Asia

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  15 September 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Anti-Covid measures loosened, Maronite Church returns to receiving communion on the tongue Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - While in Lebanon the spread of infections from Covid-19 seems to be weakening, emergency measures are beginning to be removed in the Maronite Church regarding the methods of administering the sa ...
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  15 September 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Bringing the face of Jesus to the most abandoned places": the Sisters of the Holy Face and their mission among the last Koting (Agenzia Fides) - "It was October 24, 1991. My Congregation sent me as a missionary to Flores, a small island in Indonesia that I had never heard of". Thus begins the story of Sr. Aloisia dal Bo, from the Congrega ...
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  15 September 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The "Legion of Mary", compassionate face of the Church Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - To be "the compassionate face of the Church in Indonesia": this is the appeal made by Indonesian Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo, Archbishop of Jakarta, to the "Legion of Mary" (or "Legio Mariae"), a ...
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  14 September 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinals Yeom: "Peace requires an open heart" Budapest (Agenzia Fides) - Peace on the Korean Peninsula is a great challenge and a great obligation for the Catholic Church in Korea. This was emphasized by Cardinal Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul and Apostolic Admi ...
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  14 September 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Scalabrini Missionary Sisters open new mission in Davao Davao (Agenzia Fides) - The Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters open a new mission in the Philippines, in Davao. After Quezon City and Manila, Davao is the third most populous city in the Philippines: It has more than one an ...
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  13 September 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The dream of St. Camillus continues: the first church dedicated to the Saint in the district of Okara Okara (Agenzia Fides) - "A house of prayer, a place of worship where one can connect with God and where other activities that are not prayer and spiritual are not allowed" declared Mgr. Indrias Rehmat, Bishop of Faisalab ...
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  11 September 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic cemeteries welcome the victims of the pandemic, of any religion Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Cebu, in the central Philippines, has decided to welcome in its Catholic cemeteries the bodies of people, of any religion, who have died as a result of the pandemic. As communi ...
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  10 September 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Mikati announces the formation of the government. Father Zgheib: perhaps the Pope's visit becomes more possible Beirut - Agenzia Fides) - After more than a year of stalemate, Lebanon has a new government. The Sunni Najib Mikati, who since last July 26, had been tasked with forming a new government from President Michel Aoun, after ...
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  10 September 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "The Church in Myanmar is being tested with its patience" Budapest (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church in Myanmar had been tested through its patience. Our people are lovers of art and culture and very religious. But our people have faced seven decades of great challenges. I ...
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  10 September 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Archdiocese of Seoul celebrates the sending of missionary priests to France and Japan Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Seoul celebrated a solemn Eucharist with the missionary mandate to the priests who will offer their pastoral service and bring the proclamation of the Gospel abroad, at the service o ...
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  9 September 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Mar Awa Royel is the 122nd Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Mar Awa Royel, currently Bishop of the Assyrian diocese of California (USA) and Secretary of the Holy Synod is the 122nd Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East. He was elected on Wednesday, ...
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  9 September 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The army tries to recruit young people who choose to join the resistance forces Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In many regions of Myanmar the regular army is asking village authorities to recruit young people as military assistants, and to help the army in the logistics, especially in combat areas. If the ...
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  9 September 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic cable TV starts in the State of Meghalaya Shillong (Agenzia Fides) - In September a new Catholic cable TV started broadcasting in the State of Meghalaya, in north-eastern India. As Fides learned, the channel is called "Don Bosco Media Network" (DBMN) and is mana ...
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  8 September 2021
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: "The government has a duty to promote truth and justice on the Easter massacres, with a transparent investigation" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "We reiterate the request for a transparent investigation, which ascertains instigators and responsibility for the Easter attacks. The Church and the entire nation, shocked by terrorism, have th ...
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  8 September 2021
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Catholics and Buddhists celebrate the "Time of Creation" together Battambang (Agenzia Fides) - In Cambodia the "Time of Creation" is a fruitful opportunity to develop dialogue, friendship and deep interreligious relations between Christians and Buddhists. As Fides learned, from Septemb ...