Asia

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  31 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - On mission in Arvajhėėr: the strategies of men, the surprises of God by Gianni Valente Arvajhėėr (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest census, there are fewer than 20,000 inhabitants in Arvajhėėr. In was in this small town in Mongolia, 400 kilometers south ...
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  31 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - «Taking root to flourish». The faith, works, days of a small missionary Church by Gianni Valente Ulaanbaatar (Fides News Agency) - Putting down roots in the space and time of present and future Mongolia, to ask the Lord to continue flourishing. This is the unparalleled mo ...
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  30 August 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The humanitarian situation of the Rohingya is getting worse: calls for justice are becoming louder Cox's bazar (Agenzia Fides) - "It has been six years since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya were forced to flee their homes in Myanmar and seek refuge in neighboring Bangladesh, where they have faced an escalation of vi ...
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  30 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Father Marengo's "most beautiful joy". "Look to Him and you will be radiant" It is possible to listen to the interview in English by activating the subtitle mode by Gianni Valente Ulanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "Look to Him and you will be radiant". The verse from Psalm 3 ...
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  29 August 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Joseph Shen Bin leads the prayer for peace and recalls that "the Church is built on the rock of the Apostle Peter" Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - The Church "is built on the rock of the Apostle Peter", and the newly baptized are called to be "salt of the earth and light of the world", in their daily life they share with their companions, ...
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  29 August 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Reopening of churches in Jaranwala: a sign of hope Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We thanked God because, even in suffering, he is present beside us. In the church, already renovated and accessible, we prayed for peace with many faithful, with Muslim leaders seated next to ea ...
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  29 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The new beginning: the first Video-Reportage in view of Pope Francis' trip to Mongolia by Gianni Valente Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "People are good here, people love me". This is how Father Giorgio Marengo, then a young missionary of the Consolata, replied to Cardinal Crescenzio ...
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  28 August 2023
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - "Madani" values for a prosperous and developed country Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim presented the concept of "MADANI", an acronym for transforming Malaysia into a more prosperous and developed country, based on six values identified a ...
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  28 August 2023
  MONGOLIA - The nascent Church that is waiting for Pope Francis It is possible to listen to the interview in English by activating the subtitle mode by Gianni Valente Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - Why is the Pope going to Mongolia? With just a few days to g ...
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  26 August 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic Women's Association of Saint Anne devotes a spiritual retreat to Christian marriage and ecclesial mission Shijiazhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The Chinese Catholic women united in the Saint Anne Association, based in the Chinese province of Hebei, continue their path of Christian life marked by moments of spiritual deepening and i ...
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  26 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Mission on tiptoe. A Magnificat for the rebirth of the Church in Mongolia by Paolo Affatato Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "We took the first steps in the mission in Mongolia with a certain excitement and emotion. On July 10, 1992 we tiptoed into an unknown land, strengthened only by the com ...
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  25 August 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Solidarity and attention of Muslim leaders asking for forgiveness from the Christians of Jaranwala: the fruits of interreligious dialogue Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the violence against Christians in Jaranwala, a town in Pakistani Punjab where houses and churches were burned (see Fides, 18 and 21/8/2023), "something unthinkable up to a few ...
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  25 August 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - After Pandemic Restrictions: Catholic Churches resume summer activities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - After the restrictions that have marked the last few years related to the Covid 19 pandemic, many Chinese Catholic communities are returning to everyday life to resume activities and practices o ...
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  24 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Mary paves the way for the mission by Gianni Valente Darkhan (Agenzia Fides) - In the Cathedral of Ulaanbaatar there is a statue of the Virgin Mary that suggestively crosses the path of the small Mongolian Catholic community. ...
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  24 August 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Fukushima's radioactive water in the sea, protests and criticism in Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Japan has started dumping more than a million tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, destroyed in the March 2011 earthquake, reports Kyodo ...