Asia

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  20 February 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Magdalene and the Tibetan church, an "oasis of coexistence" even for the Chinese state media by Marta Zhao Lhasa (Agenzia Fides) - The China News Service (CNS) (chinanews.com.cn) describes the Catholic community of Yanjing as an "oasis of coexistence" between religions and a "place of encounter" between culture ...
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  17 February 2023
  ASIA/LEBANON - "Like a mustard seed". The Catholic Churches in the Middle East indicate the points of orientation of their "synodal path" Harissa (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic communities in the Middle East are called to bear witness to "fellowship and hope in suffering", to represent the face of a Church "as humble as a 'mustard seed', which grows in the pre ...
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  17 February 2023
  ASIA - The journey of the Churches of Laos and Cambodia: the proclamation of the Kingdom of God to the poor Phnom Pen (Agenzia Fides) - "Our extremely small Churches (0.1% of the population in Cambodia, - 0.5% in Laos), live in conditions similar to those of the Acts of the Apostles, with first or second generation Christians ...
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  16 February 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Priests at the service of the poor, of young people, of the care of the "Common Home" in small communities Ho Chi Minh Ville (Agenzia Fides) - "To serve God through the poor, in whom Christ is present and to be close to them every day" is the desire of Peter Pham Minh Hung, a priest in the parish of Vuon Xoai, belonging to th ...
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  16 February 2023
  ASIA/SYRIA - Aleppo, Bishop Joseph Tobji: the earthquake opens a new time of trial, also for faith Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "After the shock and terror, we are now beginning to come to terms with the extent of the material and spiritual ruins that the earthquake has left in our lives. A hard time begins, where we will ...
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  15 February 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Christians help earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in one of the poorest countries in the world want to help victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. In the past, the people of Bangladesh have themselves repeatedly been hit by the ...
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  15 February 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Little things bring joy to the suffering faces of the sick: Camillians on the occasion of theXXXI World Day of the Sick Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - The XXXI World Day of the Sick, celebrated by the Catholic Church on February 11, 2023 (see Fides, 10/2/2022), was a precious opportunity to also bring together the Camillians (MI) of Indonesia ...
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  13 February 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The people of God gather at Mary's feet to ask for peace, justice, healing, reconciliation Nyaunglebin (Agenzia Fides) - The people of Myanmar gather at the feet of the Virgin Mary to earnestly invoke, with inner emotion and spiritual participation, healing and peace. Thousands of pilgrims and devotees gathere ...
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  10 February 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, the Beijing parish of Xi Tang asks Mary for graces and healings on the World Day of the Sick Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Beijing parish of Xi Tang celebrates the 300th anniversary of its foundation by inviting the people of God to make a spiritual "pilgrimage" tomorrow, February 11, on the day the liturgy cele ...
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  10 February 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Korean community's closeness and solidarity with earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Images of the widespread devastation caused by the earthquake on February 6 in Turkey and Syria have not left Catholics in South Korea indifferent. Peter Chung Soon-Taick, O.C.D., Archbishop of S ...
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  9 February 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - With martial law in 37 other cities, the army is determined to "crush any resistance" Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - With the imposition of martial law in 37 other townships throughout the country, including the strongholds of the resistance in the regions of Sagaing and Magwe, the pressure of the military go ...
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  9 February 2023
  ASIA/TURKEY - Bishop Bizzeti: dramatic situation. The earthquake forces to abandon the politics of conflict Iskenderun (Agenzia Fides) - In the face of the earthquake that has annihilated thousands of human lives and reduced entire neighborhoods between Syria and Turkey to rubble, the collective tragedy and common pain of diff ...
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  9 February 2023
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarchs and Heads of Churches: after the earthquake, no more sanctions and embargo against the Syrian people Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - After the earthquake that hit large areas in northern Syria on Monday, February 6, economic embargoes and sanctions imposed by Western countries and organizations against the Syrian Arab Republ ...
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  8 February 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Somascan Fathers in celebration and on mission for orphaned and abandoned children Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Celebrating today, February 8, the feast of Saint Jerome Emiliani (Venice, 1486 - Somasca, Feb. 8, 1537) in the parish named after him in the municipality of Muntinlupa - one of the cities that m ...
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  8 February 2023
  ASIA/SYRIA - Monk (and next bishop) Jacques Mourad: the earthquake, the "full measure" of pain, and the mystery of our faith Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The only thing missing was this earthquake to fill to the brim the cup of suffering. And now, in this very situation, hope, charity, solidarity among all still passes, thanks be to God. Today th ...