Asia

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  30 July 2022
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Integration of people with disabilities and environmental sustainability: the work of human promotion of the Church Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - Social integration of people with disabilities and environmental sustainability. This is the commitment of the Church of Tajikistan which is working on these two fronts: as we learn from a note ...
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  29 July 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Urban floods in Karachi: aid from the Catholic Church Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "The volunteers of Caritas of Karachi and of the parishes of Karachi have mobilized after the long period of monsoon rains in Karachi in the month of July. The record of heavy rainfall in Karach ...
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  29 July 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Wrong teaching on the Christian faith: after the intervention of the Bishops, the government announces the correction Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - An erroneous teaching on the Christian faith, on God and the Trinity, present in an official book of civic education published by the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Research and Technology (K ...
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  28 July 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - In Seoul, the "Signis" world congress: "the apostolate of listening" for Catholic communicators Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Highlighting the importance of communication in our time and the commitment of all communicators to peace and truth: this is the objective of the World Congress of Catholic Media "SIGNIS" to be he ...
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  28 July 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Inauguration of the first "community agricultural market". Father Zgheib: "instrument of resilience" in the crisis that is crushing the country Rayfoun (Agenzia Fides) - A singular "alliance" between young Christians from Lebanese parishes and small agricultural producers from the Land of Cedars is trying to provide a concrete response to the economic emergencie ...
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  28 July 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - New indigenous president, Christians: "Promote the rights of tribals and women" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in India welcomed the election and inauguration of Drupadi Murmu, 64, as president of the country on July 21. Murmu is the first indigenous president and the second woman to hold th ...
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  27 July 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Appeal by religious leaders: justice and security for religious minorities Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – More than 100 leaders of religious minority communities in Bangladesh, a country with a large Muslim majority, demonstrate and express disappointment at the violence against their places of wors ...
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  27 July 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Formation and missionary awareness of priests, crucial for the life of the Church, looking at the treasures of the past Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The formation of seminarians and priests and their missionary awareness are crucial for the life of the Church in Vietnam: according to information from Agenzia Fides, Fr. Anton Nguyen Van Thang, ...
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  26 July 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A digital photography contest to value the elderly in the Church and in society Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Recognizing and valuing the elderly in the Church and in Korean society, helping grandparents to bear fruit according to God's will, in line with Pope Francis' message for the World Day of Grandpa ...
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  26 July 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian sentenced to death on false accusations of blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Lahore court sentenced to death a Christian accused of blasphemy in 2017. On July 4, 2022, at Lahore in the province of Punjab, Session Court sentenced to death by hanging Ashfaq Masih, now 3 ...
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  25 July 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - Attack on the inauguration of the church of Saint Sofia, wanted by the Russians Hama (Agenzia Fides) – Two people were killed and 12 injured on Sunday, July 24 by bombardment of a church as it was being inaugurated in the Syrian village of al-Suqaylabiyah, not far from the city of Hama. The small ...
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  25 July 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Catholics celebrate the Jubilees of "Propaganda Fide" and of the Pontifical Mission Societies Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Bangladesh celebrates the 400th anniversary of the founding of the dicastery of "Propaganda Fide" (1622-2022) and the 200th anniversary of the creation of the Pontifical Mis ...
• 25 July 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Resignation of the Bishop of Nha Trang Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 23, 2022 the Holy Father accepted accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Nha Trang, Viêt Nam, presented by Bishop Joseph Võ Ɖúc Minh. (SL) (Agenzia Fi ...
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  21 July 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Camillians help flood victims in Assam Silchar (Agenzia Fides) - "The state of Assam is once again flooded and abandoned. Year after year we have to deal with the loss of life, crop damage and loss of livestock and wildlife. The state of Assam is regularly pl ...
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  20 July 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Church honors a German nun who spent her life among lepers Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Indonesia honors and celebrates a German nun who pioneered working among lepers on Flores island of Indonesia died on June 27. She was 93. Sr Virgula Maria Schmith, a memb ...