Asia

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  31 July 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholic priest arrested by rebels and accused of having contact with the regular army Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic priest Fr. Noel Hrang Tin Thang, parish priest of the Catholic church in the city of Surkhua, in the diocese of Hakha, was taken and arrested by local militias in the Burmese state of ...
• 31 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Nalgonda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Nalgonda (India), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Joji Govindu. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 31/7/2021) ...
• 31 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "St. John" Regional Philosophical Seminary in Visakhapatnam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 20, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Thumma Vijay Prathap, of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SD ...
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  30 July 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Political party of Christians announces the boycott of the next parliamentary elections Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Party of the sons of two rivers (Beth Nahrain), a political group that brings together leaders and militants from Iraqi Christian communities, has officially announced its intention to boyco ...
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  30 July 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholic priests and religious at the forefront of the fight against the pandemic Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - Burmese priests, religious and lay faithful are on the front line to provide medical care to people who have been infected by the Covid-19 pandemic, while the country has registered about 5,00 ...
• 30 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Saint Paul" regional preparatory seminary in Vijayawada Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 20, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Donthireddy Raja, of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) as Re ...
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  29 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Jesuits pay tribute to Fr Stan Swamy on National Day of Justice New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In celebrating the "National Day of Justice", on July 28, Indian citizens of the Christian religion and other faith communities remembered and paid great tribute to Fr. Stan Swamy, the Jesuit, ...
• 29 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the “St Joseph” Regional Seminary in Allahabad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 3, 2021, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Wilfred Moras, of the diocesan clergy of Lucknow. The new Rec ...
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  28 July 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Beit Sahour, work has begun to build a reception center in the "Shepherds' Field" Beit Sahour (Agenzia Fides) - The "Shepherds' Field", included in the Palestinian town of Beit Sahour, is one of the places most dear to the Christian memory of the birth of Jesus. In that locality, according to traditio ...
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  28 July 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Support for the poor and the sick: the Church deeply involved in charity actions for the pandemic Ho Chi Minh City. (Agenzia Fides) - While Vietnam, considered a country that had successfully fought the pandemic, is affected by the fourth wave, in particular by the Delta variant of Covid-19, the dioceses of the Catho ...
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  28 July 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops' appeal to President Duterte: "Unity must be restored in the nation" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - President Rodrigo Duterte should use the remaining time of his presidential term (elections are scheduled for May 2022) to unite the nation and restore dignity to public services, in favor of cit ...
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  27 July 2021
  ASIA/JAPAN - During the Olympic Games marked by the pandemic, the urgency is "to take care of oneself and others" Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - "The most widespread attitude among the population of Japan was the request to cancel or postpone the Olympics, due to the pandemic, for fear of an increase in infections. The situation we are exp ...
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  27 July 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - State of emergency extended due to Coronavirus: between uncertainty and worry, missionaries do not stop Lamphun (Agenzia Fides) - "In the province many villages have been completely closed. The cathedral is closed in Chiangmai as well as all schools. There was also an outbreak in the interdiocesan seminary, 11 seminarians ...
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  27 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - There are 145 cases of violence against Christians in the first half of 2021: "Anti-conversion laws" are worrying New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the first half of 2021 (from January to June) 145 cases of violence against Christians in India were documented: as reported in a note sent to Agenzia Fides by the Commission for Religious ...
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  26 July 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Raï: a new government is needed by August 4. But the "Mikati solution" does not convince Christian political leaders Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Everything possible must be done to give birth to a new Lebanese government by August 4, the day on which the first anniversary of the terrible explosion that devastated the Port of Beirut almost ...