Asia

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  30 September 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops to the government: "No" to anti-conversion laws New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of Indian, Catholic and other Christian Bishops met with federal ministers to ask for the repeal of the anti-conversion laws, approved by governments in some states of the Indian ...
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  29 September 2021
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Patriarch emeritus Michel Sabbah: "The future of Christians in the Middle East is not a question of numbers, but of faith" Antelias (Agenzia Fides) – The questions, and also the uncertainties about the future of Christians in the Middle East, "are not primarily a question of numbers, even if numbers are important, but rather a question of ...
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  29 September 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslim woman sentenced to death for blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - On September 27, a court of first instance (session court) in Lahore sentenced a Muslim woman to death and fined 50,000 rupees (approximately 265 euros) for violating the blasphemy law. According ...
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  29 September 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Church representatives on upcoming elections: "Citizens should exercise the right to vote responsibly" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Citizens are called upon to exercise their right to vote responsibly while the country is still marked by the pandemic": this is the appeal launched by several Catholic leaders in the Philippine ...
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  28 September 2021
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Document on the future of Christians in the Middle East: Western "protections" or "alliances between minorities" do not help us Antelias (Agenzia Fides) - In the Middle East there are ecclesial realities that "in order to obtain assistance from some American and European Christian groups, they adopt ideas that militate against coexistence, exagge ...
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  28 September 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Seafarers are "ambassadors of Christ" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Filipino seafarers are part of the circle of God's friends. They defy danger and suffer loneliness for the good of their family and their country. Let us pray that they may continue to be ambass ...
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  28 September 2021
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Church resumes the celebration of masses "cum populo" Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - After months of suspension of Masses in the presence of the faithful, due to the pandemic, the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur has announced that from October 9, in the diocesan territory "cum ...
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  27 September 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pakistani Bishops' appeal: everyone is actively called to participate in the synodal process Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "We Church in Pakistan express our feelings of joy for the Synod announced by the Pope in 2023. As Bishops of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Pakistan (PCBC) we invite all the faithful to ...
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  27 September 2021
  ASIA/JORDAN - Christians and Muslims together seek antidotes to the traps of "media hatred" Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The two-day conference dedicated to the theme "Media against hatred", organized by the Muslim Council of the Elderly and the Catholic Center for Studies and Media, begins today in Amman, establish ...
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  27 September 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Catholics in Rajshahi celebrate the centenary of migration and the arrival of the Gospel Rajshahi (Agenzia Fides) - The faithful of the diocese of Rajshahi, in northwestern Bangladesh, celebrate the centenary of the arrival of the faith in their territory, which took place thanks to the migration of the Chri ...
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  25 September 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - No to the polarization between 'us' and 'them': "Migrants are the others among us" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "In today's India, division and polarization, chauvinism and xenophobia have gripped different parts of society, especially because of the poisonous hate speech by politicians. A large part of ...
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  25 September 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The government recognizes the extraordinary services of Catholic schools Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Education today is one of the most virtuous acts. We know the challenges that Catholic schools and teachers are facing, we recognize your ingenuity, extraordinary efforts and hard work for our ...
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  24 September 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian is the new Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Armenian Catholic Synod of Bishops, convened by the Holy Father in Rome on September 22nd, 2021, elected the new Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians on Thursday, September 23rd. It is Raphaë ...
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  24 September 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops oppose the anti-conversion law in Karnataka Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The ten Catholic Bishops of the state of Karnataka, in southern India, met Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to voice their opinion over a proposed law to ban forcible religious conversions in t ...
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  23 September 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: abortion is Cain-style murder Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The practice of induced abortion repeats what happened in the story of Cain, who committed the first "premeditated murder" told in the Bible. And for the Church "all human life, including that o ...