Asia

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  31 March 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch Raï relaunches the document of the Nakhtar al Hayat group on the present and future of Christians in the Middle East Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The document drawn up by the ecumenical team Nakhtar al Hayat ("Let's choose life") on the present and the future of Christians in the Middle East finds the full support of the Maronite Patriarc ...
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  31 March 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - A synodal journey in charity: the "Volunteers of the Lord" at the forefront to fight the pandemic Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Priests who guard the quarantined areas to enforce health rules at night, the nuns who are drivers and messengers, the seminarians who load material aid, the laity who intervene in all areas where ...
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  30 March 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Years of legal battle: Settlers from the Ateret Cohanim organization break into historic building in Jerusalem's Christian Quarter Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the churches in Jerusalem condemn the attack by settlers belonging to the Israeli organization Ateret Cohanim on Saturday, March 26, at the historic Petra Hostel near the Jaffa ...
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  30 March 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops invite competent candidates to vote: "our vote is our voice" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Philippine Bishops have told Catholics of the country to select competent candidates who will work for the welfare of people and the interest of the country in the forthcoming May 9 general and l ...
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  29 March 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society to government: it is necessary to protect religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "It is encouraging that the killing of Pooja Kumari, a Hindu girl who resisted kidnapping, forced conversion and forced marriage, was widely condemned by civil society and by individuals on socia ...
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  29 March 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Alarm from the Latin Patriarchate: fake messages sent in the name of the Patriarch Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Someone, pretending to be the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, is sending e-mail messages to extort money from people who are unaware of the increasingly aggressive forms of deception implemented ...
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  28 March 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - A Protestant Christian pastor killed in Chhattisgarh Bijapur (Agenzia Fides) - A 50-year-old Protestant Christian Pastor was murdered by a group of masked men in the district of Bijapur, in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The episode of violence, which took place on Marc ...
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  26 March 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - New priests for the Church, hope for the people Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church of Myanmar is wounded and displaced. Priests are the hope of the people. They are the refuge of brothers and sisters who suffer. Myanmar needs reconciliation and dialogue: for this ...
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  24 March 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced conversions: a bill is urgently needed to protect religious freedom Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Forced conversions to Islam threaten religious freedom and religious pluralism in Pakistan, therefore it is urgent to introduce legal and administrative guarantees to address crimes involving fo ...
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  24 March 2022
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - The Churches of the Middle East join the act of Consecration to Mary for the end of the war in Ukraine Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Churches of the Middle East join Pope Francis in the act by which Russia and Ukraine will be consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, to ask for an end to the tragic war that be ...
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  24 March 2022
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Marian consecration of Ukraine and Russia: "So that the Blessed Mother takes care of these peoples" Samarkand (Agenzia Fides) - "What the whole Church will experience together with Pope Francis on March 25 is a historic moment: the Marian consecration of Ukraine and Russia means entrusting these countries to Our Lady s ...
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  23 March 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Faithful in prayer for the Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to Mary Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "Dear brothers and sisters, it is with great joy and great hope that we have received the message that the Holy Father Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. ...
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  22 March 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Bringing God's love to the poor and the excluded: the mission of Sister Joseph, new Superior of the Missionaries of Charity New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - - "I thank God for the mercy granted to me through the gift of my vocation in the Congregation and now this new responsibility. With the guidance and blessing of God, I commit myself to adhere ...
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  22 March 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Christian, Muslim and Jewish exponents of the Holy Land to Russian Patriarch Kirill: do everything possible to stop the war in Ukraine Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - A letter hanging on the walls of a Russian Orthodox church in Jerusalem, signed by 150 Christians, Jews and Muslims from all over the world, and addressed to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, with t ...
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  22 March 2022
  ASIA - The implications of the war in Central Asia: between ethnic-linguistic divisions and new arrivals from Russia Milan (Agenzia Fides) - The war in Ukraine and the consequent sanctions imposed by the West on Russia are leading to developments that also affect Central Asia. Fr. Edoardo Canetta, a missionary in Kazakhstan for twenty ...