Asia

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  15 March 2023
  ASIA - Like the Magi and the great missionaries to scrutinize the signs of the times: the path of the Church in Asia Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The Final Document of the General Conference of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC), held in Bangkok from October 12 to 30, 2022, published today, March 15, a list of missionarie ...
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  15 March 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Give thanks to God on the peaks of Mount Lú. Lenten pilgrimages to the Marian shrine of Lushan for the feast of Saint Joseph Lushan (Agenzia Fides) - Lushan, "Mount Lú", is a mountain located in the district of the same name, south of the city of Jiujiang, in the Chinese province of Jiangxi. From a distance, you can admire countless peaks tha ...
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  14 March 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - One thousand young people confirmed as civil conflict worsens Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - The Lord confirms them in faith, which will help them live through the hardship, precariousness and suffering around them. A total of 1,173 young people have received the Sacrament of Confirma ...
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  14 March 2023
  ASIA/TURKEY - New earthquake of magnitude 4,7 in southeastern Turkey: the missionaries continue to provide their assistance Mersin (Agenzia Fides) - After the serious earthquake which on February 6, destroyed entire neighborhoods between Syria and Turkey (see Fides, 7/2/2023) a new shock recorded today March 14 shook the earth in the south-ea ...
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  10 March 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Catholic Church asks Parliament to abolish the death penalty Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The "Justice and Peace" Commission of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of South Korea will officially present to the Korean Parliament, on March 13, a petition for the abolition of the death penal ...
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  9 March 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Hazing and student abuse in universities: an evil to eradicate Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The recent death of John Matthew Salilig, a Catholic student at Adamson University in Manila, has raised the issue of hazing and all those practices such as "initiation rites" to associations, cl ...
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  8 March 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Eleven representatives of the Catholic Church take part in the People's Congress in Beijing Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 69 representatives from “religious circles” are taking part in the sessions of the 14th National People's Congress which opened in Beijing on March 4th in the presence of President ...
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  8 March 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Women and consecrated women, alongside the poor for a hundred years Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - For a hundred years the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary have been present in Myanmar, proclaiming the Gospel with word, life and deeds, always and in all cases close to the people, especi ...
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  7 March 2023
  ASIA/SYRIA - The "road map" of Father Jacques Mourad, Archbishop of Homs by Father Jihad Youssef monk of the Community of Deir Mar Musa Homs (Agenzia Fides) - These are peculiar days for Christians in Syria and also for us of the monastic community of Deir Mar Musa. Our brother, the monk ...
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  7 March 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "Solidarity race" among the Korean faithful: "Let us not forget the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A month after the disaster of February 6, while the spotlights of the mass media are shifting and international attention is diminishing, it is necessary not to forget the victims of the severe e ...
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  7 March 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - 11 Catholics at the XIV National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Sixty-nine representatives of the "religious world" have been selected to participate in the sessions of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, wh ...
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  6 March 2023
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - 95 young catechumens in the community of Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - They symbolically knocked on the doors of the Church to ask to be admitted to the last stage of their preparation for Baptism. They are 95 young Cambodian catechumens who, in the Apostolic Vi ...
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  4 March 2023
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The parishes accompany the journey of faith of 1,700 catechumens Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - After the official examination of candidates for baptism in the parishes, the communities of the Diocese of Hong Kong accompany the journey of faith of the 1,700 catechumens to the diocesan ex ...
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  3 March 2023
  ASIA/SYRIA - Father Jacques Mourad ordained Archbishop of Homs: "He has put his life in the hands of the Lord" by Gianni Valente Homs (Agenzia Fides) - Father Jacques Mourad "put his life in the hands of the Lord". And the Lord has chosen him to be "the spiritual father who sanctifies souls with the sacraments of salvation and g ...
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  3 March 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Jiangxi Catholic Community: Priests, religious and laity jointly formulate pastoral priorities for 2023 Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The proclamation of the Gospel in everyday life includes all the baptized, priests, religious and lay people, and is also expressed in the practice of charity for the benefit of all fellow citiz ...