Asia

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  22 October 2020
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Apostolic Prefect Figaredo: "The poor and the little ones evangelize us" Battambang (Agenzia Fides) - "We are here to build the common good, to build an inclusive society and bring the joy of life in Christ, everywhere, to every man and woman. As believers in the Resurrection, as men and wome ...
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  21 October 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - #PeacefulHarvest: World Council of Churches supports olive harvest in Palestine Nablus (Agenzia Fides) - The ecumenical accompaniment program of the World Council of Churches (WCC) launches a public campaign to ensure that Palestinian families can live the olive harvest season without problems, and ...
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  21 October 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Call for firm government action after 13-year-old Catholic girl is kidnapped and converted to Islam Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Arzoo Raja, a 13-year-old Catholic from Karachi, was kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam and then forced to marry a 44-year-old Muslim man, named Ali Azhar, who kidnapped her on the morning o ...
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  21 October 2020
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Floods: Catholic communities and humanitarian aid organizations help flood victims Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic communities in Cambodia and humanitarian organizations have stepped up their efforts to help those affected by heavy rains and floods across the country. With the help of the Apostol ...
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  20 October 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Campaign for the release of the Jesuit accused of sedition on the basis of manipulated evidence New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "We will be relentless until Father Stan Swamy and all human rights defenders who are falsely imprisoned are released unconditionally. We are alongside those who dedicate their lives to the m ...
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  20 October 2020
  ASIA/THAILAND - Youth protests continue Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Sixth consecutive day of protests in Bangkok and other cities in Thailand since October 15. The protests continued every afternoon after police arrested those responsible for the protest and eva ...
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  20 October 2020
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - President of the Bishops' Conference rejects amendment of the abortion law and calls for the right to conscientious objection: "Abortion is unacceptable" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Abortion is unacceptable. The Church will always protect human life, from conception to natural death. Therefore, we hope the Korean government will allow a conscientious objection to the abortio ...
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  19 October 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Joint projects for interreligious dialogue within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding between Vatican-Kazakhstan Astana (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the Kazakh Center for the Development of Interfaith and Inter-civil Dialogue 'Nursultan Nazarbayev' (NJSC) have signed a Memorandum of Under ...
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  19 October 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Request from the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans to the Head of State for the proclamation of Christmas as a public holiday for all Iraqis Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - A bill to have Christmas Day officially recognized as a public holiday throughout Iraq is the concrete request that the Babylonian Patriarch of the Chaldeans Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, present ...
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  19 October 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Prayer for the Missions as part of a Eucharistic Adoration organized by the "Jesus Youth" movement Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "In the midst of the pandemic, this call to the evangelizing mission is always more important. The Jesus Youth movement (JY) observed the 'Jesus Youth International Mission Week', from 10 Octobe ...
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  16 October 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Catholic schools: tools for evangelization and human development, in partnership with the government Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic educational institutes in Malaysia are authentic and precious means of evangelization, human development and personal growth: this is what was stated by Archbishop Simon Peter Poh Hoon ...
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  15 October 2020
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Mobilization of Catholic communities in favor of populations affected by floods in central Vietnam Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic Parishes and communities have mobilized to help people affected by the recent floods in central Vietnam, where due to heavy rains and floods, tens of thousands of residents have had to le ...
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  15 October 2020
  ASIA/THAILAND - Demonstration of "young people" for democracy and the limitation of the powers of the Crown Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The renewal of the state of emergency in Bangkok, which bans public meetings of more than 5 people and the publication of "illegal messages" on social media, is the government's response to the ...
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  14 October 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: Negotiations over sea borders do not represent "normalization" of bilateral relations with Israel Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The negotiations between Lebanese and Israeli delegates to determine the sea borders between Lebanon and Israel cannot necessarily be interpreted as the beginning of the normalization of relati ...
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  14 October 2020
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - From Korea on mission ad gentes: Korean priests sent to Asia and Latin America Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – With the Solemn "Mass of the missionary mandate", the Archdiocese of Seoul celebrated, in this month of October, traditionally dedicated to missionary work, the sending of six new Korean mission ...