Asia

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  31 January 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Farewell to missionary Tommy Murphy, friend of the Church and the Chinese people Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Everyone in China called him Chen Fa-yi. He, like the great Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci, had also wanted to take a Chinese name. Father Tommy Murphy, a good-natured Irish missionary who had b ...
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  30 January 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Three newly ordained deacons for the Diocese of Zhouzhi Zhouzhi (Agenzia Fides) - On the day when the Catholic Church celebrates the liturgical memory of Saint Thomas Aquinas, great theologian and Doctor of the Church, the Catholics of the diocese of Zhouzhi, in the Chinese p ...
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  30 January 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Interreligious dialogue as a path to peace: may it be included in school study Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "There is great need for dialogue between religions in Pakistan in order to build a culture of peace in society and public life. Interreligious dialogue is the key to peace in Pakistan and in the ...
• 30 January 2023
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Badulla Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Badulla, Sri Lanka, presented by Bishop Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S. The Holy Father has ...
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  28 January 2023
  ASIA/BAHREIN - Father Aldo Berardi appointed Vicar Apostolic of North Arabia. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Aldo Berardi, O.SS.T., until now vicar general of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives, as vicar apostolic of Nor ...
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  27 January 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - A new parish in Kachin state, in the midst of conflict Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic population of the Burmese state of Kachin, in northern Myanmar, has a new parish: it was inaugurated in recent days, in the diocese of Myitkyina, the state capital, with a solemn ...
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  26 January 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Grief not removed and hope cherished. Letters and gestures of communion in the Chinese Catholic community at the beginning of the "Year of the Rabbit" Harbin (Agenzia Fides) - The Chinese New Year celebrations continue. But loved ones begin to say goodbye, and slowly people begin to return to their ordinary occupations. For many, in recent weeks, moments of joy and for ...
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  26 January 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced religious conversion: may the government accept the appeal submitted to the UN Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Christian communities, Hindus, and civil society organizations in Pakistan have welcomed the recent statement submitted to the UN Human Rights Council on the phenomenon of abduction, forced re ...
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  25 January 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Indian Jesuit Father has been living in Sumatra for 50 years: a life marked by devotion to Mary and love of God Medan (Agenzia Fides) - On the Indonesian island of Sumatra, inhabited mainly by indigenous groups and where traditionalist Islam is widespread, there lives a missionary who has become a well-known and respected personal ...
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  24 January 2023
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Catechesis week: The focus is on passing on the faith in families Kuala Lumpur (Agenzi Fides) - The renewal of the Church and the transmission of the faith in Catholic families are the focus of the 2023 Catechetical Week, celebrated in the Catholic communities and culminating in "Catec ...
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  23 January 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Mission with the deaf, thanks to sign language videos Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The proclamation of the Word of God and catechesis to deaf children and adults makes use of new media tools such as videos, in which sign language is used: this is the initiative of the "Korean Ca ...
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  21 January 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Religious leaders: "Peace is possible, peace is the only way" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Religious leaders in Myanmar issue a "passionate appeal for peace", insisting that "all of us need to undertake the pilgrimage of peace". "The last few months have seen great threats to the sacre ...
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  21 January 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The community of Bataan rejects the plan to activate the nuclear power plant: life is more important than cheap electricity Balangas (Agenzia Fides) - Due to the energy crisis and the high cost of electricity, the solution is not to resort to nuclear energy, but to develop renewable energies: this is the position of a large community forum in ...
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  20 January 2023
  ASIA/NEPAL - Father Miller, missionary with a "passion for evangelization" by Paolo Affatato Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - When a missionary spends more than 60 years of his life in a country far from his homeland, it often happens that he chooses to die there, in his "adopted homeland" and also ...
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  20 January 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese New Year. Christian hope embraces the expectations and sorrows of the "great army of ChunYun" by Marta Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - After three years of closures and impediments due to the pandemic, the great "army of ChunYun" has finally returned, the endless crowds of people who travel through China to spend ...