Asia

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  9 July 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - A missionary organizes a "Cooking School" for the children of the "Ark Village" Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "Summer, at the Ark Village, represents a privileged time for the care of the entire structure. The renovation activities began at the end of May, when the 'Almaty Marathon' foundation created a ...
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  8 July 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Apostolic Administrator of Aleppo: "war is not 'right': it's just war" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "I look at the women and children forced to leave their homes due to the war in Ukraine, and I see the millions of displaced persons and refugees of our Syrian people. The same thing happened to ...
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  8 July 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - The Camillians mobilize with medical aid camps in the flooded areas of the State of Assam Silchar (Agenzia Fides) - The death toll of the floods that are seriously affecting the State of Assam has so far exceeded 150. Four million people are affected by this emergency. This is what Fr. Bijoy K George, Camilli ...
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  7 July 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Young Christians support the reopening of libraries and bookstores in Mosul and in the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - In Mosul and in the Nineveh Plain, the network of libraries and bookshops has paid a high price due to the jihadist occupation and the military interventions that have devastated it. In those year ...
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  6 July 2022
  ASIA/JORDAN - Caritas and Catholic Center for Studies raise funds to send medicines to the Lebanese people Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Two concerts by Lebanese singer Carla Chamoun, also appreciated for her acclaimed performances of sacred hymns in the Arabic language. This is the original initiative undertaken by Caritas Jordan ...
• 6 July 2022
  ASIA/JAPAN - Appointment of the Rector of the "Tokyo Catholic Seminary" interdiocesan Seminary of Tokyo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 8, 2022 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Paul Miki Keizo Inagawa, of the archdiocesan clergy of Tokyo a ...
• 6 July 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of the Rector of the "Saint John Marie Vianney" interdiocesan Seminary in Loikaw Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 21, 2022 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Agostino M. Ko, of the diocesan clergy of Pekhon, as Rector ...
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  6 July 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - "Open your heart to welcome the Lord": the retreat of priests and nuns from the diocese of Ningxia underlines the importance of spirituality Ningxia (Agenzia Fides) - Open your heart, close your mouth, meditate in silence, make an examination of conscience to welcome the Lord during prayer, a face-to-face meeting with the Lord to be able to hear his voice and ...
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  5 July 2022
  ASIA/TURKEY - Ancient Christian cemetery desecrated in the Tur Abdin region Yemişli (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of desecrated tombs, with mortal remains and funerary objects scattered in the surrounding land. This is the scene faced by the Christians of Yemişli, a village in the south-eastern T ...
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  4 July 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - More than 200 cases of violence against Christians in 5 months New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the year 2022, from January to the end of May, 207 cases of violence against Christians have been recorded in India. This is stated in a note sent to Agenzia Fides by the "United Christian ...
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  2 July 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - 48 married couples set out to spread the beauty of the Amoris Laetitia Family in the community Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) - As the World Meeting of Families approaches in Rome, which closed the Year dedicated to the "Amoris Laetitia Family" announced by Pope Francis (March 19, 2021 - June 26, 2022), the diocese of Nin ...
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  1 July 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Priestly ordinations on the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul: in the footsteps of the Apostles, the mission of evangelization is strengthened Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - New priestly ordinations on the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, on June 29, to give energy to the mission of evangelization in mainland China by strengthening the synodal path. Msgr. Paul He ...
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  1 July 2022
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Msgr. Marengo: "Accompany the faithful on their journey with the light of the Gospel" Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "We must accompany the faithful towards a dimension of greater depth: this is one of the pastoral challenges of the near future for the Church in Mongolia". Msgr. Giorgio Marengo, Apostolic ...
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  30 June 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The mission of the new priests: "Close to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and always merciful" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "God wants us not to harden our hearts towards the faithful, we must listen to them and love them. As priests, our hearts should be like the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a heart of flesh, not of stone ...
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  28 June 2022
  ASIA/TURKEY - Catholics and Orthodox celebrate the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul together in "Peter's Grotto" Antakya (Agenzia Fides) - Also this year, baptized Catholics and Orthodox are preparing to experience intense moments of communion on June, 28 and 29, in the context of the liturgical memory of the Holy Apostles Peter an ...