Asia

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  30 March 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Arab media: a "government committee" will work on suggestions that emerged during Pope Francis' visit Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi government has appointed an inter-ministerial committee to work on the suggestions and proposals that emerged during Pope Francis' recent visit to Iraq. This is reported by the Arab ne ...
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  30 March 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic leaders, after the attack in Sulawesi: "Holy Week with prudence, vigilance, national unity" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Suicide attacks against churches have already occurred several times. One wonders what the criminal plan is. Such incidents do not happen without financial support or help of networks or organi ...
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  30 March 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - Treating drug addiction with compassion Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "It is impossible for Thailand to control, beyond its territorial borders, the origin of the narcotics and the trafficking cartels that do everything possible to smuggle drugs into the country. ...
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  30 March 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Easter marked by 500 years of evangelization: the Jubilee begins Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Philippines has chosen Easter Sunday, 4 April, to formally inaugurate the year-long celebration of the 5th centenary (1521). Various programs and celebrations are being ...
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  29 March 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Franciscan appeal: "Now is the time for the international community to act in order to restore peace and democracy" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "We express deep sadness and grave concern with the ongoing repression of millions of citizens in Myanmar following a military coup": the Franciscans say in a letter sent to UN Secretary General ...
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  29 March 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Suicide attack on a Catholic church in Sulawesi: security measures strengthened for Holy Week Makassar (Agenzia Fides) - Outrage and fear in the Indonesian Catholic community, which embraces the community of Makassar, in the south of the island of Sulawesi, hit by a suicide attack on the Catholic Cathedral of the ...
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  27 March 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - Message of fraternity and solidarity of the Thai Church to the people of Myanmar Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with deep sadness and great regret that we follow recent events in Myanmar. We see too much hatred, too much violence, too much bloodshed, and too much suffering. We see the pain inflicte ...
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  27 March 2021
  ASIA/TURKEY - Life imprisonment for former intelligence chiefs for the murder of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The trial for complicity in the murder of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, a leading figure in the local Armenian community, killed by a hitman in 2007 in central Istanbul, in front of the headq ...
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  27 March 2021
  ASIA/SAUDI ARABIA - African migrants in detention centers: victims of exploitation and exposed to Covid London (Agenzia Fides) - In Saudi Arabia, the coronavirus pandemic and the economic difficulties caused by the collapse of the oil price have affected migrant workers, especially those from Africa. In the midst of the he ...
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  26 March 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Faith in Christ during military service, with the help of new technologies Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Technology to support faith, not only to respond to the pandemic emergency: this is the experience of many young Catholics in Vietnam who, called to fulfill their military service, find themselves ...
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  26 March 2021
  ASIA/JAPAN - Solidarity and prayer for Myanmar on the part of the “sister Church” in Japan Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - "Having developed a special condition of "sister Church" with the Church of Myanmar, we are very worried about the current situation and the impact it is having on people". This is stated in a let ...
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  25 March 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Pizzaballa celebrates the solemnity of the Annunciation in Nazareth: virtual Masses do not save us, but the encounter with Christ Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not through technology that we will meet the Lord, it is not the virtual masses that will save us, and not even social media, but the personal encounter with Him". This is how Archbishop ...
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  25 March 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Preach the Gospel of service, peace and development in the declarations of the new Apostolic Vicar of Quetta Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace is the world's most urgent need. This is why I have chosen the episcopal motto 'Service, Peace, Development'. All human beings are a human family and God wants all human beings to live hap ...
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  24 March 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Caritas Internationalis statements following the consequences of the sanctions on the Syrian people Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The economic sanctions and boycott of Syria, in addition to the Caesar Act, has negatively affected the lives of Syrian citizens, "at the core of their daily lives", so much so that "the garbag ...
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  24 March 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal to young people from the Archbishop of Yangon Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Follow the non-violent path against violent means": this is the exhortation addressed to young Burmese by Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, who, in a statement published on 23 Mar ...