Asia

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  14 September 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A life for the mission: Fr. Richard Timm, "great soul" for 66 years at the service of Bangladesh Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - His life as a Catholic missionary in Bangladesh is considered legendary: Father Richard William Timm (1923-2020), American Catholic priest and religious of the Congregation of the Holy Cross (CSC) ...
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  14 September 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian refugees from the Nineveh Plain celebrate the feast of the Holy Cross Teleskof (Agenzia Fides) - The persistent difficulties following the jihadist invasion of 2014 and the new problems linked to the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic have not prevented Christians of the Nineveh Plain from ce ...
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  14 September 2020
  ASIA - Asia is the continent most exposed to climate change and risks Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Earth's climate is changing after more than 10,000 years of relative stability, and Asia is the continent most exposed to sudden changes that are fraught with consequences for human commun ...
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  11 September 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: the proposal on "Lebanese neutrality" is not aimed "against" Hezbollah Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The proposal to reaffirm the so-called "Lebanese neutrality", indicated in recent months on several occasions by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai as a way out of the crisis in Lebanon, shou ...
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  11 September 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic priest found dead in his room, due to gunshots Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Nomer de Lumen, a Catholic priest of the diocese of Antipolo, suffragan of the archdiocese of Manila, was found dead due to gunshots in his room on 9 September. He was 32 years old. This is ...
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  11 September 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Marian pilgrimage "in digital form", but faith remains strong Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Every year we celebrate the feast of Mother Mary, on 8 September, by organizing a three-day national pilgrimage to Mariamabad, the 'city of Mary' in the Archdiocese of Lahore. The pilgrimage inv ...
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  10 September 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The young Indian Catholic at the UN: Laudato Sì is a source of inspiration Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Sì is a precious source of inspiration for the commitment in defense of mother earth and in the fight against the climate crisis. I regularly draw inspirat ...
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  9 September 2020
  ASIA / PAKISTAN - Christian sentenced to death for "blasphemy"; the Church calls for a government campaign for minority rights Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A court in Lahore, capital of the Punjab province of Pakistan, sentenced a Christian man to death for committing "blasphemy": Asif Pervaiz, 37, has been in prison since 2013 on charges of having ...
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  9 September 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - A Bishop in the National Unity Plan Committee, "to build harmony and the common good" Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - "I live this appointment as a service to the common good to help the government promote peace, harmony, understanding, solidarity and work for development": as Agenzia Fides learns, with these w ...
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  8 September 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Christians and Muslims united to celebrate and act in the "Season of Creation" Puerto Princesa (Agenzia Fides) - In the spirit of building the common good together, Christian and Muslim volunteers come together to celebrate and live the "Season of Creation", announced by Pope Francis, which began o ...
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  8 September 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Catholic hospitals treat patients with ventilators donated by the Holy See Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis has sent a ventilator for the intensive care unit as a gift. It is a blessing for us. It will be very useful for assisting coronavirus patients": says to Agenzia Fides Father Kamal C ...
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  7 September 2020
  ASIA/MACAO - From family to family: Claretian missionaries launch an initiative to feed the needy, inspired by Mother Teresa Macao (Agenzia Fides) - The Claretian missionaries have given life to an initiative to feed the needy in Macao, inspired by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the saint who did so much for the poor and dispossessed in India. As ...
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  7 September 2020
  ASIA - Covid-19 and educational emergency: collaboration between governments and the private sector is urgently needed to support families Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The Covid-19 pandemic has had a strong impact on education systems globally. According to UNICEF, the effects of the pandemic have affected more than 1.5 billion students globally, and 1 billion ...
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  5 September 2020
  ASIA - Virus and poverty: the phenomenon of "child brides" worsens, political responses are urgently needed Pune (Agenzia Fides) - Tens of thousands of girls in various nations of Asia are forced, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, to marry at a very young. The girls come from families who live in poverty, aggravated by the coronav ...
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  4 September 2020
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Towards a missionary October: the support of "Catholic Mission" Australia for people with disabilities Battambang (Agenzia Fides) - Supporting the life and work of the Arrupe Center in Cambodia, managed by Bishop Enrique Figaredo Alvar Gonzalez SJ in the Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang, in the north-west of the country ...