Asia

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  2 March 2023
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Positive results for the participation of the Catholic Church in the 2023 Taipei International Book Exhibition Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - In February, the 31st TIBE 2023 Taipei International Book Exhibition took place in the Taipei World Trade Center, with the participation of the local Catholic Church, which gave positive results. ...
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  2 March 2023
  ASIA/JORDAN - Archbishop Dal Toso takes office as Apostolic Nuncio Amman (Agenzia Fides) - On the evening of March 1 Archbishop Giampietro Dal Toso arrived in Amman where he will take up his duties as Nuncio Apostolic to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. As the news portal "abouna.org." ...
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  2 March 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Lenten charity of Burmese Catholics Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - During Lent, Catholic communities collect donations for displaced people and those living in poverty in the forests, victims of the ongoing civil war in Myanmar. "In the Catholic churches of Myan ...
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  1 March 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Sixteen new deacons will accompany future pastoral care for ethnic minorities Hưng Hóa (Agenzia Fides) - Sixteen new deacons from the Vietnamese diocese of Hưng Hóa are to accompany the proclamation of the Gospel and pastoral work in the most remote areas of north-western Vietnam, particularly ...
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  28 February 2023
  ASIA/IRAQ- Chaldean Patriarch Sako: Mary brings Christians and Muslims together Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "Mary has a unique position: she brings Christians and Muslims together". This was reiterated by Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, in a speech addressed to an audien ...
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  27 February 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - "Scrutiny" of catechumens, "mandate" of altar servers, ecological initiatives. The intense start of Lent of the Chinese Catholic communities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Solemn Eucharistic celebrations with great participation of the People of God, "scrutinies" of catechumens preparing for baptism, missionary mandate of lectors and extraordinary ministers of Hol ...
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  27 February 2023
  ASIA - Asian Churches: it is time to "widen the tent" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic communities in Asia are called to "widen the space of their tent", to extend it to the needy, the marginalized, to all those, including non-believers, who need and await Christ Jesus' p ...
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  24 February 2023
  ASIA - Delegates gathered for the Synodal Assembly: "There is always room under the tent" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The image of the "tent" that runs through the Continental Synodal Assembly underway in Bangkok from today, February 24, until February 26, is particularly suitable for Asian peoples and cultures ...
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  24 February 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Identity of Buddhist and Taoist monks available online Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - An "online archive" containing the identification data of all Buddhist and Taoist monks registered with the Chinese authorities, which can also be consulted by citizens who, from now on, will no ...
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  23 February 2023
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Lent, "a journey through trials and suffering, towards full joy" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "What we are living this year is a Lent somewhat different from previous years, because Sri Lanka is going through a situation of great economic, political, social, and even moral suffering. We ...
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  22 February 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Fasting from hatred: in time of Lent, the life of displaced people of the civil conflict Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us fast from hatred towards others, even our enemies, to discover Christ who lives in them. Let us fast from pessimism and the dark thoughts that gather in our hearts today, to fill us with C ...
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  22 February 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Start of Lent, praying for the Pope's intentions Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "We must seize the opportunity of Lent to return to the Our Father". This is the encouragement addressed this year to the Catholics of the Archdiocese of Guangzhou by Archbishop joseph Gan Junq ...
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  21 February 2023
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST- Lent. Catholic Patriarchs open the time of the "Great Fast" under the sign of the Fathers of the Church Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Eastern Churches begin the penitential season of Lent while earthquakes, poverty, conflicts and political crises continue to sow pain and anguish in the region. The Patriarchs of the Eastern ...
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  21 February 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Missionary biker, last foreign bishop, says goodbye to Kalimantan Sanggau (Agenzia Fides) - At the wheel of his "two-wheeler" he covered miles and miles on the rough roads of West Kalimantan. He visited villages, celebrated the Eucharist and gave the sacraments, catechized children, yo ...
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  20 February 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Walking, together, for the protection of life Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Walking and praying side by side, religious, laity, priests, bishops for the protection and dignity of life, from birth to natural death, for the promotion of the family, for the defense of every ...