Asia

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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 ...
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  11 October 2022
  ASIA - The jubilee assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences: "And they took another path" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Even the rain - not uncommon in the rainy season, which in Thailand lasts from June to October - does not alter the good climate of meetings that will characterize the General Assembly of the Fe ...
• 11 October 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Appointment of the Rector of the interdiocesan seminary in the archdiocese of Gwangju Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 22, 2022, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle appointed Rev. Petrus Kim Jung-Yong, of the archdiocesan clergy of Gwangju as Rector of the interdiocesan Seminary located in the Archdioces ...
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  10 October 2022
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Ignatian spiritual exercises in Samarkand, to guard the "bud" of faith Samarkand (Agenzia Fides) – To spend a few days in silence, according to the charism of St. Ignatius of Loyola, and propose the practice of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises as an opportunity to be closer to God and dis ...
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  10 October 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "It is time to take a step forward”: the Forum for Peace calls for a process of dialogue and reconciliation Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - As tensions rise on the Korean peninsula, and yesterday, October 9, North Korea launched two new short-range ballistic missiles towards the East Sea, cultural and political initiatives continue to ...
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  8 October 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bringing God's merciful love and alleviating the suffering of the victims affected by the monsoon floods Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistani government has officially declared 66 districts of the country, submerged by the monsoon floods at the end of August 2022, and which have involved more than 33 million people 'a ...
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  8 October 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - "Strengthening communion", central theme of the new pastoral year in the Church of Vietnam Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - "Strengthening communion" is the central pastoral theme indicated by the Bishops of Vietnam for the Vietnamese Church in the year 2023. This is what we read in the "General Letter to the community ...
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  7 October 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The mission and educational commitment of the "Silsilah" movement for Islamic-Christian dialogue Zamboanga del Sur (Agenzia Fides) - In the South of the Philippines, especially among the poorest and most disadvantaged families, mistrust, prejudice and suspicion between Muslims and Christians can creep into families. ...
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  6 October 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - With the sacrament of Confirmation, 224 young people are "missionaries of the Gospel" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Lord has confirmed their faith and sends them as missionaries to the world. In Dhaka there are 224 adolescents and young people who have received the sacrament of Confirmation and have declare ...
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  5 October 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - "Lord, it is good that we are here". The "Feast of the Elderly" celebrated in Chinese Catholic churches Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Lord, it is good that we are here!" (Mt 17.4): with this motto, taken from the Gospel account of the Transfiguration of the Lord, the Catholic cathedral in Beijing, dedicated to the Holy Savior ...
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  5 October 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Law preventing free religious conversion in Karnataka is "contrary to the Constitution and human dignity" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The recent bill that seeks to regulate religious conversions in the Indian state of Karnataka - a state in Southwestern India with more than 64 million inhabitants - goes against the Constitut ...
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  4 October 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - The rebirth of the Mar Elian Monastery. A Christian story by Gianni Valente Quaryatayn (Agenzia Fides) - In August 2015, when the black flags of the Caliphate flew over much of Syria, the militiamen of the self-proclaimed Islamic State sowed ruin and devastation in the ancient ...
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  4 October 2022
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Missionary month, month of gratitude Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "In this month of October, dedicated by the Mission Church, our hearts are filled with gratitude. It is the month of gratitude. We are grateful to God for his love and for his gifts Gratitude ...
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  3 October 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - After the tragedy in Malang stadium, Catholics offer moral, material and spiritual support Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The day after the violence and the disaster in the stadium of Malang, in the eastern part of the island of Java, which caused 127 deaths (including a 5-year-old child), the Indonesian Catholic C ...
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  3 October 2022
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Church-State dialogue in the midst of the economic and political crisis Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The concerns of the Christian community, the ways to face the economic and political crisis, the contribution of religious communities, and of Christians in particular, to the common good, truth ...