Asia

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  27 July 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - State of emergency extended due to Coronavirus: between uncertainty and worry, missionaries do not stop Lamphun (Agenzia Fides) - "In the province many villages have been completely closed. The cathedral is closed in Chiangmai as well as all schools. There was also an outbreak in the interdiocesan seminary, 11 seminarians ...
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  27 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - There are 145 cases of violence against Christians in the first half of 2021: "Anti-conversion laws" are worrying New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the first half of 2021 (from January to June) 145 cases of violence against Christians in India were documented: as reported in a note sent to Agenzia Fides by the Commission for Religious ...
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  26 July 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Raï: a new government is needed by August 4. But the "Mikati solution" does not convince Christian political leaders Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Everything possible must be done to give birth to a new Lebanese government by August 4, the day on which the first anniversary of the terrible explosion that devastated the Port of Beirut almost ...
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  26 July 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Thirty-four new priests from the diocese of Vinh, who will also be 'fidei donum' missionaries in other territories Vinh (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a day of great joy, a day of great blessing in the diocese of Vinh, which rejoices for 34 new ordained priests who will also be missionaries, where the Lord will call them to proclaim and be ...
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  26 July 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Catholic community offers itself in the care of Covid patients and notes the sacrifice of the first Catholic priest Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Boniface Murmu, 66-year-old parish priest of the parish of Lohanipara in the diocese of Dinajpur is the first Catholic priest who died on July 10 from Covid-19, which hit Bangladesh hard. His ...
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  24 July 2021
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Day of indigenous clergy and contribution to the Pontifical Society of St. Peter the Apostle Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth and summoned from its far-off places, You whom I have called my servant, whom I have chosen and will not cast off": is the theme of the special ...
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  24 July 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - One year after the explosion, Caritas Lebanon takes stock of the situation as well as aid Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - One year after the tragic explosion in the port of Beirut, which killed more than 200 people, injured more than 7,500 and left about 300 people homeless, Caritas Lebanon has organized a Seminar d ...
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  24 July 2021
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Young people, "creative evangelizers" during the time of the pandemic Kota Kinabalu (Agenzia Fides) - May young people be "creative evangelizers" during the time of the pandemic: this is the invitation expressed by Msgr. John Wong, Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu, speaking at the "Sabah 5" You ...
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  23 July 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean bishops and priests on upcoming political elections: faith and ecclesial belonging are not to be exploited for electoral purposes Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - In the coming months, during the campaign in view of the political elections scheduled for October, it will be appropriate to ensure that the references to faith and ecclesial affiliations are not ...
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  23 July 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The diocese of Pathein loses its Bishop due to Covid-19 Pathein (Agenzia Fides) - Mgr. John Hsane Hgyi, Bishop of Pathein, in southern Myanmar, died of Covid-19 on July 22, at the age of 68. As the local Church reports to Fides, the Bishop suffered from diabetes and a week ag ...
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  22 July 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - Pandemic crisis and strong impact on the economy: young people take to the streets Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha met in recent days about forty CEOs of major Thai companies and businesses to discuss the serious social consequences of the pandemic and its economic impact on ...
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  21 July 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Ecumenical meetings to relaunch the Council of Patriarchs and Heads of Churches present in Iraq Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of the Chaldean Church, led by Patriarch and Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, held a series of meetings in Erbil with representatives of other Churches and ecclesial communities present i ...
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  21 July 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Age limit for religious conversion: the Ministry of Religious Affairs opposes Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistani Ministry of Religious Affairs has no intention of setting age limits for religious conversion. As Fides learns, during a recent meeting of the Parliamentary Commission for the right ...
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  21 July 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Participating in the political life of the nation and "choosing a leader who embodies the example of Jesus": the invitation of the Bishops Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Almost eight months before the general elections scheduled for May 2022, Mgr. Pablo Virgilio David, Bishop of Caloocan, recently elected President of the Bishops' Conference of the Philippines ...
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  20 July 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Massacre on the eve of the Islamic holiday. Patriarch Sako writes to "Muslim brothers": fratricidal struggles open the gates of hell Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "We have two options: either we unite and cooperate so that our country recovers completely, or we persist in perpetuating our struggles, and open - God forbid - the gates of hell". This is the ...