Asia

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  18 July 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Fadi Iskander becomes a priest, son of Syriac Orthodox priest-martyr Boulos Iskander Erbil (Agenzia Fides) – To receive priestly ordination from the hands of the same bishop who had ordained his father many years before, killed in 2006 and celebrated as a martyr by Iraqi Christians, is what happened to ...
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  17 July 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Mufti of the Lebanese Republic: there is no Middle East without Christians of the East Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Middle East will no longer exist if the exodus of the Christians of the East continues to reduce the presence of those bearing the name of Christ in the Middle Eastern countries. The alarm wa ...
• 16 July 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Purwokerto Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 14 July the Holy Father appointed Rev. Christophorus Tri Harsono as Bishop of the diocese of Purwokerto (Indonesia), currently Vicar General of the diocese of Bogor. Rev. Christophorus ...
• 16 July 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Maumere and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 14 July the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Maumere (Indonesia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Gerulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D. The Holy Fathe ...
• 16 July 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Tiruchirapalli Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 14 July the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Tiruchirapalli (India), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Antony Devotta. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 16/7 ...
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  14 July 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Camillian community celebrates the Patron Saint with the sick Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - The feast of St. Camillus de Lellis, patron saint of the sick, doctors, nurses and hospitals, is celebrated on July 14. The Camillian religious together with the universal Church commemorate thi ...
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  13 July 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Redemptorists: "It is urgent to combat violence and impunity" Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - "It is urgent to wake up and fight the culture of impunity and violence in the country": this is the appeal launched by the Redemptorists of the Philippines, on the occasion of the 33rd anniversary ...
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  12 July 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Over 50,000 signatures demanding the release of the 7 innocent Christians in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - As the tenth anniversary of the attack on Christians which occurred in August 2008 in the Indian state of Orissa is approaching, an online signature campaign demanding the release of seven i ...
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  11 July 2018
  ASIA/THAILAND - Towards the 350th anniversary of the Apostolic Vicariate of Siam Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Almost 350 years have passed since the first Catholic mission in Siam began: to commemorate the imminent anniversary of the Apostolic Vicariate of Siam (Mission of Siam: 1669-2019), the Bishops' ...
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  11 July 2018
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: action must be taken to stop the ecological holocaust Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We are in a critical moment of human history. Faith without action is an empty faith, the Apostle James warns. All our pious convictions require real actions. Martin Luther King used to say: 'So ...
• 10 July 2018
  ASIA/INDIA Catholicosato di Echmiadzin per c (Agenzia Fides) – Continua la mobilitazione di gruppi di manifestanti armeni che lo scorso 6 luglio sono entrati nella Sede patriarcale del Catholicosato di Echmiadzin per chiedere le dimissioni di Karekin II, Patriar ...
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  10 July 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Filipino Bishops: "Critical collaboration with the President, without compromise" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of the Philippines are willing to continue a "critical collaboration" with the government. After several differences of opinion between the Church and President Rodrigo Duter ...
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  9 July 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - A mega-statue of Saint Charbel will be inaugurated on the heights of Hammana Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – The-sixteen-meter mega-statue representing Lebanese Saint Charbel will be inagurated on the heights of the village of Hammana in the next few days. From there, the statue will dominate the surr ...
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  9 July 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Focolare Youth in Asia: fraternity in human relations, in politics, in economics Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Pathways to fraternity": is the project launched by over 6,000 young people who participated in the "Genfest", the international festival of the Focolare Youth Movement held in Manila. The proje ...
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  6 July 2018
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The parish priest of Bethlehem: the baptized are disappearing in the city where Jesus was born Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - The baptized are dramatically disappearing in the city where Jesus was born. While groups that pocket offers using the name of Bethlehem, without then sending any kind of help to the Christian ...