Asia

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  20 May 2020
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The memory of the victims of the Khmer Rouge is an occasion to remember the Cambodian martyrs Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us remember today the victims and the sufferings that occurred during the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. Let us also remember our martyrs. And let us pray for peace, dialogue and reconcil ...
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  20 May 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - After Covid-19, a "green change" in the economy is urgently needed, starting from agriculture Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in the Philippines sees the urgency and proposes a "green change" in the country's economy, especially in the post-Covid-19 period. According to the economists of the Jesuit-led Univer ...
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  19 May 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Agriculture and tailoring projects during confinement at Ark Village Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "We inhabitants of Ark Village could consider ourselves almost privileged, because we live in a six-hectare territory and we do not feel the weight of the restrictions imposed for Covid-19. Due t ...
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  19 May 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The government announces the re-opening of Churches in Punjab: joy among the faithful Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very happy for the announcement of the government of Punjab, which will allow the churches to reopen; however, we need some time to prepare everything: we must educate and sensitize t ...
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  18 May 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The "Laudato Sì Week", for a better tomorrow Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "As a Catholic community in India we want to reflect, pray, discuss and act for a more just and sustainable tomorrow": says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Joseph Gonsalves, at the head of the Archdiocesan ...
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  18 May 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Covid-19 among Rohingya refugees: "Prevention and awareness measures are urgently needed" Cox's Bazar (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a difficult job, but now the priority is to stop the infection. In these settlements, where it is almost impossible to keep social distancing, Rohingya refugees are at high risk for t ...
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  18 May 2020
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Pastoral activities resume, with attention to interreligious solidarity Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Public religious activities blocked for at least six weeks due to the Covid-19 emergency have resumed, albeit with due caution. The green light from the authorities was given on May 8 when Vu Chie ...
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  16 May 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - The COVID-19 pandemic has also strongly impacted the newspapers of the Christian communities Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Among the side effects of the coronavirus pandemic, in Turkey as in other countries, there are the difficulties affecting the media sector and in particular newspapers, mainly distributed throu ...
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  16 May 2020
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Father Cosme: "In times of Covid-19, cultivate the desire to get together again, to grow united in faith" Kompong Cham (Agenzia Fides) - "There is perhaps a new image of the Church that is emerging in this period of pandemic: it is that of a Church that is based not only on the celebration of the Eucharist, but invites the f ...
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  16 May 2020
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Solidarity and gratitude of the Taiwanese people in times of Covid-19 Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - "The Covid-19 pandemic was immediately an opportunity for solidarity, given that the Taiwanese are an open, generous and supportive population", says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Raphael Lin Zhiding, Ch ...
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  15 May 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders gathered in prayer and fasting: "God free us from the pandemic" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - United in prayer and mutual solidarity, invoking God to free us from the pandemic: it is with in this spirit that yesterday, May 14, leaders of the various religions in Pakistan met in the Cathol ...
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  15 May 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church and the Pontifical Mission Societies are a compass in the difficult time of the coronavirus Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The spiritual and material work of the Catholic Church in the Philippines and, in this context, the action of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the country constitute a compass, and a saf ...
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  15 May 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Erdogan: Armenian and Greek "lobbies" conspire against the Turks even during the time of the pandemic Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to use periodic speeches dedicated to the Covid-19 crisis to denounce geopolitical forces and actors who, in his opinion, in this emergency situat ...
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  14 May 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Civil society and religious communities: coronavirus increases "slave labor" New Delhi (Agenza Fides) - In some states of India there are measures that extend working hours and suspend the minimum wages, in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, increasing the phenomenon of "slave labor", or what b ...
• 14 May 2020
  ASIA/THAILAND - Resignation of metropolitan Archbishop of Tharé and Nonseng, Thailand, and appointment of new metropolitan Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 May 2020, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Tharé and Nonseng, Thailand, presented by Archbishop Louis Chamniern Sant ...