Asia

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  5 October 2024
  ASIA/THAILAND - Arrest or repatriation: the fate of many Burmese fleeing war Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - These are migrants, often illegal immigrants, who flee from Myanmar, devastated by civil war, across the border to Thailand in search of peace and to build a new life there. The flow of migrants ...
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  5 October 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - October 7, after a year. Patriarch Sabbah: there will only be peace when the tragedy of the Palestinian people is brought to an end Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The catastrophe that is devastating the Holy Land and the entire Middle East «did not begin on October 7, 2023». The cycles of violence that have generated the tragic present experienced als ...
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  4 October 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - The ecclesial information site Xinde invites Chinese Catholics to pray with the Pope for peace in the world Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Not to be missed! The Pope has called for a day of prayer and fasting for world peace on October 7": Xinde.org, the most visited Catholic information site in Chinese, based in the province of H ...
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  4 October 2024
  ASIA/LAOS - ASEAN: International conference to seek resumption of dialogue in Myanmar Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - An international conference to be held by Laos, which currently holds the presidency of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), of which Myanmar is a member, will discuss the react ...
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  3 October 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Christian village of Rmeish on the brink of the abyss: "we too ask for the miracle of peace" by Gianni Valente Rmeish (Agenzia Fides) - Israel is on the other side of the hill, less than two kilometers as the crow flies. In the middle of this border area, which has already become the scene of a direct conflic ...
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  3 October 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “Be subject to every human creature for God’s sake”. The mission of the “little ones” in Indonesian Borneo Banjarmasin (Agenzia Fides) - It is called the "city of a thousand rivers" because of the many waterways that cross the territory of Banjarmasin. The city is located on the Indonesian island of Borneo, in the province of ...
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  2 October 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops: in the face of aggression suffered by Lebanon, the international community "should take on its responsibilities" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite Bishops, gathered in the monthly assembly presided over by Patriarch Béchara Boutros Pierre Raï, express "their pain in the face of the horror of the disaster that has hit Lebanon, ...
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  2 October 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Young migrants and missionaries from East Timor Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "The young migrants who emigrate from East Timor to Korea in search of work and a better life are also missionaries who bring with them a precious heritage of faith and live their Christian witnes ...
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  2 October 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - “New Order” in the Middle East: Basis for the wars of the last 20 years by Luca Mainoldi Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "New Order" was the name of the operation that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah: the name given by the Netanyahu government to the Israeli operation to kill Nasrallah ...
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  1 October 2024
  ASIA/NEPAL - Floods and thousands of displaced people. Apostolic Pro-Vicar: "The situation is critical" Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - "It rained for three days, causing flooding in many small rivers and streams. These were the heaviest rains Nepal has experienced in recent decades," said Father Silas Bogati, Apostolic Pro-Vi ...
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  1 October 2024
  MISSIONARY OCTOBER 2024 - Cardinal Marengo: the novelty of the first proclamation of the Gospel should not be 'lost' in generic speeches on mission by Gianni Valente Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a specificity in the first proclamation of the Gospel. And when I reflect on the mission of the Church, I would like to defend this specificity ", which "shoul ...
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  30 September 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Before leaving for Rome: Bishop Vincent Zhan Silu blesses the foundation stone for the construction of a new church Mindong (Agenzia Fides) - "Immense gratitude to the Lord" is what the Bishop of the Diocese of Funing/Mindong, Vincent Zhan Silu, expressed before leaving for Rome for the laying of the foundation stone of the new church ...
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  29 September 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Cardinal Raï on the assassination of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: "It has opened a wound in the hearts of the Lebanese" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "The assassination of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has opened a wound in the hearts of the Lebanese". But "the incessant martyrdom of Christian and Muslim leaders who believed in the cause of truth, ...
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  28 September 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The relic of the blood of Saint Francis brought to the Holy Land during a pilgrimage to invoke peace Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "After 800 years, we bring Saint Francis back to the Holy Land to try to be, like him, able to cross borders in a wounded place, just as, eight centuries ago, the Poverello went on a pilgrimage to ...
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  27 September 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Documentary on the spiritual legacy of missionary John Lee Tae-seok Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Certain realities of life can only be seen with eyes washed by tears". These words of Pope Francis during the meeting with young people in Manila are the key to understanding the documentary entit ...