Asia

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  14 December 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The "Silsilah" movement's commitment to peace, to prepare the ground for social and religious coexistence in Mindanao Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "Prayer is more powerful than war," says the Advent message of the "Silsilah" movement for Islamic-Christian dialogue, which this year celebrated the 40th anniversary of its foundation by Fath ...
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  13 December 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Bishops on fake news: "Do not be misled" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - In a society where everything is interconnected and the flow of information and news is becoming ever faster and more extensive, fake news is the order of the day. It only takes a little for it ...
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  13 December 2024
  ASIA - Father Anh Nhue: “Ecclesia in Asia” even today it represents a "prophetic call" for the mission in the Asian continent Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - "A quick glance at the content of 'Ecclesia in Asia' clearly shows that its key themes are still relevant today, 25 years after its publication, and especially in this period of synodality and ...
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  13 December 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Call for peace in Manipur to prevent violence from spreading in northeastern India Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - In a silent sit-in recently held in Guwahati, capital of the state of Assam, citizens of different religions and ethnicities have asked the rulers for a greater commitment to peace, especially ...
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  12 December 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Hangzhou on his experience at the World Synod: "Everyone was amazed by the news about the faith of Catholics in China" Hangzhou (Agenzia Fides) - "All this was truly a grace and a special gift from God: in the contacts and exchanges with the other participants in the Synod, we experienced the common path of the whole Church. Everyone was ...
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  12 December 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - War and drugs: Myanmar remains the world's leading opium producer Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Myanmar is once again the world leader among opium producing countries, a consequence of the economic crisis following the military coup of February 1, 2021. This is what the United Nations Offi ...
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  12 December 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - More than 87,000 displaced after volcanic eruption on the Island of Negros San Carlos City (Agenzia Fides) - More than 87,000 people in the central Philippines were forced to leave their homes following the eruption of Mount Kanlaon, located on the island of Negros, in the central Philippines. ...
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  12 December 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Talking about Jesus and spreading His gospel: the first digital magazine in the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia released Awali (Agenzia Fides) - On 10th of December 2024, Avona celebrated the third anniversary of the dedication of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia (see Fides, 10/12/2021). On this occasion the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
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  11 December 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - A symposium 25 years after “Ecclesia in Asia”, for a synodal and missionary Church Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - "Twenty-five years after the publication of the post-synodal apostolic exhortation 'Ecclesia in Asia', we want to deepen, reread and revisit this document in the light of today's changed socia ...
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  10 December 2024
  ASIA/SYRIA - Aleppo, new meeting between Christian representatives and Islamist groups. Bishop Audo: "they show respect for our traditions" by Gianni Valente Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday, December 9, the leaders of all the Churches and ecclesial communities present in Aleppo met for the second time with representatives of the armed groups that have ...
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  10 December 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - President Yoon expelled "de facto" from his party Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The People Power Party (PPP), the ruling party of Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, is discussing internally the possibility of Yoon's resignation next February, in the face of popular reactions and ...
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  9 December 2024
  ASIA/SYRIA - After Assad's escape, Bishops and Patriarchs ask for prayers for a peaceful phase of transition Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Prayers and requests for "this phase of transition in Syria may be safe and peaceful" were the requests made by Syrian Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joussif III Younan during the Mass he presided o ...
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  9 December 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops of Palawan call for moratorium on mining Puerto Princesa (Agenzia Fides) - To protect the population, resources and natural beauty of Palawan, the Catholic Bishops of the dioceses of Palawan, one of the Philippine islands with an exceptional and unspoilt natura ...
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  7 December 2024
  ASIA/SYRIA - Homs awaits the entry of the rebels. Archbishop Mourad: we await their arrival, we trust in the Lord Homs (Agenzia Fides) - "Today we heard the bombings of the army, but no one is walking in the streets and the situation in the city seems calm. We await their arrival". The words of Archbishop Jacques Mourad, Syrian Cath ...
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  7 December 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - New farmers' protests: calls for justice and dignity New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation of Indian farmers is devastating. The inhumane treatment they face in this country is causing concern and a feeling of helplessness," said Jose Kavi, a Catholic journalist and a ...