Asia

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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 ...
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  19 July 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - In Flores, the vocational 'little Vatican', the pandemic does not stop vocational growth Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the long period of the pandemic that has certainly limited the various social, economic and religious activities, the growth of religious vocations on the island of Flores seems not to h ...
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  18 July 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Beijing Cathedral reopens after 6 months: 101 catechumens receive the sacraments of Christian initiation Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Community of the Archdiocese of Beijing celebrates not only the reopening of the church after six months of closure due to government anti-Covid regulations, but also the sacraments ...
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  16 July 2022
  ASIA/Bangladesh - Church-run drug rehab center gets state recognition for the third time Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Church-run Bangladesh Rehabilitation and Assistance Center for Addicts (BARACA), managed by the Church, obtained national recognition. BARACA's Director Brother Nirmal Francis Gomes CSC (Congrega ...
• 15 July 2022
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Appointment of the Apostolic Prefect of Kompong-Cham Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Pierre Suon Hangly, of the clergy of Phnom-Penh, currently Vicar Delegate of Phnom-Penh. The rev. Pierre Suon Hangly was born on April 14, 1972 ...
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  15 July 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In one year the network of Catholic nuns saved 26 thousand women from human trafficking in Asia Manila (Agenzia Fides) - As many as 26.065 women from Asia were prevented and rescued from human trafficking in 2021 by "Talitha Kum", a Federation of Catholic nuns that is committed to combating and eradicating human tr ...
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  14 July 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic religious: justice for the murder of a young Indonesian immigrant Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Adelina Jemira Sau (also called Adelina Lisao) was an immigrant worker from Indonesia hired as a domestic worker in a Malaysian family in Penang, Malaysia. The young woman, victim of a network o ...
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  13 July 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Palestinian President Abbas calls Pope Francis on the eve of Biden's trip to the Middle East Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of US President Joe Biden's visit to Israel and Palestine, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas took the initiative to contact Pope Francis by telephone to wish the Pope good health an ...
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  13 July 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - "To live in frugality and refrain from extravagance" according to the Word of God and the encyclical Laudato Sì Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted" (Jn 6:12): the words of Jesus addressed to his disciples after the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes, togeth ...
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  12 July 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - Illegal expropriations against Christian landowners in the Kurdish-controlled north-eastern area Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - In the north-eastern Syrian region of Jazira, cases of illegal confiscations and expropriations suffered by Christian owners are multiplying, events denounced mainly by citizens who have been f ...
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  11 July 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Cardinal Raï on the presidential election: “Change must be made in compliance with institutional deadlines Diman (Agenzia Fides) - Delaying or interfering with the formation of a new Lebanese government is an act of "sabotage" against the entire nation and weakens Lebanon in negotiations with the international community. This ...
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  11 July 2022
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - First ethnic Phnong youth to become a Catholic priest Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Cambodia celebrates the priestly ordination of the first young man of the Phnong ethnic group. As Fides learned, with a procession enriched by traditional Phnong music ...
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  11 July 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Fighting poverty: Caritas appeals to new president Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The long-standing problem of poverty in the country must now be urgently addressed says an appeal by the Philippine Caritas to the newly elected President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, urging to face the ...
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  9 July 2022
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: international aid is urgently needed for the country, especially in health care Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo appealed to the international community to assist in providing Sri Lanka with medicines and equipment for hospitals amid its economic crisis and i ...
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  9 July 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Acts of vandalism in a Catholic cathedral in Borneo, the Bishop does not file a complaint Keningau (Agenzia Fides) - A man vandalized a cross, a statue of the Virgin Mary and parts of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Keningau diocese, in Sabah state, around 7:30 a.m. on July 7, aft ...