Asia
14 February 2024
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The post-election period: a fragile democracy
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The results of the Pakistan federal and provincial elections that took place on February 8 have shown that democracy in Pakistan has a better chance than the grimy political events and dramas of t ...
13 February 2024
ASIA/THAILAND - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Nakhon Sawan
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand, presented by Bishop Joseph Pibul Visitnondachai.
The Holy Father has appointed ...
13 February 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - Presidential election: Catholics are inspired by the Counciliar document “Gaudium et spes”
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The conciliar document "Gaudium et spes" is an important reference point for Indonesian Catholics who are called to the polls tomorrow, February 14, together with the entire Indonesian populatio ...
12 February 2024
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops call for protection of fishermen in the West Philippine Sea
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - We must protect the work of fishermen and use all legal means to defend the Philippines' claim to the West Philippine Sea. This is what five Filipino bishops are calling for, who have the care an ...
10 February 2024
ASIA/CAMBODIA - In the “Keo-Seima” nature reserve: Catholic community begins building a church
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Part of the “Keo Seima” nature reserve, the certified forest conservation project is located in eastern Cambodia, in the provinces of Mondulkiri and Kratié. The region is also the ancest ...
9 February 2024
ASIA/INDIA - Bishops at the end of the assembly: Progress must be accompanied by unity
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - India, with its 1.4 billion inhabitants, has made "enormous progress" in recent decades, but on this path of growth it is important that development is inclusive and not only benefits "a small ...
9 February 2024
ASIA/TURKEY - Istanbul: Byzantine church to be used as a mosque in the future
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - After Hagia Sophia, another historic Byzantine church in Istanbul, which has been used as a museum for the last 79 years, will once again house Islamic prayers and rites and be used as a mosque ...
8 February 2024
ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako, message for Lent: in the time of fasting, may the Holy Spirit heal and protect our hearts from the darkness of the world
Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - In the world that appears more and more "shrouded in darkness", this year again, the time of fasting and penance that the Church proposes before Easter comes to show our lives "a new horizon", and ...
7 February 2024
ASIA/INDIA - Manipur, torn by conflict, tries to reconnect the threads of dialogue
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Gratitude for the humanitarian and spiritual aid provided by Indian Catholic communities and NGOs to the people of Manipur, torn by conflict; waiting and patience because "the peace process is ...
7 February 2024
ASIA/CHINA - A Christian look at the "Chinese New Year". The Lenten message of Bishop Joseph Gan
Guangzhou (Agenzia Fides) - This year again, as happens from time to time, the beginning of Lent coincides with the festive days of the Chinese New Year. A coincidence linked to the fact that the two events are fixed in ...
6 February 2024
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Parliamentary elections marked by economic crisis and political tensions
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Next February 8, the federal parliament, the so-called National Assembly, and the legislative assemblies of four provinces will be elected in Pakistan. The voters include 128 million eligible ...
5 February 2024
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Signature campaign to change the constitution: Bishops call for comprehensive public debate
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A confrontation, a reflection, a deeper and broader discernment on the proposals for revising the Constitutional Charter, in order to prevent the country from embarking on a dangerous slope towar ...
4 February 2024
The Abu Dhabi prophecy, 5 years later
by Gianni Valente
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On February 4, 2019, when the Bishop of Rome and the Grand Imam of Al Azhar signed the Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together in Abu Dhabi, their une ...
4 February 2024
ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - Five years of Abu Dhabi Document: Bishop Martinelli underlines the prophetic significance
Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - In this "dramatic moment in the history of humanity, marked by so many conflicts", the Document on Human Fraternity signed in Abu Dhabi by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed al ...
3 February 2024
ASIA/PAKISTAN - On the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Archdiocese of Karachi: laying the foundation stone for a new church
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - In the area of Safoora Goth, a district in the eastern part of the metropolis of Karachi, capital of the Sindh province, in southern Pakistan, the number of Catholics has increased and the famil ...
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