Asia
16 March 2021
ASIA/TURKEY - State advertising agency guarantees advertising shares for minority newspapers
Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish Agency, which coordinates the distribution of advertising shares among the Turkish media, will in future guarantee the newspapers of the minorities in Turkey a share of the advertisin ...
16 March 2021
ASIA/MYANMAR - The nuns accompany and comfort the young demonstrators
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The nuns of St. Joseph of the Apparition accompany the young demonstrators nicknamed "heroes of democracy" in their peaceful protest which has been going on for more than a month. As Agenzia Fide ...
15 March 2021
ASIA/INDIA - Catholic communities in prayer in honor of St. Joseph under the sign of the Apostolic Letter "Patris corde"
Chennai (Agenzia Fides) - All the religious congregations inspired by the figure of Saint Joseph and many Catholic communities in India come together for online meetings, in spiritual communion, for a moment of evening p ...
15 March 2021
ASIA/MYANMAR - Call of the Bishops to end violence and Message from the Holy See in favor of the promotion of peace
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Strengthened by the mandate and encouragement of the Holy See, we Catholic Churches commit ourselves, together with all people of good will, to the task of seeing this nation rise again in mutua ...
12 March 2021
ASIA/LEBANON - Support of the Greek Melchite Episcopate for "Lebanese neutrality"
Raboué (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church have also launched an appeal aimed at keeping Lebanon away from regional conflicts, agreeing with the many appeals expressed in this regard by th ...
12 March 2021
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Judicial decision on the use of the name of Allah in Christian publications, "a victory of common sense"
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "The High Court's decision to allow the word Allah to be used by Christians across Malaysia is a victory of common sense and should not be seen as the victory of one group or community over ...
12 March 2021
ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "The country needs peace and freedom; the role of the army is to protect, not to attack the people"
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "In this Lenten season let us not abandon the hope that Myanmar will rise again. The path to be followed with faith, love and dialogue is a path of truth and justice, which leads to freedom, peac ...
11 March 2021
ASIA/JAPAN - On the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima catastrophe: Catholic bishops are calling for the nuclear power plants to be closed
Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - "In 2011, after the earthquake and the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, we Bishops as believers who protect life as a gift from God, demanded the immediate abolition of nuclear power ...
11 March 2021
ASIA/MYANMAR - "The military say 'peace' but brutality and violence increase"
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The military wants to show the people and the whole world that they are making peace and that they intend to relaunch dialogue with ethnic groups. This is why they have removed the label of a 't ...
10 March 2021
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "St. Paul" interdiocesan Seminary in Tiruchirapalli
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 9 December, 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Andrew De Rose, of the diocesan clergy of Tuticorin, as Rect ...
10 March 2021
ASIA/VIETNAM - Lent and prayer between distancing and Buddhist feast
Danang (Agenzia Fides) - It is a Lent that is affected by the measures of "social distancing", is what is being experienced by the Catholic community of Vietnam. But these measures do not affect faith and the lively spir ...
10 March 2021
ASIA/MYANMAR - Closure of the Twitter account improperly opened in the name of the Archbishop of Yangon
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Yangon, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, asked the social network "Twitter" to delete an account with his name that was wrongly attributed to him. This is confirmed by the secretariat ...
9 March 2021
ASIA/TURKEY - Turkish media comment on Pope's visit to Iraq
Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The media in Turkey did not ignore Pope Francis' visit to neighboring Iraq. Very different comments and analyzes were published. In addition to reports on the possible contribution of the papal t ...
9 March 2021
ASIA/MYANMAR - The religious stop the military: "Every life is precious. Do not kill"
Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask not to kill. This is why we have turned to the military. We fear that police officers will kill more young demonstrators. Our presence as people of faith, peacemakers, may help them st ...
9 March 2021
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Catholic leaders: "We will not stop asking for truth and justice for the 2019 attacks"
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "We will not stop asking for truth and justice regarding the 2019 attacks. The authorities must commit to finding the culprits and those responsible for the massacres". This is what Cardinal Mal ...
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