Asia

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  11 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope in East Timor: excerpts from the address to young people Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The Timorese leg of his apostolic journey to Asia and Oceania is coming to an end. But before flying to Singapore, the Pope, as expected, had fun with the local youth. Dances, songs and applause gr ...
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  11 September 2024
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Universities, training institutes, seminaries: the Church is committed to the education of young people, the future of the nation by Paolo Affatato Dili (Agenzia Fides) - At the entrance to the Catholic University of St. John Paul II in Dili, a monument stands in honor of Pope Wojtyla. The university is the first in the small, developing nation ...
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  11 September 2024
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Stories of faith and martyrdom in the Church of East Timor Dili (Agenzia Fide) - There is "a wonderful story of heroism, of faith, of martyrdom and above all of faith and reconciliation" in East Timor, said Pope Francis, addressing young Timorese people in his last meeting befor ...
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  11 September 2024
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Cardinal Goh: Singapore's influential and rich people also need Christ's mercy by Gianni Valente Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - In Singapore, a nation that for years has led the rankings of the most prosperous countries in the world, the announcement of salvation, entrusted to the Church, is not t ...
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  10 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in East Timor: excerpts from the homily during the Holy Mass on the esplanade of Taci Tolu Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The second day of Pope Francis in East Timor ends with a Holy Mass on the esplanade of Taci Tolu. The Pope presided over the rite in the same place where the Eucharist with John Paul II took place ...
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  10 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in East Timor: excerpts from the address to bishops, priests, catechists and religious Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The first appointment on the agenda for the second day of Pope Francis' visit to East Timor, the third and penultimate stage of his long apostolic journey to Asia and Oceania, was a private visit t ...
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  10 September 2024
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - The seeds that the missionaries have planted are now bearing fruit by Antonella Prenna Venilale (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Carolina Maria Correia, of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA), comes from the village of Samalari in the district of Baucau. In an interview with Fide ...
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  10 September 2024
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - In the enclave of Oekussi, where a story of faith and salvation began by Paolo Affatato Dili (Agenzia Fides) - This is the strip of land "where it all began", explains to Fides Father Josè Tacain SVD, a Timorese missionary born in Oekussi, quoting the expression that the Timorese like ...
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  9 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in East Timor: excerpts from the address to the Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps Dili (Agenzia Fides) - This morning the Pope's plane landed in Dili from Papua New Guinea. After a brief stop at the Apostolic Nunciature, in the afternoon the Pope went to the "Nicolau Lobato" Presidential Palace for th ...
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  9 September 2024
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - The Prime Minister of East Timor: reconciliation with Indonesia is an example to follow in our time torn apart by wars by Paolo Affatato Dili (Agenzia Fides) - East Timor has chosen the path of reconciliation with Indonesia to heal the wounds of the past. And now this reconciliation process "could be, in its own way, an example for t ...
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  9 September 2024
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Cardinal do Carmo Da Silva: “The wounds have been healed through forgiveness” by Paolo Affatato Dili (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis comes to confirm our identity as Catholics, as disciples of Jesus Christ in this corner of the world", said Cardinal Virgílio do Carmo da Silva, 56-year-old Sal ...
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  5 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Indonesia: excerpts from the homily during the Holy Mass at Jakarta Stadium Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The first stage of Pope Francis' long Apostolic Journey to Asia and Oceania ended with a Mass at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta. At 4:00 p.m. local time (11:00 a.m. Rome time), the Pope l ...
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  5 September 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Preparation for WYD on the theme of artificial intelligence and ethics Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Artificial intelligence and ethics are a topic of discussion for young Catholics preparing for World Youth Day, which will take place in Korea in 2027. In the Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul, an a ...
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  5 September 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The history of Catholic Missions in the Indonesian Archipelago Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - In the history of the mission of the Catholic Church in Indonesia, for two centuries (1605-1807) there was no Catholic priest or missionary on the thousands of islands of the archipelago, where ...
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  5 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Indonesia: excerpts from the speech in the mosque Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of today’s many challenges, we respond with the sign of fraternity." The third and final day of Pope Francis' stay in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia and the first stop on his A ...