Asia

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  19 September 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Wayanad landslide victims: joy for being alive and sadness for the current situation Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Although the government has provided a fixed rent and food subsidy to the people seriously affected on July 29 by the landslides that devastated the Wayanad district in Kerala, the population ...
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  19 September 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Holy Year under the sign of ecumenism: Catholic Church wants to include other Christian denominations New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - It will be a Holy Year that will be lived in India under the sign of ecumenism: this is what the President of the Latin Rite Bishops' Conference (CCBI) in India and Archbishop of Goa and Daman ...
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  18 September 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Churches damaged by typhoons, ecclesial communities launch aid and reconstruction initiatives Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - After Typhoon Yagi destroyed and damaged six churches on the island of Hainan, Typhoon Bebinca - the most powerful since 1949 - hit the Pudong area of Shanghai on September 16, affecting more t ...
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  18 September 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic Church celebrates the month of martyrs in September Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "God has chosen his people on this earth to accept the Gospel and to flourish in faith. Let us entrust ourselves to the intercession of the blessed martyrs so that we may always live according to ...
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  17 September 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Displaced people in Loikaw affected by floods: “Only the power that comes from above keeps us going” Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In ten refugee camps hosting displaced Catholics in Loikaw, "the sudden floods have shaken the lives of families and older children. At least 18 victims are confirmed, others are missing. It is a ...
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  16 September 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - World Synod of Bishops in October: Who are the two bishops from the People's Republic of China who will partecipate by Marta Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The list of bishops who will participate in the next assembly of the Synod of Bishops by papal appointment also includes the names of Vincent Zhan Silu and Joseph Yang Yongquian ...
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  16 September 2024
  ASIA - After tropical storm “Yagi”: Help and solidarity for the victims in Vietnam and Myanmar Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Eight days after the severe tropical storm "Yagi" hit northern Vietnam, the authorities are busy with massive reconstruction and relief operations. The floods and landslides caused by typhoon "Yag ...
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  14 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Agreement between China and the Holy See on the appointment of Bishops, the Pope: "Good result, I am happy" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The result" of the agreement between China and the Holy See on the appointment of bishops "is good, I am happy." This is what Pope Francis said during the usual press conference on the pla ...
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  14 September 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Civil war in Rakhine State worsens the situation of the Rohingya Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The civil war in the Burmese state of Rakhine, on the west coast of Myanmar, is intensifying with an increase in victims and the displacement of the Rohingya, an ethnic group of Muslim faith who ...
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  13 September 2024
  MIDDLE EAST/LEBANON - Remains of Cardinal Agagianian return to Lebanon Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Joy and emotion in Lebanon: the remains of the Servant of God, Cardinal Agagianian, a leading figure in the Church of the 20th century, have returned home. Since 1971 they have been resting in th ...
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  13 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope in Singapore: excerpts from the address during the interreligious meeting with young people Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - An hour of sincere dialogue, made up of questions and answers, exchanges of jokes and smiles, concluded the long Apostolic Journey of Pope Francis in Asia and Oceania by embracing the young Si ...
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  13 September 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In the Season of Creation, an appeal to safeguard the "common home" in the Tañon Strait Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - The Tañon Strait is a stretch of sea located between the islands of Negros and Cebu, in the central Philippines and is known for its biodiversity and crystal clear waters, used by the fishermen of ...
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  12 September 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Keeping the flame of peace alive: Peace pilgrimage for young Catholics and Mass for refugees from North Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The desire for reconciliation and peace on the Korean peninsula must be promoted daily on a human, political, social and spiritual level: with this conviction, the Committee for National Reconcili ...
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  12 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Singapore: excerpts from the homily during the Holy Mass at the National Stadium Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - In Singapore, Pope Francis presided over a Holy Mass at the National Stadium "Singapore Sports Hub". Over 50,000 faithful present cheered him with songs and applause, while the Pope distribute ...
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  12 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Singapore: excerpts from the address to the Authorities and Diplomatic Corps Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has arrived in Singapore, the fourth and final stop of his long Apostolic Journey to Asia and Oceania. In the morning, the welcoming ceremony took place in the city-state's Parlia ...