Asia

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  25 April 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Reopening of shrines after 3 years. Chinese Catholic communities are preparing for the Marian month Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "We can join the universal Church, remembering the prayer intention of Pope Francis and imitating Our Lady the Virgin Mary in following Christ her Son, to reveal the face of the Risen Lord and l ...
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  24 April 2023
  ASIA/TURKEY - 108 years since the Armenian Genocide. Commemorations banned in Istanbul Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - On April 24, 1915 more than 100 Armenian intellectuals, parliamentarians, writers and journalists were taken from their homes and deported on a journey of death to the Turkish towns of Çankır ...
• 24 April 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Jaipur Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 22, 2023, the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Jaipur, India, presented by Bishop Oswald Lewis. The Holy Father has appointed ...
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  22 April 2023
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Commemoration ceremony for the victims of the 2019 attacks Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - A 40 km human chain to remember the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that hit two Catholic churches and a Protestant one in Sri Lanka (see Fides, 22/4/2019). The commemoration ceremony ...
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  22 April 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Day for Vocations: masses, prayers and many initiatives to ask for "new workers for the Lord's vineyard" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Show the beauty of vocations and promote them": is the appeal of Joseph Li Shan Bishop of the Diocese of Beijing addressed to priests, nuns, seminarians and all baptized Catholics on the occasi ...
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  21 April 2023
  ASIA - Synodal and ecumenical journey in Central Asia Karaganda (Agenzia Fides) - "We shared our impressions and the legacy that Pope Francis left us after visiting this land, during his trip to Kazakhstan in September 2022, through a sincere account of this apostolic journ ...
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  20 April 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Proclaiming the Gospel through art: the "Via pulchritudinis" of the Chinese Catholic communities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - On April 22, the 300th anniversary of the founding of the "Church of the West" will be celebrated in the parish of Xitang with the performance of a concert of sacred music. The Xitang church, de ...
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  19 April 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Do not ruin the paradise of bio-diversity: appeal of the Bishops of Palawan to President Marcos Brooke's Point (Agenzia Fides) - It is necessary to protect the island of Palawan, a "paradise of biodiversity", a national natural heritage, which risks being irreparably ruined by mining operations: for this reason, th ...
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  18 April 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - During the month of Ramadan, interreligious iftars are an opportunity for interreligious dialogue Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - During Ramadan, the holy month of the Islamic religion which is underway and will end on April 21, the practice of iftar (the dinner that breaks the daily fast of the Muslim faithful) is an oppor ...
• 17 April 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Good Shepherd" interdiocesan Seminary in the diocese of Coimbatore Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 5, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle appointed rev. Anthony Muthu Anthony Raju, of the diocesan clergy of Ootacamund as Rector of the "Good Shepherd" interdiocesan Seminary lo ...
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  17 April 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - A vigil for the beatification of Matteo Ricci in Beijing Cathedral Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - A solemn prayer vigil for the beatification of Venerable Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit missionary known in China as Li Madou (Macerata, 6 October 1552 - Beijing, 11 May 1610), will be held today, in th ...
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  17 April 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholics in Adoration before the Eucharist to invoke, with the Pope, the gift of peace Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic faithful in Myanmar express emotion and gratitude to Pope Francis who has launched a new universal appeal to prayer for Myanmar and, at a time of extreme suffering, they place themse ...
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  15 April 2023
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - "Ecumenical Day for the Abducted" promoted ten years after the kidnapping of the two Metropolitan Bishops of Aleppo Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) – As of next year, Churches in the Middle East will celebrate the "Ecumenical Day for the Abducted and the Forcibly Absented" every April 22. The initiative, promoted by the Middle East Council o ...
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  15 April 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholics invoke Divine mercy, "in a mixture of joy and sorrow" Pekhon (Agenzia Fides) - "We live in the midst of a mixture of joy and sorrow. We were able to celebrate Easter in the city, and this is a source of joy, but with concern and fear. Few of the faithful have the opportunit ...
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  14 April 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The proclamation of Easter to the indigenous peoples of Indonesian Papua Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - The proclamation of the Resurrection reached the indigenous peoples of Indonesian Papua (also called Irian Jaya) who celebrated the Passion of Christ and Easter thanks to the presence of a miss ...