Asia
19 September 2019
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Pakistani Church trains animators for the extraordinary Missionary Month
Multan (Agenzia Fides): "In order to be good disciples of Jesus Christ, we must always keep our eyes on Jesus. We must give up everything like the disciples to follow Jesus. This extraordinary missionary Month October 20 ...
18 September 2019
ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - National Caritas defines priorities: communication and collaboration
Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "If I have to briefly express the priorities of the national Caritas in this period, I would choose two words: communication and collaboration. The first for us is particularly valuable for the g ...
18 September 2019
ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Younan criticizes the exclusion of Syrian Christians from public functions and administrative positions
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In Lebanon - a country where the distribution of political and institutional offices follows criteria of division based on religious affiliation - Christians belonging to the Syro-Orthodox and Sy ...
18 September 2019
ASIA/INDONESIA - Jesuits and Muslim leaders promote dialogue in educational institutions in Asia
Yogyakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Promoting Islamic-Christian dialogue in Indonesia, the most densely populated Muslim country in the world, and throughout Asia, especially in educational institutions and universities: is the ...
17 September 2019
ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Archbishop of Beirut: schools of the archdiocese also open to those who cannot pay their fee
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In the schools belonging to the Maronite Archdiocese of Beirut, no student will be excluded from attending classes, even if his family cannot pay tuition. This was decided by Archbishop Boulos Ab ...
17 September 2019
ASIA/BANGLADESH - "All baptized and sent": appeal for the extraordinary Missionary Month
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "I would like to invite all priests, religious brothers and sisters and the faithful, on behalf of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh (CBCB) to live the October 2019 extraordinary miss ...
16 September 2019
ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Evangelicals in Lebanon and Syria distance themselves from "Christian Zionists"
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Reverend Joseph Kassab, President of the Supreme Council of Evangelical Communities in Syria and Lebanon (in the photo), launched an appeal to local and global media to avoid expressions that ide ...
16 September 2019
ASIA/EAST TIMOR - East Asian youth renew their commitment to bear witness to the Gospel
Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The youth of Asian countries renew their commitment to witness the Gospel of Christ in Asia: this is what was confirmed by the youth of various Asian countries gathered for a week-long gathering or ...
16 September 2019
ASIA/VIETNAM - Resignation of bishop of Ðà Lat, and appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 14 September 2019 the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation of bishop of Ðà Lat, Viêt Nam, presented by Bishop Antoine Vu Huy Chuong. He is succeeded by Bishop Dominic Nguyên ...
14 September 2019
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The new Bishop of Faisalabad consecrated: "Faith in action"
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - With a solemn liturgy held at the Liceo De La Salle in Faisalabad, with the participation of thousands of faithful, Cardinal Joseph Coutts Archbishop of Karachi, presided over the ceremony of ...
13 September 2019
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Filipino ecumenical forum: resume peace talks between government and rebel groups
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Filipino Christians, gathered in an ecumenical forum, urge the government and communist rebel groups to resume peace talks and start new dialogue sessions to resolve the conflict. As Fides learns ...
13 September 2019
ASIA/INDONESIA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Marcus Nur Widipranoto
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 3 July 2019 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the rev. Fr. Marcus Nur Widipranoto, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Se ...
12 September 2019
ASIA/SYRIA - During their annual meeting in Maarat Saidnaya, young Syriac-Orthodox Christians question the future that awaits them
Maarat Saidnaya (Agenzia Fides) - Questions about abortion, euthanasia, organ donation. But also on the paths to follow to confess the name of Christ and to bear witness to His love in war-torn Syria. These are the reque ...
12 September 2019
ASIA/INDIA - Acts of vandalism by militant Hindu extremists on a Jesuit College
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A crowd of 500 militant Hindu extremists devastated a Jesuit College in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. This is what Jesuit Fr. Thomas Kuzhively, Secretary of the College, reported to A ...
12 September 2019
ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Erection of the Ecclesiastical Province of Díli and appointment of the first Metropolitan Archbishop
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 September 2019 the Holy Father erected the Ecclesiastical Province of Díli (East Timor), elevating the Diocese of Dili to Metropolitan Church; which will have as suffragan churches t ...
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