Asia

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  25 January 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic priest killed in Mindanao Malaybalay (Agenzia Fides) - Unidentified armed men opened fire and killed yesterday, January 24, a Filipino Catholic priest, Fr. Rene Bayang Regalado, as he was preparing to return to the Seminary in the village of Patp ...
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  23 January 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Jesuit Stan Swamy in prison: "Solidarity gives me immense strength and courage" Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "I deeply appreciate the overwhelming solidarity expressed by many people around the world, in these 100 days in prison. Sometimes the news of so much solidarity has given me immense strength and ...
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  22 January 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Letter from the Patriarchs of the Churches of the Middle East to the new American President on the sanctions against the Syrian people Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – The new US President Joe Biden has to lift the economic sanctions that are severely harming Syrian people as an unjustifiable "collective punishment" if he does not want to be complicit in th ...
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  22 January 2021
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Suspended masses and catechism online due to a peak of Covid-19 cases and the State of emergency Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur has decided to extend the suspension of all public celebrations until further notice as the national health system is in an extremely difficult situation, gi ...
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  22 January 2021
  ASIA - Wealth inequality: a wound for the continent New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Among the top 15 most populous countries on the planet, eight are in Asia, but this continent which represents, with China, India, Indonesia and Pakistan, half of the world population - estima ...
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  21 January 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako on the massacre in Baghdad: message of death, perhaps the electoral project is also in the crosshairs Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "They wanted to send a message of death, which perhaps has to do with the withdrawal of US soldiers from the Country, or with the electoral project. The fact remains that, so far, there is no de ...
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  21 January 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - Mission of Italian fidei donum priests: pastoral and social commitment, in times of pandemic Chiangmai (Agenzia Fides) - Until before Christmas, the Covid-19 pandemic in Thailand was well under control compared to the rest of the world. "Since the beginning of the pandemic, no more than 4,000 people have been in ...
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  21 January 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence and discrimination against Christians increase in 2020, "Anti-conversion laws" are extended New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Violence against Christians in India continues to grow and in 2020 it reached the number of 327 cases of violence against Christian persons or institutions: this is stated by the Evangelical F ...
• 21 January 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the Regional Theological Seminary in the Archdiocese of Bhopal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 23 July 2020, Card. Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Thomas Peringalloor, SVD Rector of the Regional Theological Semina ...
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  21 January 2021
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Job loss as a result of the coronavirus pandemic: Caritas helps returnees Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - The Tajik Church is helping people who have lost their jobs after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the Central Asian country. According to the Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Rep ...
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  20 January 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Vaccination campaign: Church calls for priority treatment for poor population groups Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The vaccination campaign, which will start in the Philippines in February, should, in addition to giving priority to health workers, also privilege the poorest and most vulnerable: this is what t ...
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  20 January 2021
  ASIA/JORDAN - Vaccination campaign takes refugees into account: Bishop Shomali welcomes government decision Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Vicar of the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem appreciates the decision of the Jordanian government to consider refugees from Iraq and Syria as part of the Covid 19 vaccination campaign. "This ...
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  20 January 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Meeting with Prime Minister Modi: Cardinals encourage Pope's visit New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In a personal conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday, January 19, three Indian cardinals requested that the institutional steps be taken to invite Pope Francis to visit India ...
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  19 January 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian migration minister rejects criticism of the closure of the refugee camps Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In Iraq, efforts are being made to close refugee camps and return internally displaced people to their respective regions of origin. However, the positive results already announced by the Iraqi ...
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  19 January 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Year of Reflection for the Local Church of Jakarta Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Reflection is the spiritual tool to strengthen personal integrity and faith, in a time marked by suffering and difficulties": with these words Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo, Archbishop of Jakarta, ...