Asia

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  7 April 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Silsilah" movement: "Ramadan, time to deepen faith and dialogue" Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "This year the month of Ramadan in the Philippines coincides with the period of the electoral campaign for national and local elections; we also live it in conjunction with the alarming period ...
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  6 April 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops: God bless the visit of Pope Francis to Lebanese land Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite bishops "express their joy at the news of the visit of Pope Francis to Lebanon, which is on the agenda for the month of June". They do so at the end of the meeting which saw them me ...
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  6 April 2022
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - The Apostolic Administrator: "Priests and missionaries are always needed" Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "The decline of the impact of the coronavirus in Uzbekistan has led to a return of the international community, which in the last two years had diminished. This also has consequences for us: in ...
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  5 April 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Concern among Christian leaders: "Chaotic political situation Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a very embarrassing political situation in the country. I am sorry to say that politics these days is a type of selfish politics: all political leaders, including their parties, focus ...
• 5 April 2022
  ASIA/JAPAN - Appointment of the Bishop of Oita, His Exc. Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed the rev. Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama, of the clergy of Fukuoka, currently Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Japan, as Bishop of the Diocese ...
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  5 April 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - National Catholic Collection Day, an expression of the synodal journey in charity Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The pandemic has physically limited the activities of Chinese Catholics, but has not been able to stop the generous heart of the Chinese Catholic community, which beats for the needs of all, Cathol ...
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  5 April 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - President-elect Yoon visits the Catholic Church and serves meals at the soup kitchen Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "I hope he will keep his promises to restore justice with a policy of unity and not of division": said Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-taick when meeting , in his Seoul office, President-elect Yoon Su ...
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  4 April 2022
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Economic and social crisis: civil society calls for UN intervention Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "In Sri Lanka there is an extremely critical situation, which if unaddressed, could lead to a serious collapse of the State and also the development of anarchy within the society at large": this ...
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  2 April 2022
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - What does God want from the young people of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan? Samarkand (Agenzia Fides) - Meeting the young Catholics of Central Asia, understanding their spiritual needs, giving them the proclamation of Christ: these are the objectives of the diocesan meeting of young people from ...
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  2 April 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - New "men of the peripheries" in the Church of Vietnam Ho Chi Minh city (Agenzia Fides) - Deacons are "gatherers in the Lord's rice field", Samaritans, prophets, pastors at the service of the ecclesial community in the Asian country. The gift of 61 new deacons revitalizes th ...
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  1 April 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The diocese of Maumere prays for Russia and Ukraine Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "On March 25, the priests of the diocese and representatives of the 45 religious institutes of our Diocese of Maumere, were deeply and spiritually united with Pope Francis during a solemn Euchar ...
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  31 March 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch Raï relaunches the document of the Nakhtar al Hayat group on the present and future of Christians in the Middle East Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The document drawn up by the ecumenical team Nakhtar al Hayat ("Let's choose life") on the present and the future of Christians in the Middle East finds the full support of the Maronite Patriarc ...
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  31 March 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - A synodal journey in charity: the "Volunteers of the Lord" at the forefront to fight the pandemic Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Priests who guard the quarantined areas to enforce health rules at night, the nuns who are drivers and messengers, the seminarians who load material aid, the laity who intervene in all areas where ...
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  30 March 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Years of legal battle: Settlers from the Ateret Cohanim organization break into historic building in Jerusalem's Christian Quarter Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the churches in Jerusalem condemn the attack by settlers belonging to the Israeli organization Ateret Cohanim on Saturday, March 26, at the historic Petra Hostel near the Jaffa ...
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  30 March 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops invite competent candidates to vote: "our vote is our voice" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Philippine Bishops have told Catholics of the country to select competent candidates who will work for the welfare of people and the interest of the country in the forthcoming May 9 general and l ...