Asia

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  8 May 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New parish church opened in the Archdiocese of Lahore and dedicated to Saint Joseph Gujranwala (Agenzia Fides) - It will be a place of worship dedicated to St. Joseph, a place where Marian devotion will be strong: the Catholic community of the Archdiocese of Lahore took part in large numbers in the inau ...
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  7 May 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Decline in birth rates: Catholic Church launches concrete initiatives and support for families Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The decline in birth rates is an issue of national importance and subject to public debate, and the issue also enjoys particular attention in the Korean Catholic community, because the faithful ar ...
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  7 May 2024
  ASIA/KUWAIT - The Coptic Catholic community in the Vicariate of Northern Arabia: “Simple people who work hard” By Antonella Prenna Kuwait City (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Catholic community in Kuwait, which belongs to the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia, has over 5,000 members. "Our community has more than a hundred f ...
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  6 May 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Marian Month in the port city of Changshu: Special initiative for young people Changshu (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people of Christ, come and serve the Church!". Under this motto, the Changshugang Parish of the Diocese of Suzhou celebrated the day of the Marian Month dedicated to young people on Sund ...
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  6 May 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Visiting Catholic families: bearing witness to the beauty of consecrated life Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - They want to proclaim the Gospel and bear witness to the beauty of a life entirely consecrated to the Lord: in this spirit, in some areas of Indonesia, members of the local clergy and religious ...
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  4 May 2024
  ASIA - Franciscan Network for Peace and Integral Ecology: a synodal journey in the footsteps of ‘Laudato si'’ Manila (Agenzia Fides) - To place particular attention to peace and integral ecology in the various contexts of the Asian continent at the centre of pastoral and social action, according to the vision and spiritual persp ...
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  3 May 2024
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Catholics prepare for Pope Francis' visit with faith and hope Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The presence of Pope Francis in Singapore - according to the announced program of the papal visit from September 11 to 13 - will be above all an experience of faith. It will be a moment "lived ...
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  3 May 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Solemn closing of the Year dedicated to the Catechism in Xiamen, looking towards the Jubilee Xiamen (Agenzia Fides) – More than two thousand Catholic priests, religious and lay people took part in the solemn celebration of the closing of the Year of Catechism announced in the diocese of Xiamen. On Wednesday, M ...
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  2 May 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Statistics of the Catholic Church in Korea: Catholics make up 11.3% of the total population Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The number of Catholics in Korea totals 5,970,675 baptized, according to data from December 31, 2023, 0.3% more than in 2022. However, the growth rate of the faithful had slowed down over the peri ...
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  30 April 2024
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Bishops call for voter participation and provide 4,000 "election observers" Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - In a political and social context marked by challenges and opportunities, the Episcopal Conference of Panama has made an urgent appeal to citizens to make a conscious and responsible choice ...
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  29 April 2024
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - Interreligious education: investing in a future of hope by Paolo Martinelli ofmCap* We publish the full text of Bishop Paolo Martinelli's speech at the conference "Convening of Champions. Ethics Education to Contribute to Global Citizenship and Build Inclusive and Peaceful ...
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  29 April 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Islamic-Christian "Silsilah" movement celebrates its 40th anniversary: a path at the service of peace and fraternity Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - 40 years have passed since the beginning of a journey that was not always easy, but also marked by moments of joy: the movement for Islamic-Christian dialogue "Silsilah" (which means "chain"), ...
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  27 April 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Marian Month at the Shrine of Sheshan: online bookings for pilgrimages Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the beginning of the Marian Month of May, online bookings are now available for the organization of pilgrimages to the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Sheshan in the Diocese of Shanghai ...
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  26 April 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Lara and all the others: The young lives sacrificed in the massacre in Gaza by Father Ibrahim Faltas ofm* Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - It is a duty to remember with sadness and respect every human life lost due to the violence of war. These are losses that could have been avoided. But humanit ...
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  26 April 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Beatification process for the Filipino girl Niña Ruiz Abad begins: "God first of all" Laoag (Agenzia Fides) - This is a figure that the Philippine Church presents to the world and that will be particularly highlighted on the occasion of World Children's Day, proclaimed by the Pope for 25 and 26 May: the d ...