Asia

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  13 November 2020
  ASIA/THAILAND - Student protests: Parliament sets up "committee of experts" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Although there are no longer protest marches in the squares of the capital Bangkok and other Thai cities, the situation in the country remains tense after nine months of public demonstrations, m ...
• 12 November 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan Archbishop of Agra, India Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Agra, India, presented by Archbishop Albert D’Souza. The Holy Father has appointed, ...
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  12 November 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Another 200 families of Christian displaced persons return to Mosul and the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - There are about two hundred families of Christian displaced people who in recent weeks and in the near future have already returned or are preparing to return to their areas of origin, in the neig ...
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  12 November 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Caritas extends project for children with Down syndrome to people with other disabilities Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - The Caritas project to promote the social and professional reintegration of children with Down syndrome in Kazakhstan will be expanded to include people with other disabilities. Fr. Guido Trezzan ...
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  12 November 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - New missionary Bishop in Papua, Apostle of peace in a troubled region Merauke (Agenzia Fides) - Msgr. Petrus Canisius Mandagi, religious of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC), is the new Archbishop of Merauke in Papua, a peripheral region of Indonesia, located in the western part o ...
• 11 November 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Merauke Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed His Exc. Mgr. Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C., currently Bishop of the Diocese of Amboina, as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Merauke (In ...
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  11 November 2020
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Faith during the pandemic: anti-Covid confessionals in the Catholic Cathedral of Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Cathedral in Seoul guarantees the faithful access to the sacrament of confession even during the Covid-19 pandemic. For this purpose, the Catholic Cathedral of Seoul has equipped conf ...
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  11 November 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic organizations: justice for Christian leaders killed in Papua Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - "Human rights violations in Papua should be stopped immediately, in particular by members of the Indonesian security forces and an independent and credible investigation in the cases of the mur ...
• 10 November 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Yangon, Myanmar, the Reverend Noel Saw Naw Aye, of the clergy of Yangon, until now Procurator of the Archdiocese of Y ...
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  10 November 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians in Pakistan: caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed and offenses against religions sow hatred in the world Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Disseminating caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, the Prophet of Islam, creates disharmony among nations, countries and religions in the world and has a negative influence on world peace". Thi ...
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  10 November 2020
  ASIA - Uncertain path of "front-wheel drive" democracy in Central Asia Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - There is a cultural, social and economic political component, that is a common characteristic in the Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the ...
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  9 November 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Peaceful elections: towards a consolidation of the National League for Democracy Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The results of the Burmese elections which were held on Sunday 8 November in the Asian country, in the first round of elections held under the aegis of a civil government, are reconfirming the po ...
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  9 November 2020
  ASIA/JORDAN - Parliamentary election: Bishop Shomali invites citizens to participate despite the pandemic Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The elections in Jordan, scheduled for Tuesday 10 November, will take place in a context marked by the rise in Covid-19 infections and the worsening of the economic crisis, while the country conti ...
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  9 November 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The High Court of Sindh confirms the criminal offense of "child marriage" in the case of the underage Catholic Arzoo Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "According to the report of the medical commission set up on 5 November, the Catholic girl Arzoo Raja is between 14 and 15 years old; the judges checked her details on her birth certificate, iss ...
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  6 November 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholics mobilize for the victims of Typhoon Goni Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Churches in the Philippines opened their doors to offer help to the populations hit by the tropical storm Goni, that struck the Bicol region and other parts of the island of Luzon. The Super Ty ...