Asia

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  4 October 2019
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The pastoral enthusiasm of new priests in the Extraordinary Missionary Month Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Myanmar celebrates the Extraordinary Missionary Month, announced by Pope Francis for October 2019, with a special event that has a missionary dimension: the priestly ordina ...
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  3 October 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - "Tripoli Human Fraternity Day" promoted by the PMS in Tripoli to celebrate the extraordinary missionary Month Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - The first “Tripoli Human Fraternity Day” on The Future of Christian-Muslim Relations after Pope Francis’ Mission to Abu Dhabi will take place at the St. Francis Convent in Tripoli-Mina, on ...
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  3 October 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians pray for India on the anniversary of Gandhi's birth New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us pray for India and for political administrators, collaborating for the development, progress and good of our Mother Earth": this is the appeal released by Archbishop Anil Couto, at the ...
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  3 October 2019
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Bishops for the Missionary Month: "This is not the time for self-satisfaction, but for the announcement of the Gospel to the poorest" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "There are still many people in Korean society who do not know Jesus or understand his will. We must proclaim the Word of Jesus Christ and do our best to allow His will and His love to permeate ev ...
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  2 October 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - "Come and see". The Chaldean Patriarch inaugurates the Extraordinary Missionary Month in Iraq Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Extraordinary Missionary Month "October 2019" also opened in Iraq with a liturgical celebration presided over by Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako in Baghdad, in the Cathedral of St. Jos ...
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  2 October 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Pakistani Church: the gift of the Word of God for the mission Karachi (Agenzia Fides): "We encourage the faithful, especially young people, to read the Word of God daily, at least two or three minutes each day, in order to become stronger in faith and to proclaim it to others. We h ...
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  1 October 2019
  ASIA - Turkey, Pakistan and Malaysia jointly support an "anti-Islamophobia" TV project Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The new television channel sponsored by the governments of Turkey, Pakistan and Malaysia with the declared aim of spreading correct information about Islam and countering the growing Islamophobia ...
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  1 October 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle: small acts of charity to reduce poverty in the country and in the world Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila wants to expand a program currently underway in the Archdiocese of Manila to all the Philippines and also abroad, which has the aim of reducing poverty and c ...
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  30 September 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - The government excludes candidates resident abroad from the process to elect the new Armenian Patriarch Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - At the forthcoming election of the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, scheduled for next December, members of the elected bodies will be able to orient their preferences only towards candida ...
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  30 September 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian Prime Minister praises the canonization of Sister Mariam Thresia New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed appreciation that an Indian is among the five Catholics who will be canonized by Pope Francis in October. "It is a matter of pride for every Indian that, ...
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  27 September 2019
  ASIA/MACAO - The Claretians: proclamation and distribution of the Gospel for the "Extraordinary Missionary Month" Macao (Agenzia Fides) - The Claretian priests in the Diocese of Macao have begun to spread copies of the Gospels among non-Christians, encouraging reading, reflection and confrontation, on the occasion of the Extraordina ...
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  26 September 2019
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Prayer as an instrument of peace in a scenario of new tensions Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "In recent centuries they have tried to convince us that religion was one of the main causes of division and lack of peace, and that it was therefore necessary to put it aside. Where can we go to ...
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  25 September 2019
  ASIA/THAILAND - Thai Catholics eager to meet Pope Francis Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Thailand are looking forward to Pope Francis' visit to the Country. Pope Francis will make a three-day visit to Thailand in November, ahead of an already announced trip to Japan fro ...
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  24 September 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Lynching of tribal people who eat beef: condemnation of civil society Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - Human rights activists, NGOs and Christian communities, civil society organizations condemn the case of the lynching of three members of a tribal community, one of them a Catholic, killed on Sept ...
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  24 September 2019
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - The commitment of the Catholic community to the protection of Creation, also with the "culture of recycling" Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic community of Tajikistan is constantly committed to promoting and disseminating practices for the safeguarding of Creation, for sustainable development and for the common good. An ...