Asia

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  21 June 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Synod of Maronite Bishops relaunches the proposal on "Lebanese neutrality" promoted by Patriarch Raï Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The Synod of Bishops of the Maronite Church, as a whole, confirms its full support for the proposal – put forward by Patriarch Béchara Boutros Raï - of a formal act that formalizes Lebanon's ...
• 19 June 2021
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Tainan and appointment of Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Tainan, Taiwan, presented by Bishop John Lee Juo-Wang. At the same time the Pope appointed Bishop Bosc ...
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  18 June 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Young Christians from different Churches pray together for peace in Jerusalem Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Hymns, songs, invocations, Gospel readings, prayers of intercession, and at the end the prayer of the Our Father recited in Syriac: these were the simple gestures of spiritual devotion and beg ...
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  18 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The army accused of war crimes against civilians; the Church: respect human dignity Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - "There is great discouragement and sadness. We live with great concern for the violence that continues and for the civil war that is spreading. The episode of the destruction of the village of ...
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  18 June 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Construction of the first minor Seminary in the diocese of Hyderabad begins Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - "The minor Seminary is the backbone of a diocese. I think it is very important to have a minor Seminary in the diocese. In order to reach the goal of laying the first stone of the minor Semina ...
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  17 June 2021
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Jesuit David Neuhaus: the new government will confirm strong ties with Christian Zionist evangelicals Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - There is a new government in Israel, but the coalition that supports it "has very little that holds it together", and groups forces with antithetical positions regarding "the Palestinian quest ...
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  17 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholic priest detained by the army in the State of Chin released and unharmed Hakha (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Michael Aung Ling, a Burmese Catholic priest of the diocese of Hakha, detained yesterday by the regular army on suspicion of supporting the resistance forces in the town of Kanpetlet, in the ...
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  16 June 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Stop the war: "There is no true religion that invites you to kill" Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace is a religious obligation, a political necessity, a request of the whole nation". Thus reads one of the messages of the national “StopAfghanWar” campaign. Launched two days ago on socia ...
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  16 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - A Catholic priest in the Chin State arrested by the military Hakha (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Michael Aung Ling, parish priest in the Catholic church of St. Joseph in Kanpetlet, a pleasant tourist resort in the diocese of Hakha, in the Burmese state of Chin, on the border with India, ...
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  16 June 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Camillians in Flores: keeping missionary commitment alive and looking to the future with hope Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - The invisible Covid-19 does not seem to have stopped and hindered the vocational enthusiasm of many young people who intend to prepare themselves to become future apostles of the Gospel not only ...
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  15 June 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Synod of the Maronite Bishops: "The supply of the Lebanese population is at risk" Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Food for half of the Lebanese population is at risk, while many young people are leaving the country to build less precarious lives elsewhere. Meanwhile, the political-institutional system is pa ...
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  15 June 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom: Bishop You to the Congregation of the Clergy is "a great gift" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The fact that the Bishop of Daejeon, Lazzaro You Heung-sik, was appointed Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy by Pope Francis is "a great gift for Korean Catholics and for the faithful fr ...
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  15 June 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The International Criminal Court: a complete investigation into the "war on drugs" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Judge Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on the eve of the conclusion of her mandate, has called for a full investigation into the killings in the so-cal ...
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  14 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholic priests arrested and released by the army: violence in Mandalay Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese military have arrested and released six Catholic priests and a lay Catholic in the village of Chan Thar, in the Archdiocese of Mandalay, 700 km north of Yangon. As confirmed to Agen ...
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  14 June 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Jerusalem, the Latin Patriarchate announces the "Annual Peace Day for the East" and announces the consecration of the region to the Holy Family of Nazareth Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - A "Peace Day for the East", which will be celebrated every year with a special Eucharistic liturgy "to implore God's Mercy and His Peace on this beloved Middle East, where the Christian faith ...