Asia

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  26 September 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Apostolic Nuncio on the situation of Christians and aid for Rohingya refugees (with the help of the Pope) by Fabio Beretta Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Bangladesh", where Christians represent only 0.30% of the population, "is very delicate. In general, Christians live in a peaceful context, but there have als ...
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  26 September 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop Neli: the path to peace in Manipur is not achieved with weapons and separation walls by Paolo Affatato Imphal (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace and reconciliation in Manipur cannot be based on the separation of ethnic communities; they will not be achieved by building a new separation wall on the border with M ...
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  25 September 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch asks UN Security Council to intervene in order to impose negotiations between the parties in conflict Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In the face of the "national catastrophe" in Lebanon, Maronite Patriarch Boutros Bechara Rai appeals to the UN Security Council to "intervene effectively" to force the parties to the conflict to ...
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  25 September 2024
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Lebanon: the international community should "make every effort to stop this terrible escalation" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I am saddened by the news from Lebanon, where in recent days the intense bombings have claimed many victims and caused destruction," said Francis during the general audience in front of th ...
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  25 September 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Middle East Council of Churches: “comprehensive aggression” against Lebanon. Father Zgheib: attack in a village a few kilometers from the Maronite Patriarchate Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing military escalation in Lebanon has developed into a "comprehensive aggression against various Lebanese regions, resulting in the martyrdom of thousands of citizens and the displacemen ...
• 24 September 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Father Alfonsus Widhiwiryawan appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 5 September 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Father Alfonsu ...
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  24 September 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - World Youth Day 2027 in Seoul: young people from all over the world to become “courageous missionaries” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From a country where faith was transmitted “without the help of missionaries”, young people are to become “courageous missionaries” able to bear witness to the joy of the Gospel. This is th ...
• 24 September 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Bishop Subroto Gomes: "Student protests" must respect the rights of others Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation we find ourselves in after the political and social crisis of last August is delicate. There are still tensions in society, there are protests, especially among young people. The ma ...
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  24 September 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - The memory of the Jesuit Martino Martini still opens up paths of encounter and dialogue by Marta Zhao and Laura Gomez Ruiz Hangzhou (Agenzia Fides) - China, the city of Hangzhou and the Chinese Catholic community have never forgotten Father Martino Martini. The great Jesuit missionary, appreciated by th ...
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  23 September 2024
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - Bishop Martinelli closes the Jubilee of the Martyrs of Arabia: they are our roots Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - The Jubilee in honor of Saint Aretha and his Companions, Martyrs of Arabia, was also a precious opportunity to rediscover the long history of Christianity in Arabia, a history "rooted in the a ...
• 23 September 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - President Dissanayake: the new face of the nation Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Anura Kumara Dissanayake is the new president of Sri Lanka, the Electoral Commission announced yesterday after the election on Saturday, September 21. A member of parliament with a left-wing pol ...
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  21 September 2024
  ASIA/VIETNAM - “WYO4children”: a musical project that heals wounds and opens people up Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - The orphans of the home run by the Missionary sisters of Charity in the diocese of Phu Cuong, in southern Vietnam, have learned that “music heals the wounds of the heart”, said Fr. ...
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  20 September 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Raï condemns attack on the Lebanese people Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "Sadness" for the bloody attack that hit "almost three thousand Lebanese citizens" by turning their pagers and walkie-talkies into explosive devices, and his firm condemnation of the Israeli atta ...
• 20 September 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Elections in the midst of an economic and political crisis: the people demand change Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Two years after the popular protests that led to the dismissal of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in the midst of a serious economic crisis, Sri Lanka is preparing to elect a new president. ...
• 20 September 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy on WhatsApp Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Shagufta Kiran, a 40-year-old Pakistani Christian, was found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to death under Article 295-C of the Penal Code for defaming the Prophet Muhammad through a messag ...