Asia

• 25 September 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of bishop of Sivagangai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Sivagangai, India, presented by Bishop Jebamalai Susaimanickam. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 25/9/2020) ...
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  25 September 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - US funds to the charitable association for Christian refugees founded by Archbishop Warda Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The fund allocated by US foreign policy to a charitable organization promoted by the Chaldean Archbishop of Erbil, Bashar Warda, to assist Christian refugees displaced since 2014 in the capital ar ...
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  25 September 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops to young people: "Serve the Gospel with courage, as young missionaries" Multan (Agenzia Fides): "Pakistan is a Country that has more than 60 percent of young people of its total population, and we Catholic Bishops are working to support young Christians in Pakistan to be protagonists of the ...
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  25 September 2020
  ASIA/THAILAND - Parliament postpones the vote for change: the protest of young people does not stop Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Thailand is enveloped in social and political tensions that involve, in a special way, the world of young people and that could determine a new state structure and therefore the future of the co ...
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  24 September 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - The first church built in Turkish territory since 1923 erected in record time Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - In the year in which in Istanbul the Turkish authorities authorize the re-use for Islamic worship of the ancient Christian basilica of Hagia Sofia and of the ancient church of San Salvatore in ...
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  24 September 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Two statues of Jesus and Mary damaged and disfigured in Andra Pradesh Mandapeta (Agenzia Fides) - Two statues of Jesus and the Virgin Mary were disfigured and damaged in a Catholic parish of the archdiocese of Visakhapatnam, in Andhra Pradesh, a State of southern India. The two statues wer ...
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  24 September 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The first basilica in Kazakhstan: "Here the roots of the Church that went through Soviet repression" Karaganda (Agenzia Fides) - "The title of minor basilica granted to the church of St. Joseph in Karaganda is a very important recognition for the Catholics of Kazakhstan. It is a real Sanctuary: many go there on pilgrima ...
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  23 September 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic universities close amid Covid-19 second wave Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The second wave of the pandemic in Asia has also hit Southeast Asia with force, obliging all Countries to run for cover, reducing, among other public activities, those in the education sector. I ...
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  23 September 2020
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Orthodox Christian Michel Abs is the new Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The new Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) is Michel Abs, 65 years old and a member of the ethics Committee for research at the “Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrou ...
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  23 September 2020
  ASIA - The Bishops of Asia: live with hope in times of pandemic Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic communities scattered throughout Asia are called to "live with hope in times of pandemic": this is what is stated in a message released by the Federation of the Asian Bishops' Conferenc ...
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  22 September 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Towards Mission Sunday - The National Director of the PMS: "Become messengers of peace and mercy" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis asks us to pray to promote the universal missionary spirit: it is necessary to give impetus to cooperation to harmonize missionary forces and live the human and intercultural experi ...
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  22 September 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Electoral campaign under the shadow of the pandemic and war Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - While there is an exponential increase in the cases of Covid-19 and the conflict on the north-western front of the country does not cease, the electoral campaign for the legislative elections of ...
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  21 September 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Civil authorities grant permission to use the home of a deceased Catholic priest as a cultural center Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to the authorization received from civil authorities of Central Java, the project to transform the house that belonged to the family of late father Gregorius Utomo (1929-2020) - one of t ...
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  21 September 2020
  ASIA/NEPAL - Evangelizing with the Word, in times of pandemic: online Bible courses for lay people Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - The Word of God as a seed and first instrument of mission: it is with this spirit that the Apostolic Vicariate of Nepal launched an online biblical course specifically dedicated to the laity t ...
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  19 September 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Suicides on the rise: the Church offers online psychosocial support to people in difficulty New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Psychological disorders, depression and social isolation are a phenomenon that the pandemic has exacerbated. For this reason, the Catholic Church in India has launched an articulated program o ...