Asia

• 26 July 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Asif John Khokhar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On May 24, 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Asif John Khokhar as National Director of the Pontifical Mi ...
• 25 July 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the Saint Joseph Interdiocesan Seminary in Alwaye Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 12 April 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Chacko Puthenpuracka, of the clergy of the diocese of Vijayapuram as ...
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  25 July 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The new autonomous region for Muslims is born in the south of the country Davao (Agenzia Fides) - The House of Representatives of the Philippines yesterday ratified the final version of the law establishing the new "Bangsamoro Autonomous Region", a specific territorial entity for the Islamic c ...
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  24 July 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - General, free and fair elections: the Church supports democracy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of the general elections, scheduled for July 25, the National Commission for "Justice and Peace" (NCJP) of the Pakistani Bishops' Conference, issued a statement, sent to Agenzia Fides ...
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  23 July 2018
  ASIA/JAPAN - Caritas: urges people to volunteer to help flood-affected survivors, while the heat wave hinders relief efforts Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Japan, organ of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan, has launched an appeal to find volunteers who are willing to work for relief and rehabilitation programme in the aftermath of mass ...
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  20 July 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: "A government is needed!" Beirut (Agenzia fides) - National appeals are repeated asking the Lebanese political forces to urgently form a government to allow the country to concentrate its efforts and allow it to face the economic and regional cha ...
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  19 July 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - "Come and see": Jesus' invitation inspires the first international convention of young Syriac Catholics Faytrun (Agenzia Fides) - The "method" used by Christ to draw men and women of all times to him is always what he used in his gatherings with the first apostles: "Come and see" (Jn 1, 39) . And the words of Jesus' invita ...
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  19 July 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - New Evangelization to remain rooted in Christ Manila (Agenzia Fides) - To provide a gripping experience of Jesus, a gripping experience of the community called the Church, and a gripping experience of the mission, the calling, motivated only by the love of Christ, a ...
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  18 July 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Fadi Iskander becomes a priest, son of Syriac Orthodox priest-martyr Boulos Iskander Erbil (Agenzia Fides) – To receive priestly ordination from the hands of the same bishop who had ordained his father many years before, killed in 2006 and celebrated as a martyr by Iraqi Christians, is what happened to ...
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  17 July 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Mufti of the Lebanese Republic: there is no Middle East without Christians of the East Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Middle East will no longer exist if the exodus of the Christians of the East continues to reduce the presence of those bearing the name of Christ in the Middle Eastern countries. The alarm wa ...
• 16 July 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Purwokerto Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 14 July the Holy Father appointed Rev. Christophorus Tri Harsono as Bishop of the diocese of Purwokerto (Indonesia), currently Vicar General of the diocese of Bogor. Rev. Christophorus ...
• 16 July 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Maumere and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 14 July the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Maumere (Indonesia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Gerulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D. The Holy Fathe ...
• 16 July 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Tiruchirapalli Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 14 July the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Tiruchirapalli (India), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Antony Devotta. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 16/7 ...
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  14 July 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Camillian community celebrates the Patron Saint with the sick Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - The feast of St. Camillus de Lellis, patron saint of the sick, doctors, nurses and hospitals, is celebrated on July 14. The Camillian religious together with the universal Church commemorate thi ...
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  13 July 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Redemptorists: "It is urgent to combat violence and impunity" Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - "It is urgent to wake up and fight the culture of impunity and violence in the country": this is the appeal launched by the Redemptorists of the Philippines, on the occasion of the 33rd anniversary ...