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‘Case’ over, but what does the most difficult Palm Sunday in Jerusalem really say?
by Giorgio Bernardelli
After yesterday's muddled affair, an agreement was reached for Easter celebrations at the Holy Sepulchre: While the basilica remains closed, Israeli police will guarantee access to the building for Church representatives to livestream the liturgies. ...
| 30/03/2026
| HOLY LAND
 
Holy Week in China: ‘Like one from whom you turn your face’
A source in China reinterprets for AsiaNews the suffering of the Catholic communities of the People's Republic in light of the words of the Prophet Isaiah heard in the liturgies of this period, from the deep wound caused today by the increasingly ...
| 29/03/2026
| ECCLESIA IN ASIA
 
Custos of the Holy Land: ‘Jerusalem must be a voice for those who will never give in to vengeance and hatred’
by Dario Salvi
In AsiaNews, Fr Ielpo describes the run-up to Easter amidst the war in the Gulf and the closure of the holy sites. He condemns the violence perpetrated by settlers in the West Bank: “Serious acts against people who want to live in peace”. ...
| 24/03/2026
| GATEWAY TO THE EAST
 
Islamabad, truce with Kabul, and Gulf War mediation
The ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan for the end of Ramadan is part of a broader objective, namely possible talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad to halt the war in the Middle East. US President Donald Trump reported "very good ...
| 23/03/2026
| PAKISTAN – MIDDLE EAST
 
After diocesan phase in Phnom Penh, the cause of the 12 martyred by Pol Pot moves to Rome
by Giorgio Bernardelli
The Cambodian part of the process for the beatification of Bishop Joseph Chhmar Salas and 11 other victims of the Khmer Rouge genocide ended today. Since 2015, dozens of testimonies have been collected from people who witnessed their faithfulness to ...
| 18/03/2026
| CAMBODIA
 
The Gulf War: What if migrant labor were to come to a standstill?
by Giuseppe Caffulli
While the world’s attention is focused on the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, there is another vital “economic resource” that the war is seriously jeopardizing: the labor of nearly 40 million foreign workers, who make ...
| 17/03/2026
| IRAN - UNITED STATES - GULF
 
What Xi Jinping's new law on ethnic groups in China says
Approved today by the National People's Congress, the legislation turns the president's views on the "sinicisation" of the 56 officially recognised groups into law. Han identity is defined as the "trunk”, while other cultures are compared ...
| 12/03/2026
| RED LANTERNS
 
Religious Sisters and their school under the bombs in Dahye
by Chiara Zappa
For 57 years, the Sisters of Saint Jeanne Antide Thouret have taught Christian and Shia children and youth to live together in Dahye, a Hezbollah stronghold on the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital. Since war broke out, a hundred families have ...
| 11/03/2026
| LEBANON

 

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