Asia

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  10 June 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Shamanism on social media has many young followers Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - In a country known worldwide for its technological progress, shamanism is experiencing a rebirth among younger generations, promoted by social media. Although more than half of the country's 51 ...
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  10 June 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - The power of prayer and dialogue: young Bahrainis testify to a living Church at the International Youth Pastoral Congress Manama (Agenzia Fides) - "Participating in the global meeting of young people from all over the world and meeting Pope Francis has strengthened my faith in the power of prayer, dialogue, connection and the search for ins ...
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  8 June 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Obstacles to peace and that olive tree planted in the Vatican gardens by Father Ibrahim Faltas ofm* Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis wished to recall the June 8, 2014 meeting between the President of the Palestinian Authority Abu Mazen and President of the State of Israel Shimon ...
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  8 June 2024
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - A community linked to the memory of the martyrs Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "We are a small Church that is still closely linked to the memory of the martyrs. Our young Cambodians are being trained in the seminary where the Cambodian Bishop Joseph Chmar Salas also liv ...
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  8 June 2024
  ASIA/CINA - Priests and nuns of Guizhou study to "adapt" catechism to new pastoral needs Guizhou (Agenzia Fides) - Twenty-two priests and thirty-two nuns from the province of Guizhou took part in a "refresher" course to better adapt the transmission of Catholic doctrine through catechism to the needs of toda ...
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  7 June 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Forced recruitment pushes young people into the ranks of the resistance Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The military junta of Myanmar, engaged in the ongoing civil conflict, is trying to strengthen its ranks with the forced recruitment campaign announced last February and has now recruited 9,000 ne ...
• 6 June 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of bishop of Vasai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Vasai, India, presented by Bishop Felix Anthony Machado. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 6/6/2024) ...
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  6 June 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Sacred Heart Church in Ganjuran: pilgrimages and popular devotion in Javanese style Yogyakarta (Agenzia Fides) - For a hundred years, the Sacred Heart Church in Ganjuran, south of Yogyakarta on the Indonesian island of Java, has been one of the most visited. On the feast day, June 7, this place, with it ...
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  6 June 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Because of the grain harvest: Bishop Sun Jigeng celebrates the Feast of the Sacred Heart in the village of Chaizhuangcun "in advance" Handan (Agenzia Fides) - In Chaizhuangcun, a small village in the Chinese province of Hebei, the small Catholic community has already celebrated the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which according to the liturgical c ...
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  5 June 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Pilgrimage: Catholics of Tangshan make a pilgrimage to the place of work of the Blessed Franciscan missionary sister Maria Assunta Pallotta Tangshan (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Tangshan (Hebei province) has been celebrating a special period since January 1, 2024, the "Year of Evangelization", with prayers, liturgies and catechesis aimed at aw ...
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  5 June 2024
  ASIA/TURKEY - New hypotheses for the reopening of the Halki Theological School, the theological Academy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish government is once again considering the possible reopening of the Halki Theological School, the prestigious Theological Academy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, wh ...
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  5 June 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Narendra Modi's party loses votes: "Pluralism and democracy are guaranteed" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the party of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, won a majority in the parliamentary elections just concluded in India, but by a narrow margin compared to th ...
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  4 June 2024
  ASIA/LAOS - The missionary spirit of the small Catholic faith community Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The faithful of the small Catholic community in Laos have a fervent missionary spirit, also because the future of the local Church is in their own hands: according to the current regulations, miss ...
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  4 June 2024
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Catholic Archbishop Joseph Chami: Christians will not participate in the controversial municipal elections in north-east Syria Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is complicated. Christians are not happy. Most of them do not recognize the legitimacy and value of the local elections called for June 11 and will not vote," reports the Syrian ...
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  4 June 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The “promised land”: the island of Flores and the pastoral care of vocations Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "At this time of the school year that is coming to an end, we have had good results in the field of vocations. We Camillians try to get involved as much as possible in many small things, not onl ...