Asia

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  28 October 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - In Mosul, young Muslims restore the church of Mar Toma. But the "return" of Christians remains weak Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Young volunteers, who mostly belong to the Muslim community in Mosul, have been supporting the cleaning and restoration work of the Syrian Catholic church of Mar Toma (St. Thomas) over the past fe ...
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  28 October 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Servants of the Poor: restoring dignity to the destitute who "hide out of shame" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "In San Pedro, where our house was built, there was a mountain of garbage, but around the landfill there were the houses where the poor who work with garbage live. They are the 'scavengers', the ...
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  28 October 2020
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - "New" mandate for a President in power for about thirty years and without opposition Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - "Following the Tajik presidential elections on 11 October, President Emomali Rahmon was elected for the sixth time with more than 90% of the votes, which means that in this Central Asian countr ...
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  27 October 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate denies rumors of the Pope's “opening” to marriage for homosexual couples Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - It is completely false to say that Pope Francis expressed his approval for same-sex marriage, modifying the doctrine of the Catholic Church. The Chaldean Patriarchate, led by the Patriarch Cardi ...
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  27 October 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Violence and tensions in Chin and Rakhine States: food emergency and elections at risk Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – More than 60,000 civilians in the Burmese State of Chin are currently facing a severe food shortage due to the ongoing fighting between the national army and the Arakan Army rebels. This is wha ...
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  27 October 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The work of a missionary for street children in Manila, in times of pandemic Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Giving back a future to the street children of Manila: this is the commitment of the "ANAK-Tnk" Foundation, a Catholic organization led by Fr. Matthieu Dauchez, French missionari, which seeks, ac ...
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  26 October 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Youth night of prayer for health workers and victims of Covid-19 Sabah (Agenzia Fides) - Offer full empathy and solidarity and all the material, human and spiritual support to doctors, operators and health professionals who are at the forefront of the Covid-19 pandemic, as the alarmin ...
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  26 October 2020
  ASIA - Asian Bishops' appeal for the release of the Indian Jesuit accused of sedition Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with great shock and great anguish that the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) learned of the arrest of Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy SI, 83, and his incarceration. We are su ...
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  24 October 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society protests and an appeal is launched to the authorities for the abduction of a Catholic girl Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – To protest and ask for the intervention of the authorities for the abduction and forced conversion of Arzoo Raja, a 13-year-old minor girl resident of Railway Colony of Karachi City: this is t ...
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  24 October 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Denial of bail to Jesuit accused of "sedition" Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - A special court of the National Investigation Agency yesterday, October 23, rejected the request for bail for Jesuit Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy, (commonly known as Fr. Stan Swamy) activist for ...
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  24 October 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Testimony of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies on the need to "give impetus and vitality to the mission, in particular through the action of the laity" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "It is necessary to build a larger and stronger network between the faithful and lay missionary communities in order to promote the mission of the Church, thanks also to mutual personal involvem ...
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  23 October 2020
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Bishops' delegation visits flood victims Hue (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation from the Vietnamese Bishops' Conference visited the areas of central Vietnam affected by the recent floods. Expressing solidarity and solidarity with the flood victims, giving consolati ...
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  23 October 2020
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Political crisis resolved with centralization of powers: people's expectations have been disappointed Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - "The protests that followed the parliamentary elections on October 4th in Kyrgyzstan are against the obvious buying of votes, this time more than in the past: in the days leading up to the elect ...
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  22 October 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic girl abducted and converted to Islam: the kidnapper's false statements Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Arzoo Raja, the young Catholic girl kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam and forced into an Islamic wedding by a 44-year-old Muslim (see Fides, 21/10/2020), is 13 years old and not 18, as fals ...
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  22 October 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - The annual Synod of Maronite Bishops begins in the sign of silence and conversion Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The annual Synod of the Maronite Bishops began under the sign of silence and "metanoia", i.e. personal and community repentance and conversion. On Wednesday 21 October, the Maronite Bishops gath ...