Asia

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  28 June 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Peace and reconciliation in Korea and Ukraine Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Although conflicts, wars, hostilities and divisions in the world are constantly intensifying, the Church cannot turn away or renounce her mission for peace, harmony and unity on this planet. As C ...
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  27 June 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Appeal by the Church: Humanitarian aid to flood survivors in Assam Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to help the survivors of the heavy floods that hit Assam, a state in north-eastern India. This is what Archbishop John Moolachira, at the head of the diocese of Guwahati, capital o ...
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  25 June 2022
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - New missionary impetus for the faithful of the city-state Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - "I believe that the Holy Spirit, through Pope Francis and through the Synod, is giving us the grace of a new opportunity to renew the Church, empower its members and make them truly living eva ...
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  24 June 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Church supports flood victims Mymensingh (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in Bangladesh is mobilizing for the victims of the floods that have hit the country in the last 10 days. Thanks to an action promoted and coordinated by Caritas Banglad ...
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  24 June 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society calls for the release of a Christian falsely accused of blasphemy Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask for the release of a Pakistani Christian, 44-year-old Rehmat Masih, who has been in prison for five months. He is innocent and is falsely accused of having desecrated the pages of the Ko ...
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  24 June 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Seminarians and nuns conclude their studies: new missionary resources for evangelization in China Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "You must have the missionary fire of the Apostle Paul to attract more people to the Gospel so that they can obtain salvation. You must have a humble and simple attitude, reaching out to the poo ...
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  23 June 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Men of service and proclamation of the Gospel: 13 new deacons for the Church, three of them tribal Mymensingh (Agenzia Fides) - The 13 new deacons who enrich and give hope to the Catholic Church of Bangladesh will be men dedicated to ecclesial and pastoral service and to proclaiming the Gospel, especially to the poore ...
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  22 June 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Consecrated life promotes authenticity and integrity, to fight corruption Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - The nuns and all the members of religious institutes in Indonesia are ready to get involved and fight against the social scourge of corruption in everyday life and on a cultural level: this is ...
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  22 June 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Solemn procession and thanksgiving at the Beijing Seminary for Corpus Christi Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - A solemn Eucharistic procession marked the celebration of the solemnity of Corpus Christi at the Beijing Seminary on Sunday, June 19. Coinciding with "Father's Day" in the country, the seminaria ...
• 21 June 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Appointment of the Bishop of Barishal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Emmanuel Kanon Rozario, currently Vicar General of the Diocese of Rajshahi, as Bishop of the Diocese of Barishal (Bangladesh). His Exc. Msgr. Em ...
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  21 June 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Prayer to St. Devasahayam and consecration of families to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Kottar (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of the Latin rite in India will hold a National Thanksgiving Prayer Service next June 24, the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to pay tribute to St. Lazaro Devasahayam ...
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  20 June 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Minority rights: it is urgent to implement the 2014 Supreme Court ruling Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The federal and provincial governments have implemented very few recommendations of the well-known ruling of the Supreme Court of 19 June 2014 on the rights of religious minorities. This happens ...
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  20 June 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A 'big sea' of social charitable activities: the Camillians in Flores after the Covid-19 pandemic Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "The long period of the Covid-19 pandemic was experienced in more or less intense forms even in the 17 thousand Indonesian islands. The tourist areas were certainly the most affected with the al ...
• 20 June 2022
  ASIA/MALAISIA, SINGAPORE, BRUNEI - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 7, 2022 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Rev. Victor Louis Gnanaprakasam, of the diocesan clergy of Penang ( ...
• 18 June 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Sanggau and appointment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Sanggau (Indonesia), presented by His Exc. Msgr. Giulio Mencuccini, C.P.. The Holy Father has ...