Asia

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  24 February 2024
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - Bishop Martinelli's singular "lesson on harmony" during the inauguration of the Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - Speaking about the good and harmonious project of God the Creator, the wound of sin and the "new harmony" that entered the world with Jesus, in front of an audience of Muslim dignitaries and b ...
• 24 February 2024
  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Seoul, Korea Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Paul Kyung Sang Lee, until now parish priest of Saint Ignatius Kim of Gaepo-dong and judicial vicar of the same archdiocese, as auxiliary bishop o ...
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  24 February 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - After the conflict, the fruitful period of forgiveness and coexistence in the Moluccas By Paolo Affatato Ambon (Agenzia Fides) - The time of civil conflicts, the time of confrontation between Christian and Muslim communities is only a distant memory. From 1999 to 2002, the islands were marked by inter- ...
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  23 February 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - The "Lent Calendar" of the Catholics of the parish of Hancheng Tangshan (Agenzia Fides) - After the Ash Wednesday liturgy, which marks the beginning of the Lenten season, the parishioners of Hancheng church, in Tangshan, Hebei province, received a calendar card with forty suggestion ...
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  23 February 2024
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Cardinal Marengo: “Lent is about prayer and reconciliation” Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "Our small Catholic community in Mongolia is experiencing this season of Lent with great intensity. The nine parish communities have launched their pastoral and spiritual programs. We have t ...
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  22 February 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Ecumenical WCAL-Group: "Unbearable atrocities" waged against Palestinians in Gaza Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In Gaza and other parts of Palestine there are "unbearable and inhuman atrocities" waged against Palestinians. Atrocities resulting "in a death toll surpassing 28,000 civilians, with over two-thi ...
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  21 February 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Popular Mission”: Action week aims to promote priestly and religious vocations Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - The vocation crisis has also become an acute problem for the Asian churches, where so many young people have recently chosen priestly and religious life. In the Philippines, church communities are ...
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  20 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - The synod with the outcasts Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The "outcasts", known as Dalits or "casteless", are those excluded from Indian society, marginalized by a caste system rooted for thousand of years. Although the Constitution has formally abol ...
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  20 February 2024
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako, message to the Chaldeans: Iraqi Christians are also infected by sectarianism Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Sectarianism is destroying the sense of belonging of the Iraqi nation, and even Christians are are "drawn into these sectarian logics and its divisions". For them, a fragile minority community, th ...
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  19 February 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Possible introduction of compulsory military service leads to young people fleeing Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - There is great concern in Burmese society, especially among young men and women, after the ruling military junta declared its intention to introduce military service as "conscription", without gi ...
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  19 February 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Camillians on the island of Flores: “It is not good for man to be alone” Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "They are like a big family with 'one heart, one soul and one spirit' that cares for those who suffer and feel alone. This is the special quality that characterizes the group of young Camillians ...
• 17 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Khammam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Prakash Sagili of the clergy of Cuddapah, until now parish priest of Saint John Bosco in Chittor and coordinator of the CCBI Health Apostolate, as ...
• 17 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Khandwa, Augustine Madathikunnel Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Augustine Madathikunnel, until now administrator of the diocese of Khandwa, India, as bishop of the same diocese. Msgr. Augustine Madathikunnel w ...
• 17 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Nalgonda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Karnam Dhaman Kumar, M.S.F.S. (Missionaries of Saint Francis de Sales d’Annecy), until now parish priest of S. Bartolomäus in Münster and ...
• 17 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Purnea Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Francis Tirkey, of the clergy of the diocese of Purnea, India, until now director of the Social Service Centre of Purnea, as bishop of the same di ...