Asia

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  12 November 2021
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The Bishop of Almaty: "We would be happy to welcome Francis, twenty years after the visit of John Paul II" Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "We are grateful to the government of Kazakhstan for having invited Pope Francis to the next Congress of the leaders of world and traditional religions. We do not yet know if the Pontiff will be ...
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  12 November 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced religious conversions: a serious issue for religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The issue of forced religious conversions is today a source of great concern for religious minorities in Pakistan, especially Christians and Hindus, but it seems that there is a lack of politica ...
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  11 November 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - In Mosul, the US finances the restoration of the church of Mar Korkis, devastated by jihadists Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The reopening ceremony of the main church of the monastery of Mar Korkis, in the Iraqi city of Mosul, seriously damaged by the militiamen of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (Daesh) during the ti ...
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  11 November 2021
  ASIA - Promoting peace in Afghanistan, Korea and Myanmar: the commitment of the Asian Conference of "Religions for Peace" Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - Promoting, supporting and implementing, through dialogue and interreligious collaboration, awareness of the dignity of all forms of life; the fight against human trafficking; peace building and re ...
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  10 November 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - A Catholic church hit by rockets, Baptist churches burned down Pekhon (Agenzia Fides) - Last night some rockets and heavy weapon bullets fired by soldiers of the Burmese army hit the Catholic Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, in the diocese of Pekhon, in the southern part of the Shan S ...
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  10 November 2021
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Bishop in Sabah: "Christ's mission continues in the midst of the pandemic" Sandakan (Agenzia Fides) - "We are disciples and brothers in Christ even if we are socially separated. Christ's mission does not stop when we are separated to contain the spread of the virus", said Mgr. Julius Dusin Gito ...
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  10 November 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A missionary Foundation named after Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Nicholas Cheong Missionary Scholarship Foundation": South Korea’s Seoul Archdiocese has launched a new missionary society in memory of the late Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, former Archbish ...
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  9 November 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - "You are a living Church": 400 boys and girls expected in Bagdhad for the meeting of the Chaldean Youth Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "You are a living Church". The words spoken by Pope Francis in Baghdad, in the homily of the liturgical concelebration he presided over in the Chaldean Cathedral of St. Joseph during his pastora ...
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  9 November 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The bill to protect women rejected: protest campaign by Christians Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We must all be united to defend and promote the proposed bill to protect women of religious minorities from forced conversions. Not only do we want this proposal to become law, but we also want ...
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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 ...