Asia

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  22 June 2023
  EURASIA/RUSSIA - Siberia, a new Catholic Church dedicated and named after Saint Joseph in Berdsk Berdsk (Agenzia Fides) - The new Catholic Church in the heart of Siberia is named after Saint Joseph. Members of the small Catholic community in Berdsk, a town of 95,000 people 40 kilometers from Novosibirsk, are delight ...
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  22 June 2023
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Nuns or guerrillas? The missionary adventures of the Salesian nuns in the mountains of East Timor Dili (Agenzia Fides) - "I really wanted to bring Jesus to the people, but then it was they who brought me to him" is how Sister Maria Fe Silva sums up her whole life in one sentence. The Catholic nun was born in the Phil ...
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  21 June 2023
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian parties raise new alarm over illegal land acquisitions in the Nineveh plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Five political groups led by Christian leaders and activists have issued a new alarm over large-scale real estate operations which, according to them, aim to change the balance of the demographic ...
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  20 June 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Rohingya, the people no one wants Cox's Bazar (Agenzia Fides) - They have been called, with an expression that sums up their history and story, "the people no one wants". The Rohingya people, a Muslim ethnic minority who for centuries have lived in Rakhi ...
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  20 June 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Small and ordinary activities" for Camillian missionaries on the island of Flores, the small Indonesian 'Vatican' Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "We celebrated the Feast of Saint Camillus, we welcomed ten novices and four members of the Order made their temporary vows while twenty-three renewed their vows and two deacons and four priests ...
• 20 June 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Election of Bishop of Allahabad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 17, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Louis Mascarenhas, of the clergy of Allahabad, India, until now diocesan administrator, as bishop of the same diocese. Msgr. Louis Mascar ...
• 20 June 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Resignation and succession of Bishop of Bac Ninh Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 17, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Bac Ninh, Viêt Nam, presented by Bishop Cosma Hoàng Vãn Ðat, S.J. He is succeeded by Bish ...
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  19 June 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Gratitude and praise: the parish dedicated to the Sacred Heart celebrates the 150th anniversary of its foundation Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Gratitude, joy, prayers of praise to the Lord marked the solemn celebration of the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the parish of Yongning, in the suburbs of Beijing, dedicated to the Sacr ...
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  19 June 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Laudato Sì and the history of evangelization on display to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the South Korea and the Holy See Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Korean artists are so keen in promoting artistic work, particularly those with religious themes, as an efficacious way to spread the love for beauty and the Good News of the Gospel": it is with t ...
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  17 June 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Pope's Apostolic Letter "Desiderio Desideravi" is in Bengali, in a work by Cardinal D'Rozario Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis' Apostolic Letter 'Desiderio desideravi' has been translated into Bengali and been illustrated and commented for the benefit of the faithful in a book written by Cardinal Patrick D'Ro ...
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  15 June 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - A precious (and useful) "database" on the historical evolution of Catholic dioceses in China Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - A complete overview of the history of Catholic dioceses in China, which traces the history and the historical stages passed through by each ecclesiastical circumscription from its foundation to ...
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  15 June 2023
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Economy is recovering: Catholic communities remain in solidarity even after the crisis Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Sri Lanka is on the way out of the worst economic crisis in decades that hit the country last year when its foreign exchange reserves ran out and the country went into default. The drastic measu ...
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  14 June 2023
  MIDDLE EAST - After the earthquake, the Arab countries re-embrace the "pariah nation": The end of Syria's isolation as seen by the Holy See by Victor Gaetan* Good news has been rare for Syria since 2011. Ravaged by over a decade of war, compounded by poverty and a pandemic, more persecution arrived on February 6 when earthquakes killed some 6,000 people ...
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  14 June 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Interreligious appeal in Manipur: put an end to violence and assist the victims Imphal (Agenzia Fides) - It is necessary to stop the spiral of violence, which is harmful and leaves deep wounds, both physical and moral; provide protection and care to victims; begin a process and a period of reconcili ...
• 13 June 2023
  ASIA/THAILAND - Resignation and appointment of Bishop of Ratchaburi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 13, the Holy Father accepted the the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Ratchaburi, Thailand, presented by Bishop John Bosco Panya Kritcharoen. The Holy Father ha ...