Asia

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  21 December 2019
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - A missionary: "Communicating the Gospel and accompanying the population towards a path of fullness" Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "With a spirit of service, we must communicate the message of salvation of the Gospel and accompany the population towards a path of fullness of life". This is what Father Mario Ghezzi, missi ...
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  19 December 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Bishop of Aleppo: communities weakened by the selfishness of individuals. At Christmas may the light of Christ give us unity Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Baby Jesus came into the world in a historical moment torn by violence, deprivation and suffering, similar to those that today afflict Syrians and other peoples of the Middle East. The light of h ...
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  19 December 2019
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A new Catholic hospital wins patients' hearts   Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - A new Catholic hospital has opened its doors in Dhaka, offering quality health care and services: we are talking about the St. John Vianney Hospital, recently built in the archdiocese of Dhaka and ...
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  18 December 2019
  ASIA - "To be with" is the way to bring Christ to Asia Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "To be with. From here begins the Christian announcement in Asia. 'To be with' is the way to evangelize. It is important first of all to be, our presence in a context, a community, a society. Then ...
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  18 December 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Missionary Church's commitment to those affected by leprosy Chhattisgarh (Agenzia Fides) - The missionary Church has a long tradition of assistance to leprosy patients, this is the case of the Jeevodaya Social and Leprosy Rehabilitation Center which has been assisting people affe ...
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  17 December 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - The new Armenian Patriarch: the issue of the Armenian Genocide exploited for economic-political strategies Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - "It hurts us to see the events that happened to the Armenians 100 years ago on these lands, transformed into instruments of economic, political or strategic pressure by the Parliaments of other ...
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  17 December 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - The new law on citizenship to immigrants "is unconstitutional": appeal to "civil disobedience" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The new law on citizenship (Citizenship Amendment Act 2019), approved by Parliament and promulgated on December 12 after the signature of the President of India, is clearly discriminatory, di ...
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  16 December 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai on the Lebanese crisis: "politicians have not listened to the voice of God" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "If politicians were truly inspired by the divine will and prayed, Lebanon would not find itself today in a desperate economic and financial situation, with paralyzed institutions. The people wou ...
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  16 December 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Prayer and solidarity for the earthquake victims in Mindanao Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A special prayer of the Rosary and a campaign of solidarity for the victims of the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that affected the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines on Sunday, December 15 ...
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  14 December 2019
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Archbishop Pizzaballa visits the Christian community in Gaza Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - Meetings with the parishioners, blessing of a new chapel, participation in a Christmas play with young people and children, administration of the sacraments: First Communion and Confirmation, celeb ...
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  14 December 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians in Orissa united in faith and call for peace and reconciliation Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - In the Indian state of Orissa (or "Odisha"), in Southeast India, "the Church is close to the poor and marginalized, recognizing and working for their human dignity. There are also spontaneou ...
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  14 December 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Pakistan Christians Parliamentarian Forum at the start Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistan Christians Parliamentarian Forum has been launched in Pakistan, a body in which Christian parliamentarians from different parties gather to discuss, confront each other and find solu ...
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  13 December 2019
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - No Israeli permits for Christians in Gaza to celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem and Jerusalem Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - All the data collected in recent years confirm the steady increase in the number of pilgrims and tourists who come from all over the world to Jerusalem and Bethlehem to visit the Holy Places e ...
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  13 December 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - A priest: the government must put more effort into protecting human rights New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In India it is the task of the government and the institutions to do more to guarantee the protection and promotion of human rights: this is what Fr. Cedrik Prakash, a Jesuit priest and activi ...
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  12 December 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle, gift of the Church in the Philippines to the universal Church Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle is "a great gift from the Church of the Philippines to the universal Church", said Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Apostolic Nuncio in the Philippines, commenting to F ...