Asia

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  7 March 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Constitutional referendum and mid-term elections: Catholics express doubts Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. confirms that his government intends to hold a referendum to ratify the constitutional amendments - after possible approval by Parliament - at the same t ...
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  6 March 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Martial law in 61 municipalities; Radio Veritas, source of hope Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The ruling military junta in Myanmar has imposed martial law in a total of 61 municipalities, bringing a total of 8.2 million people under this measure. The figure of 61 municipalities was reache ...
• 5 March 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Resignation and appointment of Bishop of Ratnapura Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, presented by Bishop Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B. Silv. The Holy Father has ...
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  5 March 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Lent in the sign of mercy: “Silsilah” movement visits prison inmates Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - The "Silsilah" dialogue movement, founded in the south of the Philippines by the PIME missionary Father Sebastiano D'Ambra, accompanies prisoners on a path of inner liberation, carrying o ...
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  4 March 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - A beacon of light and hope: sacred journey through the Holy Door of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia Awali (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia (OLA) in Bahrain is a beacon of spiritual light and hope for Catholics. It is not only a place of worship but also a symbol of peace and unity. In a statemen ...
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  4 March 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Easter attacks: the Catholic community prays and is committed to recognizing its "martyrs" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The faithful who lost their lives as innocents, in the moment of adoration of God, in the terrorist attacks of Easter 2019, while participating in the Eucharist on Sunday in church, are for us ...
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  2 March 2024
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Lent, a time to be with Christ and help others Penang (Agenzia Fides) - To make Lent "a fruitful and significant time", "the Holy Spirit invites us to be where Jesus is, that is, to be with him in the desert, to pray with him "to face the temptation with him," said t ...
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  29 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - A commercial and strategic hub in the Indian Ocean: a project that threatens indigenous peoples Port Blair (Agenzia Fides) - The indigenous peoples of the Indian Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean are at risk of disappearing in the name of a development project promoted by the Indian government in favor of commerc ...
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  28 February 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Bishop Berardi: "Easter is the center of our spiritual life and Christian life" Awali (Agenzia Fides) - "Lent is the time of conversion in which we prepare to return to God. Forty days to change our lives, to return to Christ, God the Father, to receive the Holy Spirit. Forty days during which Jesus ...
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  28 February 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - First steps of the new Bishop Peter Wu in the province of Fujian, in the sign of episcopal communion and synodality Mindong (Agenzia Fides) - In recent weeks, coinciding with the Chinese New Year holiday, the ecclesial life of the Catholic community of the Chinese coastal province of Fujian has been marked by the beginning of the epis ...
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  28 February 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Catholic elected Deputy President of the Sindh Provincial Assembly Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic politician Anthony Naveed has been elected deputy president of the provincial parliament of Sindh, a province in southern Pakistan. It is the first time that a Christian politician has ...
• 27 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Bishop of Kurnool Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Rev. Fr. Johannes Gorantla, O.C.D., currently Rector of the Seminarium Missionum at the Pontifical Theological Faculty and Pontifical Institute of Spiritua ...
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  27 February 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - One year after the environmental disaster: The "Verde Island Passage" is to become a marine protected area Calapan (Agenzia Fides) - The expansion of polluting industries in the area of the "Verde Island Passage" (VIP), off the coast of the Philippine island of Mindoro must be restricted and the area declared a "protected mar ...
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  26 February 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - 'Drops of life': blood donation campaign, among Lent initiatives Manama (Agenzia Fides) - Saving human lives and promoting the noble cause of blood donation in the Catholic community of Bahrain is the objective of the Campaign recently held in the capital, Manama. The launch of "Dro ...
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  26 February 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Father Romanelli: we ask for help from Saint Porphyry, Bishop of Gaza, where the streets have become cemeteries Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, in Jerusalem, I celebrated Mass in the liturgical memory of Saint Porphyry, Bishop of Gaza, together with other priests. We prayed and asked him for all the inhabitants of Gaza and the Stri ...