Asia

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  24 July 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church participates in the humanitarian service and control of Covid-19 in the largest slum in Asia Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of Saint Anthony in the area of Dharavi, in the archdiocese of Bombay, is offering its contribution to stem the spread of the Covid-19 virus in Dharavi, one of the largest slums in the ...
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  24 July 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai insists on Lebanese "neutrality", as the contagions of Covid-19 rise Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - While in Lebanon there has been a rise in the number of infections due to Covid 19, and prestigious institutions such as the American University are showing signs of crisis, Maronite Patriarch Be ...
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  24 July 2020
  ASIA - The Claretians: evangelization with the Bible in the time of Covid-19 Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Claretian missionaries continue and strengthen their ministry of evangelization with the spread of the Bible, in times of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Catholic publishing house Claret Publishing ...
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  23 July 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Covid-19 emergency: borders closed, visas denied, the minor seminary of the Latin Patriarchate suspends its activities Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) - The minor Seminary of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem announces the suspension of study courses and training activities for the 2020-2021 academic year. Various factors have contributed to ...
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  23 July 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - An increase in Covid-19 infections: the Church seeks international support Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "The increase in infections due to Covid-19 that occurred in Kazakhstan since 1 July has led us to ask for international support in launching an emergency project. Currently the situation related ...
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  23 July 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop Tjephe: "The Church has an important role in the peace process" Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church has had and still has an important role in the peace process in Myanmar. And we can say with satisfaction that the ceasefire has been holding up for years in Kayah State and ...
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  22 July 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - "Kemalist theologians": the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque fuels Islamophobia Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The decision to reopen the ancient Christian basilica of Hagia Sophia exclusively for Islamic worship risks becoming "a serious and irreparable error", destined to foment Islamophobic sentiment ...
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  22 July 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic nun "mother of the mentally disabled" dies from Covid-19 Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The funeral of Sister Ruth Lewis, 74, religious of the Congregation of the Franciscan Missionaries of Christ the King (FMCK), who lost her battle against Covid-19 on 20 July 2020, at the Agha Kh ...
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  22 July 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The Sisters of Bethany: one hundred houses for the poor on the centenary of the congregation Mangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The congregation of the Sisters of the Little Flower of Bethany (the so-called "Sisters of Bethany"), on the occasion of the centenary of the foundation of the Institute, has started a housing ...
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  21 July 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean patriarchate: the expulsion of Iraqis carried out by the USA is "Inhuman and immoral" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Patriarchate, led by Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako, is following with concern the story of Iraqis who have been residents of the United States of America for a long time and are now ...
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  21 July 2020
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Young Vincentians: witness to the faith in society Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) - "Christ is alive and wants you alive", and he wants every young person to be ready to bear witness to their faith and hope in society: this was the focus of the gathering of the Vincentian Mar ...
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  21 July 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The fruits of the mission: charity and interreligious coexistence in Kalaw Kalaw (Agenzia Fides) - "The dormitories of our school also host young Buddhists or Muslims. After all, the message of our Holy Father, Pope Francis, is to open up to others in peace". This is what Father Lucas Maung Hla ...
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  20 July 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Covid-19, outbreak in the Catholic Church of Medan, the Archbishop in hospital Medan (Agenzia Fides) - The Indonesian Catholic community is in prayer and is living a time of waiting and fear for the outbreak of Covid-19 which broke out in the Church of Medan, capital of the province of North Sumatr ...
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  20 July 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Anti-terrorism law, from the Bishops a "call to conscience" Manila (Agenzi Fides) - "In the midst of this desolate political landscape, we find consolation from the groups of lawyers and ordinary citizens who have filed petitions before the Supreme Court, questioning the constitu ...
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  20 July 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Priests and religious: "It is time to resist against a dangerous and unjust law" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "I was here, in these same streets with a crowd of people on February 24 and 25, 1986, 34 years ago, when I was still a young seminarian. Today I have returned here as a sign of protest. Despite ...