Asia

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  28 January 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Lunar New Year in the name of solidarity and sharing Ho Chi Minh city (Agenzia Fides) - Tet, the "Lunar New Year" which is celebrated on February 1st, is the biggest holiday of the year for the Vietnamese. During these days, people across the country prepare to experience ...
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  27 January 2022
  ASIA/TURKEY - Erdogan confirms: new regulations and new elections for the Foundations of non-Muslim communities Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The process for the publication of the new rules on the functioning of the Turkish Foundations linked to non-Muslim communities is almost complete, which will soon allow these organizations to re ...
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  27 January 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians, called to sow the Gospel and to be "light for the nation" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Indian Christians are committed to updating the spirit and letter of our Constitution, so that justice, freedom, equality, diversity and fraternity may be a reality for all. Above all, to ens ...
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  26 January 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Catholic bishops to the Heads of other Churches: our synodal journey needs your experience and your advice Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In the synodal journey that has just begun, the Catholic Church of the Holy Land "listens" to the wisdom and experience of the other Churches present in the land of Jesus, and for this reason ...
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  26 January 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Archbishop and Minister: working together for reconciliation and reunification of the Koreas Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church and the Korean government intend to work together for peace, reconciliation and the reunification of the Korean peninsula: this was confirmed by the Archbishop of Seoul, Msgr. ...
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  25 January 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate: the use of Arabic in the liturgy is not a "betrayal" of Tradition Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The use of the Arabic language in the liturgies of the Chaldean Church is not a betrayal of Tradition, and responds to the missionary vocation of announcing the salvation of Christ to the men an ...
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  25 January 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Statue of St. Sebastian destroyed in a Catholic church in Tamil Nadu Coimbatore (Agenzia Fides) - Two unidentified men destroyed a statue of St. Sebastian located in the premises of the Holy Trinity Catholic Cathedral in Ramanathapuram, in the district of Coimbatore in the southern Indian ...
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  25 January 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Message from Christian leaders for the elections: called to follow the light of Christ Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Our prophetic voice and firm stand for Christ-like conduct will enable us to join with other Filipinos in discerning who should lead the country. We must all take courage to work together, honor ...
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  24 January 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch Béchara Boutros Raï: the people suffer, raising taxes would be intolerable Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The imposition of new taxes on citizens is understandable and tolerable in phases of economic recovery and growth, but would become a further factor of injustice and suffering for the people of L ...
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  24 January 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Catholic communities help people affected by floods Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic communities of Malaysia have begun to provide humanitarian aid and basic necessities to people affected by the floods that occurred in Malaysia last December. Massive damage wa ...
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  24 January 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Religious communities honor the Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, promoter of "spiritual dialogue" Huè (Agenzia Fides) - All the religious communities in Vietnam in these days pay a tribute of honor and grateful memory to Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist leader, tireless promoter of peace and reconciliation, who d ...
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  22 January 2022
  ASIA/TURKEY - Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople blesses the process of normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The process of relaxation and normalization of relations, underway between Turkey and Armenia, is supported with decision and hope by authoritative representatives of the Armenian community on ...
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  22 January 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - President of the Bishops' Conference: "Vote according to your conscience, not according to the strongest candidate" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Filipino citizens "should vote according to their conscience in the general elections in May"; citizens have a "tendency to support the probable winner, the candidate considered stronger, rather ...
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  21 January 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - From Mariology to the Fathers of the Church: 20 years of "academic evangelization" of the Beijing Institute for the Study of Christian Culture Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "The Academy .... is also a force of evangelization, which belongs to the present of the Church and her mission", writes Pope Francis in the message to the participants in the XXIV Public Sessio ...
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  21 January 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Korean brothers of Kkottongnae on mission in the Philippines Palo (Agenzia Fides) - A religious congregation based in Korea has launched a missionary program and opened its first seminary outside the country, in the Philippines. The "Kkottongnae Congregation of Brother Jesus", a K ...