Asia

• 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 - Mobilization of Catholic organizations to seek justice for catechists 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 ...
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  4 November 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Trial against a monk postponed for alleged complicity with terrorist organization Mardin (Agenzia Fides) - The trial against Syrian Orthodox monk Sefer Bileçen, who was charged by the Turkish judicial authorities for complicity with terrorist organizations and activities, has been postponed for almos ...
• 4 November 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the Saint John Interdiocesan Theological Seminary in Hyderabad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 17 July 2020, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Kommareddy Marreddy, of the archdiocesan clergy of Hyderabad Re ...
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  3 November 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Ten years after the attack on the Syrian Catholic Church of St. Mary in Baghdad: "Our dead are torches that illuminate our path" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "Our martyrs are the torches of faith that illuminate the path of our life and kindle the fire of charity towards all", said Ignace Yussif III Younan, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrian Catholic ...
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  3 November 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Police have freed the 13-year-old Catholic Arzoo after a forced marriage Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are grateful to God that, on orders from the Provincial Supreme Court, the Sindh Police rescued 13-year-old Catholic Arzoo Raja, who was kidnapped on October 13th, 2020. It is a great result ...
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  31 October 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: Islamist atrocities require more collaboration between Christians and Muslims Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the inhuman ferocity of those who behead innocent people under the insulting invocation of the name of God, it is urgently necessary to avoid the climate of "conflict between religion ...