Asia

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  19 January 2023
  ASIATHAILAND - New training center for catechists of the Hmong ethnic group Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - A new training center dedicated to Hmong catechists, called the "International Hmong Center", intended to serve the Catholic population of the Hmong ethnic group, was inaugurated in Chiang Ma ...
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  18 January 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The army destroys a Catholic church in the Archdiocese of Mandalay; the Chapel of Adoration remains standing Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese army set fire to the ancient Church of the Assumption, built in 1894 in Chan Thar, a village inhabited by Catholics in the region of Sagaing, in the territory of the Archdiocese of ...
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  18 January 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Love for the environment and witness in the midst of earthquakes: the life of Camillian seminarians with the parishioners of Maumere Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - In recent hours, the American Institute of Geophysics USGS reported a violent tremor of magnitude 7.0 that hit the eastern part of the archipelago, near the Moluccas Islands. No damage was repor ...
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  17 January 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - New Evangelization: Mission stations in shopping malls and slums by Paolo Affatato Kalookan (Agenzia Fides) - In the diocese of Kalookan there are 32 parishes and 17 municipal missions. The diocese includes the southern part of the city of Caloocan and the cities of Malabon and Navot ...
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  16 January 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Tangshan Catholic Community marks 2023 as the Year of Spirituality Tangshan (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Tangshan, in the Chinese province of Hebei, is celebrating 2023 as the "Year of Spirituality". In the pastoral planning of the community, after the Year of the Fami ...
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  14 January 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal for ceasefire: "Peace is the greatest gift" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We urgently ask the parties for a ceasefire. We ask that they lay down their arms and seek a peaceful solution. We see many people suffering and it is necessary to create humanitarian corridors ...
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  13 January 2023
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - 2019 Easter attacks, the Supreme Court condemns former President Sirisena Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has ruled that former President of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena, and four other senior officials were negligent because they did not take the necessary preventi ...
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  12 January 2023
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: the unity of the Churches is not a "gesture of courtesy", but a secret of the Christian presence in the Middle East Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "The Eastern Churches need a breath of fresh air", is how the Iraqi Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, entitled his message for the forthcoming Week of Prayer for Chr ...
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  12 January 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Communion in Christ unites North and South Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - Walking together in following Christ. This has united and continues to unite Catholics from all over Vietnam, representing a close link between the South and the North of the country. G ...
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  11 January 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Radio Veritas Asia: 95% of listeners are non-Christians Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Radio is a valuable tool for proclaiming the Gospel in Bangladesh. This was confirmed by the Bengali service of "Radio Veritas Asia" (RVA) which recently held a meeting with its listeners in the c ...
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  11 January 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Earthquake on the archipelago: fear but no major damage for the Camillians on the island of Flores Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - The earthquake that hit Indonesia on Tuesday, January 10, affected the island of South Maluku, one of the provinces of the archipelago. The earthquake was also felt in several neighboring islan ...
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  10 January 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Christmas time for Chinese Catholics. When the light of Jesus crosses the days of pain by Marta Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Many Chinese Catholics will always remember the Christmas season that has just ended. This time, the renewal of joy for the birth of Jesus encountered the suffering and troubles ...
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  10 January 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A new National Commission for minority rights is being studied Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - In recent days, the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif announced during a meeting in Islamabad that a bill to establish a National Commission for Minority Rights is underway. "Although ...
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  9 January 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholics celebrate the feast of the "Black Nazarene", a moment of deep popular faith Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Jesus Christ knows the suffering of his people. Christ lived it himself on the Cross. There is no human experience that Jesus of Nazareth does not understand. The Heart of Christ is anchored in ...
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  5 January 2023
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Apostolic Vicar of Phom Penh: "Pope Benedict XVI encourages us to continue our mission" Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "Benedict XVI was a passionate seeker of God who worked to create harmony of religions and to build a more just world, in truth and with passion. We give thanks for the fruitful life of our b ...