Asia

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  17 May 2018
  ASIA/CHINA - Inauguration of a statue of St. John Wu Wen Yin, canonized in 2000 Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) - The statue of St. John Wu Wen Yin, a catechist and Chinese martyr canonized on 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II, was inaugurated. As reported by the website of the diocese of Han Dan, in the ...
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  16 May 2018
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Catholic Bishops: the massacre in Gaza could have been avoided. Jerusalem can also be the capital of Palestine Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The dozens of deaths and about 3 thousand people wounded during the Palestinian protests organized at the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel could have been avoided "if non-lethal ...
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  16 May 2018
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Bishops: pray for peace and reconciliation after the elections, in the "new Malaysia" Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "We exercised our democratic right of vote on May 9, 2018. Malaysia has a golden opportunity, the future lies in the hands of the people. We Catholic Bishops of Malaysia, propose a moment o ...
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  16 May 2018
  ASIA/CHINA - During the Marian month, new workers in the "most isolated vineyards of the Lord" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - By entrusting themselves to the maternal intercession and protection of the heavenly Mother, new priests were ordained in mainland China in the Marian month: we are talking about "new workers in ...
• 15 May 2018
  ASIA/SYRIA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Mgr. Mounir Saccal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 19 April 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Mgr. Mounir Saccal, of the Syro-Catholic eparchy of Aleppo as National Di ...
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  15 May 2018
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Catholics: "A new government for economic and social development" Dili (Agenzia Fides) - A coalition of opposition parties, including the one led by historic leader Xanana Gusmao, is ahead after the political elections held on 11 May in East Timor. The Alliance for change and progress ...
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  14 May 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Bishops: "Attacks against coexistence and pluralism" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The Indonesian Bishops are shocked, they expressed strong disappointment and solidarity towards the families of the victims and wounded. It is traumatic to know that a whole family of suicide b ...
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  14 May 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Nihil obstat of the Holy See to recognize the martyrdom of Father Ragheed Ganni and of the three deacons killed in 2007 Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The Congregation for the Causes of Saints gave the nihil obstat - permitting to begin the process of canonization of ...
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  14 May 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Attacks on three churches, the Catholic parish priest: "Let us forgive the terrorists" Surabaya (Agenzia Fides) - Three attacks yesterday, Sunday, May 13, 2018, struck three churches in the city of Surabaya, in the eastern part of the island of Java, just before the start of Sunday Masses. The first explo ...
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  12 May 2018
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Muslim leaders gathered in Indonesia to seek a path for peace Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Important Muslim scholars from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia met from 11 May in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, to discuss and develop a way in the conflict that has blooded Afghanistan f ...
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  11 May 2018
  ASIA/NEPAL - Unity among Christians: together to witness God's mercy Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Christians of different confessions in Nepal are committed to working together to witness the love and mercy of God. "As Nepali Christians we are called to work together and be witnesses to th ...
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  9 May 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - "To be people of Caritas means to be people of the Good News" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Caritas is the joy of service, Caritas is a service of joy. Caritas India is the organ of the entire Catholic church to concretely express our charity and, as Deus Caritas East of Benedict XV ...
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  9 May 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - Evangelical pastor Brunson also accused of supporting the creation of a "Christian Kurdish state" Izmir (Agenzia Fides) - Among the new, exorbitant accusations against American evangelical pastor Andrew Craig Brunson, on trial by the Turkish judicial authorities for alleged connivance with networks and forces accused ...
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  8 May 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Elections, the Chaldean Patriarch: the Church cannot be "silenced" when it contributes to the common good Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Church does not intervene directly in the field of politics. But it cannot be silenced when it intervenes on crucial issues and emergencies for the life of the people and the Country. This w ...
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  8 May 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The first Catholic nun of the Kacchi Kohli tribe Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Pakistan welcomed the first nun of the Kacchi Kohli tribe, after 70 years of mission among those tribal peoples in Sindh. Here the Dutch Franciscan friars begin their mi ...