Asia

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  18 February 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church consecrates the nation to St. Joseph Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Philippines are preparing to consecrate the country to the protection of Saint Joseph as part of a solemn celebration called to be held on May 1st, the day in memory of Saint J ...
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  17 February 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Two young Christians are charged for blasphemy on false accusations that could lead to the death penalty Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Two young Christians have been charged for blasphemy, accused of having preached Christianity to young Muslims and of having publicly dishonored Islam, the Koran and the Prophet Mohammed at Model ...
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  17 February 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: it is wrong to expect that the Pope's visit will solve all our problems Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis "is not coming to Iraq to solve all the problems" that the local Christian communities are facing. It certainly does not depend on him to bring back "Christians who emigrated abroa ...
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  16 February 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Protests by Christians after the introduction of compulsory Hindu rites and prayers in public and private schools New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Within the federal territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, in western India, in all schools, students of all levels will have the obligation to celebrate Vasant Panchami (Hindu ...
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  15 February 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Rise of the "Civil Disobedience Movement": appeal to stop the arrests of citizens Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Our appeal is to stop the illegal arrests of citizens made during the night. We will continue to nurture the Civil Disobedience Movement that thousands of people of good will, of all cultures, s ...
• 15 February 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and succession of bishop of Dibrugarh Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Dibrugarh, India, presented by Bishop Joseph Aind, S.D.B. He is succeeded by Bishop Albert Hemrom, u ...
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  15 February 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - A new church in Northeast India for the Jubilee of Faith Tangsa (Agenzia Fides) - The opening of a new church marks the celebration of 25 years of the presence of faith in a district in the diocese of Miao, in north-eastern India. The faithful of the village of Hetlong, in the ...
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  13 February 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: "May the Lord end the pandemic with the power of his resurrection" Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Since ancient times, the practice of fasting has been used to "repent" and "seek divine mercy in times of difficulties such as disease, epidemics, injustice, persecution and wars". The current s ...
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  13 February 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Bangladesh minority groups demand reading of scriptures at start of parliament session Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – The organisations for the minority religious groups of Bangladesh have demanded reading of scriptures of all the four major religions of Bangladesh at the beginning of parliament sessions and st ...
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  13 February 2021
  ASIA - Poverty and risks of a "lost generation" due to the pandemic Singapore (Agenzia Fides) – What impact will the Covid-19 pandemic have in the short-term future in Asia? What are its effects on poverty, a plague that not only affects the Asian continent, but as can be seen in the p ...
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  13 February 2021
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The Bishop of Karaganda: "Blessed Bukowiński, the deep root of the Kazakh Church and its vocational flowering" Karaganda (Agenzia Fides) - "Along the path of history, the Church is continually regenerated and brought forward by the saints and their testimony. Blessed Wladyslaw Bukowiński was an active and profound root of the fl ...
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  12 February 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - "Master, don't you care that we are about to perish?" Syrian Lent according to Archbishop of Damascus Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Destroyed by war and suffocated by economic sanctions, Syria is like a ship sinking in a storm. And to the disciples of Christ who are in Syria, in this state, the same anguished words come to ...
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  12 February 2021
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Prayer of the Bishops for the protection of all families on the occasion of the Lunar New Year Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - Send a Greeting Message for the Lunar New Year - in February 12, 2021 - and pray for the protection of all families, such is the initiative taken by the Bishops of Malaysia who see in this occas ...
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  12 February 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Opening of the first formation house for young Camillian aspirants Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Twenty years ago I never thought I would reach this day. After joining the Camillian religious Order of the Ministers of the Sick, I immediately began to dream of the Order's presence in Pakist ...
• 12 February 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Karachi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Karachi, Pakistan, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Joseph Coutts. The Holy Father ...