Asia

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  15 February 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Little things bring joy to the suffering faces of the sick: Camillians on the occasion of theXXXI World Day of the Sick Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - The XXXI World Day of the Sick, celebrated by the Catholic Church on February 11, 2023 (see Fides, 10/2/2022), was a precious opportunity to also bring together the Camillians (MI) of Indonesia ...
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  13 February 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The people of God gather at Mary's feet to ask for peace, justice, healing, reconciliation Nyaunglebin (Agenzia Fides) - The people of Myanmar gather at the feet of the Virgin Mary to earnestly invoke, with inner emotion and spiritual participation, healing and peace. Thousands of pilgrims and devotees gathere ...
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  10 February 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, the Beijing parish of Xi Tang asks Mary for graces and healings on the World Day of the Sick Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Beijing parish of Xi Tang celebrates the 300th anniversary of its foundation by inviting the people of God to make a spiritual "pilgrimage" tomorrow, February 11, on the day the liturgy cele ...
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  10 February 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Korean community's closeness and solidarity with earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Images of the widespread devastation caused by the earthquake on February 6 in Turkey and Syria have not left Catholics in South Korea indifferent. Peter Chung Soon-Taick, O.C.D., Archbishop of S ...
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  9 February 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - With martial law in 37 other cities, the army is determined to "crush any resistance" Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - With the imposition of martial law in 37 other townships throughout the country, including the strongholds of the resistance in the regions of Sagaing and Magwe, the pressure of the military go ...
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  9 February 2023
  ASIA/TURKEY - Bishop Bizzeti: dramatic situation. The earthquake forces to abandon the politics of conflict Iskenderun (Agenzia Fides) - In the face of the earthquake that has annihilated thousands of human lives and reduced entire neighborhoods between Syria and Turkey to rubble, the collective tragedy and common pain of diff ...
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  9 February 2023
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarchs and Heads of Churches: after the earthquake, no more sanctions and embargo against the Syrian people Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - After the earthquake that hit large areas in northern Syria on Monday, February 6, economic embargoes and sanctions imposed by Western countries and organizations against the Syrian Arab Republ ...
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  8 February 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Somascan Fathers in celebration and on mission for orphaned and abandoned children Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Celebrating today, February 8, the feast of Saint Jerome Emiliani (Venice, 1486 - Somasca, Feb. 8, 1537) in the parish named after him in the municipality of Muntinlupa - one of the cities that m ...
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  8 February 2023
  ASIA/SYRIA - Monk (and next bishop) Jacques Mourad: the earthquake, the "full measure" of pain, and the mystery of our faith Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The only thing missing was this earthquake to fill to the brim the cup of suffering. And now, in this very situation, hope, charity, solidarity among all still passes, thanks be to God. Today th ...
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  8 February 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic 'Faith Weekly' calls for prayer and donations for earthquake victims Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal for prayer and solidarity in favor of the Turkish and Syrian populations affected by the disastrous earthquake was launched immediately after the first tremendous earthquake on T ...
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  8 February 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Camillians in Flores ready for Mission: “The Lord truly performs His extraordinary miracles” Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church continues to flourish on the island of Flores. Two new Camillian (MI) priests and three new deacons were ordained on Sunday 29 January 2022 in the chapel of the Camillian Sem ...
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  7 February 2023
  ASIA/TURKEY - Antioch, the earthquake destroys mosques and churches. Catholic parish welcomes displaced people Antakya (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Antioch is dramatic. Entire buildings have collapsed, mosques and churches have been destroyed. There are dead, there are people buried under the rubble, and in many places no ...
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  7 February 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In Mindanao the celebration of the Week for Interreligious Harmony: dialogue and good works, even in the face of the earthquake Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "We celebrated with joy in Zamboanga and throughout the island of Mindanao the World Week of Interreligious Harmony, which is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 February. It was the United Nati ...
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  7 February 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - New priests for Chinese dioceses, called to serve the Lord's Church "with humility and courage" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, in several dioceses in mainland China, new "workers in the Lord's Vineyard" were ordained and presented to the communities to which they will be called ...
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  6 February 2023
  ASIA/SYRIA - Aleppo, Bishop Audo: after 12 years of war, the earthquake falls on us like a new bomb Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "Now it is even more important to be close to the people, who are terrorized by this earthquake". For Jesuit Antoine Audo, Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo, "among the many we have had, this is a disast ...