Asia

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  14 June 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Afghan women: without justice the war will continue Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - Nargis Nehan, director of the non-governmental organization "Equality for Peace and Democracy" is concerned. "With the withdrawal of troops, it seems that civil society is no longer as useful to t ...
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  12 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANAMR - The Bishops, between violence and social crisis: "It is urgent to open humanitarian corridors and respect sacred places" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Intentionally destroying humanitarian aid intended for poor, vulnerable and destitute people is a crime against humanity", says a source of Fides confirming the news that the Burmese army have d ...
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  12 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Burmese in diaspora around the world: strike in support of Aung San Suu Kyi Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Global Myanmar Spring Revolution Weekend" is the public event that today and tomorrow, in over fifty cities in more than 20 countries around the world, will involve all the Burmese communities of ...
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  11 June 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - In the midst of the pandemic, violence against Christians does not stop New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the first five months of 2021, in 151 days of the current year, despite the serious pandemic situation, 127 episodes of violence against Christians took place in India: says to Agenzia Fide ...
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  11 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The army destroys rice and medicines and starves the population Pekhon (Agenzia Fides) - The Myanmar army (Tatmadaw) is destroying tons of sacks of rice that had been stored and preserved to feed the internally displaced people in the village of Loi Ying Taungche, near the city of Mo ...
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  10 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Church raises the alarm: "Destruction, humanitarian emergency, imminent famine in Kayah" Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very sad and worried to find ourselves in this critical situation. Our peaceful lives are destroyed in the state of Kayah. There are no human rights and freedom. People flee to safe place ...
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  10 June 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The "Here I am" program in Bangalore Church to provide dignified funerals for victims Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - It is a work of mercy and with a spirit of compassion that the Archdiocese of Bangalore, in the state of Karnataka, in southern India, launched the "Here I am" program, an initiative to suppor ...
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  10 June 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: "The road to church unity is not easy" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The path to restore full unity between Churches and ecclesial communities "is not as easy as some imagine", said Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon. In a statement publi ...
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  9 June 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Italian military contingent leaves the country: the future is uncertain Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "The Italian contingent, which today leaves Afghanistan after twenty years of presence in the country, has played a significant role from a social as well as a security point of view. Our soldiers ...
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  9 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Church welcomes displaced people in Chin state Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - In the Catholic community in the city of Surkhua in the diocese of Hakha, over 50 displaced persons, including women, the elderly and children, have found refuge as a result of the intense fightin ...
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  9 June 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarchs and Bishops discuss topics for the upcoming summit in the Vatican Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) – The Patriarchs and Bishops of the Churches present in Lebanon met in the early afternoon of yesterday, Tuesday, June 8th, in Bkerké, at the seat of the Maronite Patriarchate, to discuss the i ...
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  8 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Vicar of Loikaw: "The churches in the sights of the military" Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - It is a serious and dramatic situation in the diocese of Loikaw, in the Burmese state of Kayah (eastern Myanmar), where the conflict between the Burmese army and the popular defense forces that o ...
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  8 June 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - An old Christian school seized from the Church: minority rights trampled on Peshawar (Agenzia Fide) – The Edwardes College in the city of Peshawar, a historic institute of the "Church of Pakistan" (the Anglican Church), in the Anglican diocese of Peshawar, has been entrusted to the management ...
• 7 June 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Cardinal Raï dedicates the land to the Immaculate Heart of Mary: "We are a people who will not die" Harissa (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanese Cardinal Béchara Boutros Raï, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, renewed the consecration of Lebanon and the entire Middle East to the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary ...
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  7 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Another Catholic church bombed in Kayah state: news of the massacre in Yangon not confirmed Demoso (Agenzia Fides) - In the city of Demoso, Kayah State, in eastern Myanmar, the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Peace in the parish of Dongankha, in the Diocese of Loikaw, was intentionally attacked by the Burmese ar ...