Asia

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  26 February 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Letter to the authorities: the Archdiocese of Hanoi calls for respect for religious freedom Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Hanoi has sent a letter of urgent complaint to various leaders, civil servants and civil authorities, at provincial and national government level, asking the "People's Commi ...
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  25 February 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Two Catholic priests arrested for providing humanitarian aid to displaced people Pekhon (Agenzia Fides) - The Myanmar army has arrested two Catholic priests who were on their way to help internally displaced people in Shan State, in the eastern part of Myanmar. As Fides learned from the local Church, ...
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  25 February 2022
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Father Gabriel and the mission in Gaza Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - Life in Gaza is not easy for anyone. For 70 years, the consequences of the Arab-Israeli conflict have turned the Gaza Strip into the largest open-air prison in the world, cyclically disrupted by ou ...
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  25 February 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Prayer, diligence, sacrifice and dedication: inauguration of the second semester of the National Seminary of Catholic Church in China Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – To pray with fervor, to study diligently, to sacrifice oneself with courage, to show passionate dedication: with reference to the motto of the Seminar and with the solemn prayer of "Our Father ...
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  24 February 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Muqtada al Sadr Movement returns 120 illegally stolen real estate from Christian citizens and Mandeans Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - There are already more than 120 real estate assets - land and houses - returned to their legitimate owners by virtue of the campaign promoted by the Shiite leader Muqtada al Sadr and his Sadrist ...
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  24 February 2022
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Integrating refugees into society: the commitment of the Pro Bambini Association of Kabul Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the end of August, we have been committed to allowing the transfer of our staff and their families from Afghanistan with the Pro Bambini Association of Kabul, because, having collaborated wi ...
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  23 February 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The precious contribution of consecrated life to evangelization and charity Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Consecrated persons in Vietnam are called to a constant renewal of spiritual life and to a joyful missionary ministry to show Jesus' teaching, to present his face and spread the Gospel to others. ...
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  23 February 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy, forced conversions, education system: the weak points for the rights of religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The fundamental rights of religious minorities in Pakistan are of great concern, as can be seen in the field of blasphemy, in religious conversions, in the implementation of labor regulations, i ...
• 22 February 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of the Coadjutor Bishop of Mawlamyine Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Maurice Nyunt Wai, of the clergy of Pathein, currently parish priest of the Sacred Heart Church, Myaungmya, as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of ...
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  22 February 2022
  ASIA/THAILAND - An exhibition of the Foreign Missions of Paris on the history of evangelization Paris (Agenzia Fides) - The seeds of evangelization in Thailand, planted three and a half centuries ago by missionaries sent from France, by the Society for Foreign Missions of Paris (MEP), in response to the invitation ...
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  22 February 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Israeli reassurances: the status of the Mount of Olives will not be changed without consulting the Churches Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Israeli project to include the Mount of Olives area in the Jerusalem Walls Natural Park "will not be carried out without the participation of all interested parties, including, of course, ...
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  22 February 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - State officials interrupt Mass celebrated by the Archbishop of Hanoi Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholics of the Archdiocese of Hanoi were surprised and shocked when government officials entered a church in the province of Hoa Binh and interrupted the Mass celebrated by Msgr. Joseph Vu V ...
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  21 February 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic communities are living the new pastoral year intensely, in a synodal spirit Rome (Agenzia Fides) - " The "Year of God", which was celebrated in 2021, will be followed in the Archdiocese of Beijing by the "Year of the Son of God" announced by Archbishop Joseph Li Shan in his Christmas message. Th ...
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  21 February 2022
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - A new church in Phnom Penh, the result of the commitment of the faithful Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic parish in the Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh has completed the construction of the new Church of Saint Joseph. As Fides learns, Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, at the head of th ...
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  21 February 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Israeli project to incorporate the Mount of Olives into a National Park. Heads of Churches: the plan appears to serve an ideological agenda Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Mount of Olives, in Jerusalem, is at the center of a project initiated by the Israeli authorities to expand the boundaries of a National Park to encompass ecclesiastical land located in th ...