Asia

• 
  13 October 2020
  ASIA/JORDAN - Prince Hassan Bin Talal: the encyclical “Fratelli tutti” also applies to the Middle East Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Today, especially in the Middle East, the cradle of the three Abrahamic religions, one feels the need for a new "Social Charter" that supports the vulnerable and shows everyone the path to univers ...
• 
  13 October 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Catholic nun dedicated to the sick dies of coronavirus Natore (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic sister Mary Arpita of the female institute "Associates of Mary Queen of the Apostles" (SMRA) died of Covid-19. Sister Arpita was responsible for the “St. Mary's” Dispensary and Mater ...
• 
  13 October 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Towards Mission Sunday - "The mission of the Church continues beyond the suffering of the pandemic" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "In this year marked by the suffering and the challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the missionary journey of the whole Church continues": this is the passage of Pope Francis' Message for Worl ...
• 
  12 October 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - New Catholic online radio station for the work of evangelization Keningau (Agenzia Fides) - Preaching the Gospel through the media: this is the goal of the Diocese of Keningau, in Malaysian Borneo which has launched a new Catholic online radio station: Radio Online Kekitaan. As report ...
• 
  12 October 2020
  ASIA/KOREA - Evangelizing through Art, an exhibition of Catholic artists Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Evangelizing through art is the goal of the Association of Catholic artists of Seoul, which celebrates its 50th anniversary of its foundation. On the occasion of the event, a special exhibition of ...
• 
  10 October 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Evangelization in Asia in the midst of the pandemic Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The Covid-19 pandemic and the prolonged lockdown imposed in many countries have added difficulties and suffering to the populations in many States of Asia. With the health crisis affecting larg ...
• 
  10 October 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Challenge of the law that reorganizes the labor market, inappropriate according to an Indonesian Jesuit Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The problem with the Omnibus Law lies above all in the fact that the decision to vote it took place at an inappropriate moment, without a thorough public debate and without a strong involvement ...
• 
  9 October 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian Forum condemns arrest of 83-year-old Jesuit human rights activist Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - 83-year-old Jesuit Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy, who is committed to the promotion of human rights and human development, was arrested for allegedly having relationships with Maoist rebel groups ...
• 
  8 October 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops welcome negotiations with Israel over sea borders Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The slowness of investigations into the August 4th explosion in the port of Beirut is a strong demonstration of the failure of the Lebanese State and the inability of national institutions to de ...
• 
  8 October 2020
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - "Nobody saves themselves alone": national unity, secret in the fight against the coronavirus Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The small Asian state of East Timor is the country in the world that can boast an almost incredible toll (28 cases of coronavirus, and no deaths), "and the secret to containing the virus was the ab ...
• 
  7 October 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem thanks the Order of the Holy Sepulcher for its support. Debts for the University of Madaba have been fully repaid Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - With heartfelt thanks for "the concrete and tangible sign of divine providence" for the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the Apostolic Administrator, Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, addres ...
• 
  7 October 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pakistani Christian acquitted after seven years: Justice is now being sought for the violence committed at Joseph Colony Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Pakistani Christian Sawan Masih, who was falsely accused of blasphemy in 2013, was acquitted yesterday, 6 October 2020, by the Lahore Court of Appeal. After seven years in prison and a first-degr ...
• 
  7 October 2020
  ASIA - Geopolitical Atlas documents the effects of the pandemic: the virus does not stop wars Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "On January 23, 2020, the Chinese city of Wuhan was shut down. Then it was the turn of Huanggang and then of Ezhou. According to WHO, the isolation of a city as large as Wuhan is unprecedented in p ...
• 
  6 October 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Towards Mission Day: the prayer of the missionary Rosary in all dioceses Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Indonesian Catholics are living the national "Missionary Rosary Prayer" in the month of October. As Fides has learned, in all 37 dioceses of the nation, the Bishops lead the prayer and invite al ...
• 
  6 October 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Ad hoc commission to investigate illegal expropriation of Christian lands in Iraqi Kurdistan Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidential Office of the Autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan instructed the regional government to create an ad hoc Commission to examine, document and prosecute the systematic illegal expr ...