Asia

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  26 October 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Camillians on the island of Flores for 13 years Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - The number thirteen is described as a "lucky number" and this also seems to apply to the Camillians in Indonesia who, on July 3, 2009, that is 13 years ago, arrivved in Maumere, on the island of ...
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  25 October 2022
  ASIA - With heart and mind open to God's will: the Bishops of Asia "before the burning bush" Bangkok (Agenzi Fides) - In a continent that suffers three "divides": the social divide, the spiritual divide between oneself and others; the ecological divide between man and creation, the Bishops of Asia allow themselv ...
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  24 October 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - New Catholic church in the north-east of the country, among the "hill tribes": state media reports Bac Kan (Agenzia Fides) - In the missionary month, on the eve of World Mission Day, a new Catholic church was consecrated and opened for worship in the Northeast of Vietnam, in an area populated by the "hill tribes" (or ...
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  21 October 2022
  ASIA - The Bishops analyze the "emerging realities" on the continent Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - To discover and learn about the "emerging realities" in the Asian continent, phenomena that characterize society, culture, economy, to grant pastoral action and understand the ways to proclaim t ...
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  20 October 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Fight against poverty and hunger in India: between good results and necessary commitments New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - India has rescued 415 million people from poverty in 15 years. This was stated in the new UN report on the "Multidimensional Poverty Index" (MPI), which analyzes the data collected between 200 ...
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  19 October 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Catholic laity fully involved in the synodal process and in the proclamation of the Gospel Huè (Agenzia Fides) - The lay Catholics of Vietnam want to contribute to the worldwide synodal process and their commitment is essential, especially in reaching out to those who, after baptism, have distanced themselves ...
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  18 October 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The mission of a Catholic hospital also includes palliative care for the terminally ill Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - In the village of Achi Masjid, on Chamber Road, 40 km from the city of Hyderabad, in the Pakistani province of Sindh, the presence of this group of doctors and nurses is considered by the loca ...
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  17 October 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - "Signs of the Times": Social Media Mission by Marta Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - For years, the daily life of a large part of the Chinese population has been characterized by the use of the news app "Wechat" from the Chinese company "Tencent Holdings". The com ...
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  17 October 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The baptized pray the Rosary for peace in Korea and Ukraine Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Prayer to Mary moves mountains; the "impossible causes" are entrusted to the Mother of God through the prayers of the Rosary, recited in community. With this certainty of faith, the Catholics of t ...
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  15 October 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Eviction for Christian refugees in Baghdad: the building where they live must become a shopping center Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In 2014 they had to flee Mosul and the cities of the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq. They had abandoned their homes and all their belongings in the face of the advance of so-called Islamic Stat ...
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  15 October 2022
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - World Mission Month campaign goes to places of pain and healing Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The World Mission Month campaign of the Pontifical Mission Societies in East Timor goes to prisons, hospitals, homes for the elderly. The focus of the initiatives that take place throughout the mon ...
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  15 October 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The anniversary of the Second Vatican Council commemorated with an interreligious round table Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council is commemorated in Indonesia with two special meetings today, October 15: one at the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology of the "Sanata Dharma U ...
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  14 October 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops encourage the faithful to physically return to mass in churches Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In the parish of St. Anthony, run by the Franciscans, in Forbes Park, one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in the Makati district, the economic and financial heart of Manila, before the pandem ...
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  13 October 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - In October, pilgrimages to Marian places flourish throughout Indonesia Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Marian shrine "Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni" in the Indonesian city of Medan, in the north of the island of Sumatra, looks from the outside like a Buddhist temple with Indian and Chinese el ...
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  12 October 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - A new Franciscan mission in northeast India Diphu (Agenzia Fides) - Fraternity, hospitality, listening and helping the poorest: these are the characteristics which, according to the charism of Saint Francis of Assisi, will animate the new mission begun by the Fran ...