Asia

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  3 July 2018
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: "The educational system penalizes religious education" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The leaders of this country should understand that this is something that needs to be changed from the very roots": this was stated by the Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, expre ...
• 3 July 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Mangalore and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Mangalore (India), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Aloysius Paul D'Souza. The Holy Father appointed ...
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  2 July 2018
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Caritas: the return of the Rohingya in Myanmar "is unlikely" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The return of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar "is very unlikely for now", says Caritas Bangladesh to Agenzia Fides. "Bangladesh continues to handle a massive humanitarian crisis: Sinc ...
• 2 July 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Palayamkottai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Palayamkottai (India), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Arockiasamy Jude Gerald Paulraj. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, ...
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  2 July 2018
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate remains in Damascus. The rumors of the transfer to Lebanon have been denied Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch officially disavowed journalistic rumors and reconstructions that foreshadowed an imminent transfer of the patriarchal center from Damascus to Atchan ...
• 2 July 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Archbishop Coadjutor of Patna Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 29 June 2018 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Sebastian Kallupura, currently Bishop of the diocese of Buxar as Archbishop Coadjutor of the Archdiocese of Patna (India). (SL) (Agen ...
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  28 June 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "The Church in North Korea is in my heart": prayer campaign in the archdiocese of Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "For true reconciliation, what we must do is pray. Let us invoke Mary, Queen of Peace, so that through her intercession sincere reconciliation can be achieved, overcoming the horrible pains and me ...
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  28 June 2018
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Israeli Parliament cancels the vote on the Armenian Genocide Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - An Israeli parliamentary vote on Tuesday 26 June for recognising the killings of Armenians as genocide was cancelled because of government opposition. Last month the Knesset had approved a mot ...
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  28 June 2018
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Shortage of priests, but enthusiasm and participation in the life of the Church increases Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "The month of June was very intense, but at the same time exciting for the Uzbek Catholic community: in this period we celebrated the feast of St. Anthony and, in the same days, nine faithful r ...
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  27 June 2018
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Camillians in Asia, to re-motivate the missionary spirit Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - "Together in Asia to learn about the past, to celebrate the present, to scrutinize the future and to re-motivate the Camillian missionary spirit": this is the theme of the meeting that saw the Ma ...
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  27 June 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Korean WYD, Cardinal Yeom: "In the heart of young people I see the presence of Christ" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Seoul will host the Korea Youth Day (KYD) next August. The great feast of young Catholics in the country, the so-called "Korean WYD", will have as its main theme the evangelical ...
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  26 June 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - A school for 1300 students of Azimganj Azimganj (Agenzia Fides) - The town of Azimganj, in the district of Murshidabad, was an important commercial hub in the eighteenth century, home to many Jain temples that testify the glories of distant times. The Salesia ...
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  26 June 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Shaw: "The role of teachers is decisive for peace and coexistence" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "School teachers play a fundamental role in the promotion of peace in Pakistan, we must offer them the opportunity to learn more and encourage them to continue to be educators of peace: It is ver ...
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  26 June 2018
  ASIA/CHINA - Feast of Saints Peter and Paul: Chinese Catholics on pilgrimage to the martyrs' shrine, to invoke the unity of the Church Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The pilgrims reached the shrine of the martyrs of Zhu Jia He, in the Chinese province of He Bei, to ask with the prayer to the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul - whose feast falls on June 29th - the ...
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  25 June 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - President Aoun: Lebanese reality should not be perceived in terms of "majority" and "minority" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - It is wrong to persist in interpreting the Lebanese ethnic and religious reality according to the categories of "majority" and minority": this custom has ended up depriving some members of Lebane ...