Asia

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  4 May 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - The diocesan Seminary of Beijing opens the Marian Month: "Like Mary, we bring grace and joy freely received to all" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "In this difficult time, let us learn from the Blessed Virgin Mary silent meditation, obedience and joy.... Like Mary, let us trust in the Holy Spirit to guide us in the face of what is incompre ...
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  3 May 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Bishops express the desire to get the first missionaries beatified Thai Binh (Agenzia Fides) - The Vietnamese bishops, during their recent Plenary Assembly in Thai Binh, expressed the desire to open a beatification process for the two bishops, François Pallu MEP (1626-1684) and Pierre ...
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  3 May 2022
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - First communions of children, new hope for the Churches of Iraq and Syria Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - "The land that was attacked a few years ago by the militants of the Islamic State, who wanted to eliminate Christians, today rejoices aloud. Our faith and our Cross have won". Father Karam Sham ...
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  2 May 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Raï's appeal to the Lebanese: if you really love your country, participate en masse in the elections Harissa (Agenzia Fides) - If the Lebanese really want to protect their right to self-determination and distance the future of the country from the groups that intend to cause the collapse of Lebanon and erase its histori ...
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  2 May 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - End of Ramadan: Christians stand in solidarity with Muslims Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Indonesia expressed full and authentic solidarity to the Muslim faithful who celebrate the conclusion of the holy month of Ramadan on May 2. According to tradition, some logistical ...
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  2 May 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Deepening and living the charism on the synodal journey: China's first indigenous female religious congregation celebrates 150 years Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Retracing history, deepening and reviving the charism of the founder by embarking on the synodal path: these are the objectives of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the ...
• 2 May 2022
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of South Arabia and appointment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 1, 2022 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of South Arabia (Arabian Peninsula) presented by His Exc. Msgr. Paul Hinder, O.F.M. ...
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  30 April 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society to the government: do more to protect religious freedom Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The condition of religious freedom in Pakistan raises concern: we are witnessing dozens of episodes of mob violence, the improper use of blasphemy laws, forced conversions and desecration of pla ...
• 30 April 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Krishnagar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Nirmol Vincent Gomes, S.D.B., until now deputy director of the novitiate of the Salesian Society of Saint John Bosco in Darjeeling, as bishop ...
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  30 April 2022
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Reconciliation and justice: towards the conclusion of the Khmer Rouge trial Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Cambodia continues its path of healing and reconciliation, after the brutal reign of the Khmer Rouge which left deep wounds in the country. As noted by Sister Denise Coghlan, of the Sisters o ...
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  29 April 2022
  ASIA - Bishop Mumbiela Sierra elected President of the newly created Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia Nursultan (Agenzia Fides) - Mgr. José Luis Mumbiela Sierra, Bishop of the Diocese of the Holy Trinity in Almaty, will preside over the Catholic Bishops Conference of Central Asia for the next four years. This is what wa ...
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  29 April 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Catholic community prays the Rosary in view of the elections Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic faithful in the Philippines entrust the nation to Mary and join together spiritually to pray the Rosary on the occasion of the national and local elections on May 9. In a pastoral st ...
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  28 April 2022
  ASIA - Asia, the continent of natural disasters and poverty Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - By 2030 the world will face around 560 natural disasters a year and most of these events will affect Asia. This emerges from the Global Assessment Report 2022 published by the UN Office for Disa ...
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  28 April 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Sentences, violence and murders for blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A so-called Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore has ruled in the murder of Sri Lankan citizen Priyantha Kumara, who was killed by a mob in Sialkot in December 2021 on charges of blasphemy (see F ...
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  27 April 2022
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Waiting for truth and justice: the Church commemorates the Easter massacres and visits the Pope Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - For three years we have been asking the government for truth and justice after the Easter 2019 massacres. For three years we have stood by the victims and their families. Since our cry and that ...