Asia

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  17 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Solidarity of Catholic organizations around the world to support the nation in the second wave of Covid-19 New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - While Southwest India, in the Kerala region, records a high number of coronavirus infections (more than 13 thousand cases per day) both in rural and urban areas, and while the mortality rate i ...
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  16 July 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Prime Minister-designate Hariri resigns from office. Father Zgheib: crisis with uncertain outcome Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - With Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's renunciation to form a new government "a new stage of the Lebanese crisis opens. The outcome appears uncertain: new ways out may be opened, or the coun ...
• 16 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Delhi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed rev. Deepak Valerian Tauro, of the clergy of Muzaffarpur, former Rector of St. Albert's College in Ranchi as auxiliary bishop of the Metropolitan Archd ...
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  16 July 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A YouTube channel for the Church in Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A Youtube channel for the Catholic Church in Korea: this is the initiative launched by the "Catholic Peace Broadcasting Corporation" (CPBC) in order to be present on the network and offer the fait ...
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  16 July 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Demonstrations of the Burmese diaspora around the world: recognition of the Government of national unity is being asked Venice (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese diaspora and those who support civil resistance to the military junta met in various places on the planet on the weekend of July 17 and 18 to honor the many generations who died in M ...
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  15 July 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Flores Island: Despite initial restrictions, the Camillians continue their initiatives Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "Churches and schools will remain closed while air and sea travel have been suspended until at least July 21st. The virus now seems to have penetrated our island, where the restrictions are beg ...
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  14 July 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Pain and condolences of the Chaldean Church for the victims of the fire at the hospital of Nassiriya Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, expressed on behalf of the entire Chaldean Church, "profound sadness and pain" for the tragedy that occurred on Monday, July 1 ...
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  14 July 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - Between false news, tensions and lack of vaccines, infections due to Covid-19 are rampant Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "From this week 10 provinces have established a night curfew. Night air traffic is at a standstill throughout Thailand. Those arriving from Bangkok and other red areas must also be quarantined i ...
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  14 July 2021
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - The new law "On freedom of conscience and religious associations" clarifies what is meant by "mission" Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - Many positive aspects derive from the new law "On freedom of conscience and religious associations" approved on July 7 in Uzbekistan. This is explained to Fides by Fr. Jerzy Maculewicz, Apostol ...
• 13 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "St. Peter the Apostle" interregional Seminary in Bangalore Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 25, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Richard Britto, of the diocesan clergy of Mysore, Rector of the ...
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  12 July 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - The project to erect a church in Ur of the Chaldeans takes off Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - A project to erect a church in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the Iraqi governorate of Dhi Qar, also equipped with a meeting room useful in particular to welcome Christian pilgrims who from Iraq and al ...
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  10 July 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Amid violence and difficulties, catechists bring forward the missionary work Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - Bringing the Gospel "to the ends of the earth": with this spirit, 72-year-old catechist John NgwaZar Dee continues his missionary work that has been going on for 50 years. John NgwaZar Dee i ...
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  9 July 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Pandemic surge, but popular protest does not stop Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - Father Jerome Hlawn Khawl, Catholic priest and parish priest of the cathedral church of St. Joseph in the city of Hakha, capital of Chin State, in western Myanmar, is providing oxygen to families ...
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  9 July 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Civil society leaders: violence increases, a UN mission is urgently needed to ascertain the truth about the attacks Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask for a United Nations mission to ascertain the truth about the recent attacks on civilians". With foreign troops on the path of withdrawal, the Taliban on the offensive, a weak government, ...
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  8 July 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The local Church remembers Father Adolfo L'Imperio, a missionary in Bangladesh for 50 years Dinajpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic diocese of Dinajpur and the entire Church in Bangladesh remember with joy and gratitude the life and work of Father Adolfo L'Imperio, priest and missionary, member of the Pontifica ...