Asia

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  24 October 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A new station in the Catholic radio network, in the wake of Radio Veritas by Paolo Affatato Tandang (Agenzia Fides) - The new Catholic radio inaugurated by the Philippine diocese of Tandag is called "Unitas Radio". It is the first Catholic radio station in the Surigao region, on the island ...
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  23 October 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - World Mission Sunday 2023: Catholic communities remember missionaries, who gave their lives to proclaim the Gospel Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Following in the footsteps of the missionaries of the past and with a view to the proclamation of the Gospel in today's China, many Catholic communities in mainland China intensely experienced W ...
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  23 October 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Full support for the Palestinian people: Peace in the Middle East lies in the "two-state solution" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - On October 15, 1937, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the political leader who would become the founding father of Pakistan a few years later, after the partition of India and Pakistan in 1945, said in a ...
• 21 October 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Makassar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Fransiskus Nipa, of the clergy of Makassar, Indonesia, hitherto judicial vicar and deputy parish priest of the cathedral, as coadjutor archbis ...
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  21 October 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "God's chef": As a missionary among the poor and homeless Seoul (Agenzi Fides) - Father Vincenzo Bordo, missionary of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, put on the apron 30 years ago and is now known in South Korea and beyond as "God's chef". He has lived and worked as a missiona ...
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  20 October 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Shanghai: Young priests pray for peace in the Holy Land Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us pray for a ceasefire between Palestinians and Israelis and ask that peace return to the Holy Land as soon as possible" was the focus of the Holy Mass celebrated by the Bishop of Shanghai ...
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  20 October 2023
  ASIA/BARHAIN - Bishop Berardi: “The Holy Year of the Arab Martyrs is a year of grace for the Christians of the Arabian Peninsula” By Antonella Prenna Manama (Agenzia Fides) - "We consider this year to be a year of grace for the entire Vicariate and for all Christian communities in the Arabian Gulf. We celebrate with faith the memory of our Chri ...
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  19 October 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Citizens imprisoned for blasphemy and abuse of rights: the Senate takes action Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Standing Committee on Human Rights of the Pakistani Senate announced that 179 Pakistani citizens are currently in detention and awaiting trial for blasphemy. In addition, 17 people have al ...
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  18 October 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - The apostolic exhortation "Laudate Deum", platform for ecumenical commitment and interreligious dialogue New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Conference of Bishops of the Latin Rite in India (CCBI) draws attention to the contents of Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation "Laudate Deum". The document was presented to the dioceses by ...
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  18 October 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic parishes in Beijing pray for peace in the Holy Land in communion with the Pope and the universal Church Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - With Eucharistic adoration, common recitation of the Rosary, fasting and prayer for peace in the world and in the Holy Land, the land of Jesus, the Catholic parishes of Beijing joined Pope Franc ...
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  17 October 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Praying and fasting for peace in Jerusalem: “Criticism of the Holy See is unjust” Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "We feel completely helpless. All we have left is prayer". This is how Father Frans Bouwen, a Belgian missionary of the White Fathers who has lived in Jerusalem for more than 50 years, describ ...
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  17 October 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Prayer for peace in Nazareth: God's mercy to find an antidote to hatred Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - In the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, the silent prayer of the faithful who join in the Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace in the Middle East, announced for today, October 17, by th ...
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  16 October 2023
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Prayer for the reconciliation of the peoples of Israel and Palestine Phnom Penh (Fides News Agency) - A heartfelt, sincere and deeply sympathetic prayer for the Holy Land goes up to God from tiny Cambodia, a country in Southeast Asia where about 20,000 Catholics live, 0.13 percent of the ...
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  14 October 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Mission is a give and take: Korean missionaries in Japan and Filipino church members in Korea Seoul (Fides News Agency) - Today, more than ever, the mission of evangelisation is based on a dynamic of give and take, as an exchange of gifts.This is also evident in the Catholic faith community in Korea, which today, ...
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  13 October 2023
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Preparing for World Mission Sunday: Webinar on the Pope's message and "Missionary night" Taipei (Fides News agency) - With a webinar in Chinese on Pope Francis' message for World Mission Sunday 2023, the National Directorate of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Taiwan aims with this unprecedented event to ...