Asia

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  27 August 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Fasting and penance for 40 days amid the pandemic Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Zamboanga, on the island of Mindanao, in the southern Philippines, will experience 40 days of fasting and penance as the country continue sto struggle with the Covid-19 ...
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  26 August 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - The movement of Muqtada al Sadr relaunches the campaign to return houses and land illegally stolen from Christians and Mandeans Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to the campaign of the Shiite leader Muqtada al Sadr, more than eighty properties - land and houses - have been returned to their rightful owners, including mostly Christians, citizens an ...
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  26 August 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence in Orissa 13 years ago: Christians in Orissa call for justice again on the occasion of the commemoration Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Many Indian lay people, priests, nuns, academics, Christian leaders, lawyers and believers of other religions celebrated the 13th "Day of Remembrance" on August 25, dedicated to the victims ...
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  26 August 2021
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The beatification process for Gertrude Detzel, missionary in the Gulag, opens Karaganda (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Kazakhstan has officially opened the diocesan phase of the beatification process of Gertrude Detzel, a lay Catholic, who "through her fervent faith and example of life, ...
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  25 August 2021
  ASIA/JORDAN - Students of the Catholic schools of the Latin Patriarchate among the best in the country Madaba (Agenzia Fides) - Also in August this year, the Jordanian Ministry of Education announced the results of the general secondary school exams - also known as "Tawjihi" exams - for the 2020/2021 academic year. And as ...
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  25 August 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Diocese of Pathein wants to contribute to overcoming the coronavirus pandemic with its aid programs Pathein (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in the Diocese of Pathein provides all human and material resources, facilities and financial support to help cope with the Covid-19 pandemic. This is what the administrat ...
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  24 August 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo once again calls for justice and peace Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Insurgent fighting continues in Myanmar. In the big cities of Yangon and Mandalay there is daily fighting between the army and the so-called People's Defense Forces. "The situation in Myanmar is ...
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  23 August 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - After arrest by local militia in Chin State: priest and catechist return to pastoral service Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic priest Father Noel Hrang Tin Thang and the catechist Clement Cung Hnin from the diocese of Hakha, who were kidnapped by the local Chinland Defense Force (CDF) (see Fides 31/7/2021) a ...
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  23 August 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarchal note explains why the reference to Babylon in the name of the Chaldean Patriarchate has been removed Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The reference to "Babylon", so far contained in the name of the Chaldean Patriarchate, has been removed on the initiative of the last Chaldean Synod of Bishops because it has no historical basis ...
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  23 August 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The Church entrusts the difficulties of the present time to the Mother of La Vang La Vang (Agenzia Fides) - In a time marked by pandemic, poverty, insecurity and uncertainty about the future, the Church in Vietnam is renewing its act of consecration to the Blessed Virgin of La Vang. In spite of all th ...
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  18 August 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Young people become catechists by choice: a gift for the Church Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Many young Catholics in Indonesia are committed to a special training and study program to become catechists. Those who come from families with much greater financial possibilities will go to un ...
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  17 August 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Grandparents and the elderly, a precious presence in society Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Grandparents and the elderly are a valuable part of Korean society, they are the origin and memory, they are an example and an important resource for young people: with this conviction, the Cathol ...
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  9 August 2021
  ASIA/CHINA - Mourning in the Episcopate: His Exc. Mgr. Matthew Cao Xiangde dies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, July 9, 2021, at 4.30 pm, His Exc. Mgr. Matthew Cao Xiangde died at the age of 92. The Prelate, who lived in the province of Zhejiang, was born on September 16, 1929 in Tangzhen ...
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  7 August 2021
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Msgr. Marengo: "We must preach the Gospel with a whisper" Ulaanbataar (Agenzia Fides) - "The ministry of the bishop in Mongolia is, in my view, very similar to the episcopal ministry of the early Church: we know how the apostles in the early days of Christianity testified to th ...
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  5 August 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Filipino migrants are the 'new missionaries': pilgrimage of the Filipino Community for 500 years of evangelization Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 500th anniversary (1521-2021) of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines, more than 250 Filipino pilgrims from Europe met in Rome on July 31 to celebrate the biennial ...