Asia

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  5 November 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Peace, dignity and justice for victims of extrajudicial killings: appeal by three priests Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Restoring peace, human dignity and justice for the victims of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines: is the appeal launched by three Catholic priests who recently led a demonstration and cele ...
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  29 October 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Cardinal Suharyo: "The Pope appreciates the Pancasila" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pope appreciates the values of the Pancasila (the Charter of the five principles, ed) at the base of the Indonesian nation, which strives to contribute to building peace in the world, devel ...
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  29 October 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - In the extraordinary missionary Month, biblical convention in Madhya Pradesh Indore (Agenzia Fides) - The nine dioceses of Madhya Pradesh, in central India, organized a three-day "biblical convention" in Indore, from 25 to 27 October, bringing together over 6,000 faithful, including bishops, prie ...
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  28 October 2019
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - The Catholic community restarts from the extraordinary missionary Month Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "In the extraordinary Month that the Church wanted to dedicate to missions, we decided to meet every day to recite the prayer of the Rosary. For this reason, we meet with the faithful in the pa ...
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  28 October 2019
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Vote with conscience and attention to the common good: the Church indicates the criteria for the presidential elections Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Participate in the vote with conscience and enthusiasm, choosing candidates who care about the common good of the country, considering challenges such as economic and social development, reconci ...
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  25 October 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - US Parliament puts the vote on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide on the agenda Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The US House of Representatives, a branch of the United States Congress, is preparing to put to the vote a resolution that would entail the official recognition by the US of the Armenian Geno ...
• 25 October 2019
  ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - Extraordinary Missionary Month: towards a new era, with the mission in Turkmen language Ashgabat (Agenzia Fides) - The whole pontificate of Pope Francis is at the service of marginalized margins, missions and suburbs. This missionary awakening is positive and necessary for the whole Church", says Fr. Andrze ...
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  24 October 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Church Leaders "embrace" the anti-system revolt Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Heads of Churches and Christian communities present in Lebanon pay homage "to the people who expressed their unity" and ask to "embrace and protect the legitimate revolt of our children", str ...
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  23 October 2019
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Extraordinary Missionary Month: the Word of God is at the center of the mission Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The Word of God is at the heart of the Church's mission, which Christians announce and give to the whole world, as a message of salvation for humanity: it is with this spirit that the Catholics of ...
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  23 October 2019
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Missionaries in Taiwan: "Like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants" In Taiwan, more than the "mission of the Church", it is better to refer to it as "Church of the mission". In fact, in a place that is so "ignorant" to Christ, it is nearly impossible to consider the mission as something ...
• 18 October 2019
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of Coadjutor Bishop of Lashio Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of the diocese of Lashio, Myanmar, the Reverend Father Lucas Dau Ze Jeimphaung, S.D.B., currently provincial counsellor and Rector of the S ...
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  18 October 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - Turkish media: the military offensive in Syria is not against Christians Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish military intervention in the north-east of Syria does not aim to hit or penalize the Christian communities present in that area, and the alarms launched in this regard by the media ...
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  18 October 2019
  ASIA/VIETNAM - "Make your dreams come true": the Academic Year begins at the Xuan Loc Higher Institute Xuan Loc (Agenzia Fides) - "You have chosen the school, place where you have nurtured your dreams, now fulfill them, transforming the teachings received into 'capital of life' and become witnesses of God in the various e ...
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  18 October 2019
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Extraordinary Missionary Month: priests ready for the mission ad gentes Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - The priests of the archdiocese of Kuching, in Malaysia and of the Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei have renewed their commitment to the mission ad gentes. In living the extraordinary missionary Mon ...
• 17 October 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appointment of the Rector of the “St. Francis Xavier” interdiocesan philosophical Seminary in Lahore Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On 7 August 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Almas Daniel Archangelus, of the clergy of the diocese of Faisalab ...