difficulties, perspectives": is the title of the webinar organized by the Pontifical Missionary Union ...
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  6 October 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - In the Year dedicated to St. Joseph, the first book on the saint in Bengali Rajshshi (Agenzia Fides) - "Saint Joseph: protector of the family and of the universal Church" is the title of the first book published in Bengali in honor of the saint, in the special year dedicated to him. This is what ...
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  5 October 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic leaders: "Politics incites religious hatred, violence is orchestrated" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The violence in 13 places in the northern states of India is not random or the work of isolated elements. It is a systematically orchestrated and synchronized work to intimidate the Christian ...
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  5 October 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Record of violence in a single day against Christian communities New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In just one day, October 3, at least 13 episodes of violence and threats were committed by members of radical Hindu groups to the detriment of Christian communities in the states of Uttarakhan ...
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  4 October 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Preserving the beauty and the population of Boracay: "No" to the spread of gambling Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Western Visayas region, in the center of the Philippines, calls for the protection of the social, cultural and moral environment of Boracay, a well-known island and tou ...
• 4 October 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan Archbishop of Bhopal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bhopal, India, presented by Archbishop Leo Cornelio, S.V.D. At the same time he appoi ...
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  4 October 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Spiritual comfort for the faithful, between conflict and pandemic Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - Life is not easy in the various territories of Myanmar, marked by the pandemic and by the ongoing conflict between the regular army and the resistance forces (People Defense Forces), born through ...
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  1 October 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians celebrate the National Day of Prayer to remember Mahatma Gandhi New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, national hero of India, Indian Christians of all confessions celebrate a National Day of Prayer on October 2, in what was proclaimed by the Gene ...
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  30 September 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian teachers for state schools: launch of a training course Multan (Agenzia Fides) - "Our priority is to train religion teachers and catechists in the authentic teachings of the Church and to help them learn and proclaim the proclamation of the faith. In this intensive course, or ...
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  30 September 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Crisis in Christian schools, the Syrian Catholic Patriarch exempts families from paying school fees Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian Catholic Patriarch Ignace Youssef III Younan, has given instructions to exempt the families of Syrian Catholic students who attend schools connected to the Patriarchate from the paymen ...
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  30 September 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops to the government: "No" to anti-conversion laws New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of Indian, Catholic and other Christian Bishops met with federal ministers to ask for the repeal of the anti-conversion laws, approved by governments in some states of the Indian ...
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  29 September 2021
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Patriarch emeritus Michel Sabbah: "The future of Christians in the Middle East is not a question of numbers, but of faith" Antelias (Agenzia Fides) – The questions, and also the uncertainties about the future of Christians in the Middle East, "are not primarily a question of numbers, even if numbers are important, but rather a question of ...
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  29 September 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslim woman sentenced to death for blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - On September 27, a court of first instance (session court) in Lahore sentenced a Muslim woman to death and fined 50,000 rupees (approximately 265 euros) for violating the blasphemy law. According ...