Asia

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  4 November 2023
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Evangelii gaudium inspires the Christian message and spiritual accompaniment of young Cambodians Kompong Cham (Agenzia Fides) - "The Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium of Pope Francis is in our hearts and inspires our steps as a small Catholic community in Cambodia. Although the text is not available in Khmer ( ...
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  3 November 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - In the month of November: Catholics focus on the “Four Last Things” and pray for peace in the world Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the commemoration of the dead, the Bishop of Beijing Joseph Li Shan, called on all Catholics to reflect on the bond of communion that unites the "triumphant Church" in heaven ...
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  2 November 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - “The art of listening”: The church of a diverse country is inspired by the “fides romana” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The pursuit of unity in the diverse Catholic community of India and full communion with the universal Church, as experienced at the just concluded Synod, are among the priorities of the C ...
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  31 October 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Hamas and the Christians by Gianni Valente Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - In the Gaza Strip, before the atrocities committed by Hamas and Islamic Jihad on October 7 and before the Israeli bombing began, there were just over a thousand Christians liv ...
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  31 October 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Political unrest and blockades: Catholic cathedral damaged Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Government and opposition politicians should engage in dialogue and not fuel political instability. Conflict and violence are not good for the country. We want peace. Our people have the right to ...
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  30 October 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - "The importance to recognize and see the other as a human being": Neve Shalom-Wahat al Salam, where Israelis and Palestinians live together Tel Aviv (Agenzia Fides) - "We are living in traumatic times of war. Everyone at our School for Peace is shocked and saddened by the incomprehensible atrocities committed by Hamas and the lethal and vengeful response tha ...
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  28 October 2023
  ASIA/LAOS - "Now that I am Bishop, I still have a lot to learn". The 'on the move' mission of the Vicar Apostolic of Paksè by Paolo Affatato Paksè (Agenzia Fides) - "The missionary spirit, the missionary practice of going to the villages and visiting Catholic families, or talking about Jesus to those who do not know him, with joy in the he ...
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  27 October 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The pastoral service of three new priests in Taunggyi, a territory where life is in danger due to the civil war Taunggyi (Agenzia Fides) - For the three new Burmese Jesuit priests of the archdiocese of Taunggyi, a city in central Myanmar, which is part of the territory of Shan State, the task of serving the community and caring fo ...
• 27 October 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Khrist Premalaya" Regional Philosophate Seminary in the archdiocese of Bhopal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On August 11, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed the rev. Father Thomam Peringalloor, SVD, 68 (2/11/1955) and 39 years of pries ...
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  27 October 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Sister Giovanna, Comboni missionary in the land of Jesus: "join us in prayer" Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "You know very well the reality we are experiencing. The war has been going on since October 7: bombings by Israel on Gaza following Hamas attacks (see Fides, 8/10/2023). Here in Jerusalem, th ...
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  26 October 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - The Holy See grants the "Nihil Obstat" for the cause of beatification of the 35 martyrs of Odisha Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) – For the Catholic Church in India there is a "significant step forward" in the process of beatification of Kanteshwar Digal and Companions, the so-called "35 Martyrs of Kandhamal", who were ...
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  26 October 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Filipino Muslims express solidarity with the Palestinian population Marawi city (Agenzia Fides) - Filipino Muslims express their solidarity with the Palestinian people subjected to bombings in Gaza and call for an end to Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip: the conflict in the Middle East ...
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  25 October 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Young people are entrusted with building peace in North-East India. Prayer for the Middle East, in communion with the Pope Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - Ethnic and cultural diversity, pluralism, different languages and origins are a wealth that must be spent to nourish dialogue, mutual exchange, individual and community growth, openness to vast ...
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  24 October 2023
  Time is Greater than Space. The Holy See diplomacy and the “Vietnamese lesson” by Victor Gaetan (In the decade 1965-1975, between 790,000 and 1.14 million Vietnamese civilians and soldiers died as a result of war while the US military suffered over 58,000 casualties. Between 1963-1973, the US d ...
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  24 October 2023
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Jubilee of Saint Arethas: all parishes celebrate the Martyrs of Arabia Manama (Agenzia Fides) - There are special events that mark the path of the Catholic Christian community of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia: in particular, today, October 24, all the parishes of the Catholic C ...