Asia

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  26 June 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Cardinal Parolin to religious leaders: amid conflict, Lebanon must remain a model of coexistence Beirut (Fides Agency ) - "Lebanon today must remain a model of coexistence and unity in the face of the ongoing crises and wars," said Cardinal Pietro Parolin to high-ranking representatives of the Churches and religious ...
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  25 June 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - An international theological colloquium to revive the ecumenical vocation of the Melkite Church Beirut (Fides Agency ) - As the Melkite Greek Catholic Church celebrates the 300th anniversary of the restoration of full communion with the Church of Rome (1724-2024), a high-level international theological colloquium a ...
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  25 June 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Parliament condemns lynchings and calls for respect for the rule of law Islamabad (Fides Agency ) - The Pakistani Parliament has adopted a resolution addressing and condemning the serious practice of "lynching", which has recently hit the headlines due to several incidents such as the events ...
• 25 June 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Diocese of Labuan Bajo established and first bishop appointed Vatican City (Fides Agency) - On June 21, Pope Francis erected the new diocese of Labuan Bajo (Indonesia) on part of the diocese of Ruteng, placing it under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Ende as a suffragan dioc ...
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  24 June 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A total of 1,413 masses for peace and reconciliation: "We need new hope" Seoul (Fides Agency ) - It is a message of peace and reconciliation that the Archbishop of Seoul, Peter Soon-taick Chung, is launching in view of the anniversary of the Korean War. It is a message of hope and unity that ...
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  24 June 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Gaza schoolchildren are denied exams and a future by Father Ibrahim Faltas ofm* Jerusalem (Agence Fides) - These days, around 39,000 pupils in Gaza would have had to take their school-leaving exams. Like many other Palestinian students, like many other Israeli studen ...
• 22 June 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Appointment of Bishop of Hangzhou Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - In the context of the dialogue regarding the application of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China, on 12 June 2024, the Holy Father appoint ...
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  22 June 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Yang Yongqiang transferred from the diocese of Zhaocun to Hangzhou by appointment of Pope Francis Hangzhou (Agenzia Fides) - Joseph Yang Yongquiang is the new Bishop of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, by appointment of Pope Francis. This is reported in the bulletin of the Vatican Press Office published today, Saturday, ...
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  22 June 2024
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Afghan girls have been without school for a thousand days Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - Afghan girls have not been to school for a thousand days. More than 1,000 days have passed since the Taliban banned secondary education for girls in Afghanistan. Millions of Afghan women and girls ...
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  21 June 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Man lynched after accusation of blasphemy: an "influencer" campaign aims to promote rule of law and peace Madyan (Agenzia Fides) - A violent mob lynched a man accused of insulting the Koran in the hilly town of Madyan, in the Swat district, in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The man was a Pakistani citizen of M ...
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  20 June 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Through creation we reach the Creator": Caring for the common home on the island of Flores Ruteng (Agenzia Fides) - Promoting respect, protection and love for creation is a way of getting in touch with the Creator, in the spirit of Francis of Assisi, in the spirit of the encyclical "Laudato Sì", said the Pres ...
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  19 June 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Analysis and comments by the Lebanese media on the imminent visit of Cardinal Parolin Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - A pastoral visit to a country marked by a stagnant institutional and economic crisis and threatened by the growing risk of an expansion of the conflict that is tearing the Middle East, is how the ...
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  19 June 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Tensions between North and South Korea: Catholics pray for reconciliation and national unity Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Since 1965, the Korean Church has celebrated June 25 as the Day of Prayer for Reconciliation and National Unity. It is a special moment in which the entire Korean Catholic community gathers in pra ...
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  19 June 2024
  ASIA/KUWAIT - Five hundred parishioners, associations and community groups in Salmiya welcome Saint Aretha Salmiya (Agenzia Fides) - "It was one of the most beautiful events in the Church of Salmiya, involving all faith communities," a parishioner of the Church of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, in the heart of the Indian ...
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  19 June 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - New church dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua has been consecrated, and is the result of the commitment of the entire community Xilin Gol League (Agenzia Fides) - Today "we have inaugurated a place of worship, but we must also build a spiritual temple in our hearts," said the Archbishop of Hohhot, Paul Meng Qinglu, in the Chinese province of Inn ...