Asia

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  26 February 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Civil disobedience puts government authorities in trouble: Christians pray for a peaceful solution Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "There is determination but also concern among the people during these hours. The State is in crisis because of the actions of the Civil Disobedience Movement. State offices are closed or not wor ...
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  26 February 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate: a prayer to entrust Pope Francis' trip "in the hands of the Lord" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Patriarchate has just released through its official channels a prayer to place Pope Francis' next trip to Iraq (5-8 March) in the hands of the Lord, with the supplication that the H ...
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  25 February 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Parties divided before the proposal for a UN Conference on the Lebanese crisis launched by the Maronite Patriarch Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Lebanese political forces are beginning to manifest different and sometimes conflicting interpretations and positions in the face of the proposal - formulated in recent weeks by the Maronite ...
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  25 February 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh approves the anti-religious conversion law Lucknow (Agenzia Fides) - Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in northern India with a population of 204 million, approved yesterday, February 24, the bill which bans religious conversion by fraudulent means or relate ...
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  25 February 2021
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Call of churches to government against forced repatriation of Burmese immigrants Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - We must not participate in the "refoulement of refugees", by repatriating Myanmar nationals who have taken refuge in Malaysia in a coordinated manner with the armed forces of Myanmar. This ...
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  25 February 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - Missionaries and small Catholic communities in the village of Papae, a bath of humanity and spirituality Lamphun (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholics in this area are only a few dozen - writes to Agenzia Fides Father Ferdinando Pistore, one of the Fidei donum priests of Trivénétie who serve in a territory coinciding with the ...
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  24 February 2021
  ASIA/TURKEY - Arrest of a crook who tried to sell the Basilica of St. Anthony Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua, located in the very central Istiklal Caddesi, one of the most famous avenues in Istanbul, is currently in no danger of ending up on the real estat ...
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  24 February 2021
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Reopening of churches in Sarawak state during Lent Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - Churches in Kuching, capital of the Malaysian state of Sarawak in Malaysia (located on the island of Borneo), have reopened their doors for Lent. As communicated to Agenzia Fides by the Archbish ...
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  23 February 2021
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Joseph Zong Huaide died at the age of 100: he devoted himself to prayer and charitable works Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 5, 2021 at 8 p.m., His. Exc. Mgr. Joseph Zong Huaide, Bishop emeritus of Sanyuan, in the province of Shaanxi (Mainland China) died. He was born on June 16, 1920 in a village in ...
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  23 February 2021
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Seven of 132 seats reserved for Christian candidates in next Palestinian parliament Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - In the next Palestinian legislative elections, scheduled for May 22, at least 7 of the 132 seats will be reserved for Christian candidates. This is established by a decree signed in recent days ...
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  23 February 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Religious leaders ready for mediation: ASEAN intervention is requested Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Burmese religious leaders of all faith communities, united in the "Religions for Peace-Myanmar" organization, declare themselves "ready to continue the Consultative Forum on Peace and Reconciliat ...
• 23 February 2021
  ASIA/CHINA - Mgr. Andrea Han Jingtao dies: after 27 years of forced labor, he devoted himself primarily to the formation of priests, nuns and lay people Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Andrew Han Jingtao, of the "unofficial" community of Siping (Jilin), died in the night between 30 and 31 December 2020. Born on July 26, 1921, to a devoted Catholic family from Shanw ...
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  22 February 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Syrian Catholic Archbishop Nathanael: here is the living Church that will welcome Pope Francis Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian community which will welcome Pope Francis during his apostolic visit to Iraq "is poor, of reduced dimensions, without political influence, but it certainly constitutes a living Churc ...
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  22 February 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal of Catholic Bishops: peace and reconciliation through dialogue Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - A heartfelt appeal for "reconciliation through dialogue" was launched by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Myanmar in a document signed by all the Bishops of the 16 Burmese dioceses. The appeal ...
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  20 February 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Buddhist monks intervene in negotiations with the army Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Bhamo Sayadaw Bhaddanta Kumara, the monk who represents the top of the Burmese Buddhist community (State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee) officially asks for dialogue between the parties in order to ...