Asia
27 October 2023
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Khrist Premalaya" Regional Philosophate Seminary in the archdiocese of Bhopal
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On August 11, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed the rev. Father Thomam Peringalloor, SVD, 68 (2/11/1955) and 39 years of pries ...
27 October 2023
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Sister Giovanna, Comboni missionary in the land of Jesus: "join us in prayer"
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "You know very well the reality we are experiencing. The war has been going on since October 7: bombings by Israel on Gaza following Hamas attacks (see Fides, 8/10/2023). Here in Jerusalem, th ...
26 October 2023
ASIA/INDIA - The Holy See grants the "Nihil Obstat" for the cause of beatification of the 35 martyrs of Odisha
Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) – For the Catholic Church in India there is a "significant step forward" in the process of beatification of Kanteshwar Digal and Companions, the so-called "35 Martyrs of Kandhamal", who were ...
26 October 2023
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Filipino Muslims express solidarity with the Palestinian population
Marawi city (Agenzia Fides) - Filipino Muslims express their solidarity with the Palestinian people subjected to bombings in Gaza and call for an end to Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip: the conflict in the Middle East ...
25 October 2023
ASIA/INDIA - Young people are entrusted with building peace in North-East India. Prayer for the Middle East, in communion with the Pope
Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - Ethnic and cultural diversity, pluralism, different languages and origins are a wealth that must be spent to nourish dialogue, mutual exchange, individual and community growth, openness to vast ...
24 October 2023
Time is Greater than Space. The Holy See diplomacy and the “Vietnamese lesson”
by Victor Gaetan
(In the decade 1965-1975, between 790,000 and 1.14 million Vietnamese civilians and soldiers died as a result of war while the US military suffered over 58,000 casualties. Between 1963-1973, the US d ...
24 October 2023
ASIA/BAHRAIN - Jubilee of Saint Arethas: all parishes celebrate the Martyrs of Arabia
Manama (Agenzia Fides) - There are special events that mark the path of the Catholic Christian community of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia: in particular, today, October 24, all the parishes of the Catholic C ...
24 October 2023
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A new station in the Catholic radio network, in the wake of Radio Veritas
by Paolo Affatato
Tandang (Agenzia Fides) - The new Catholic radio inaugurated by the Philippine diocese of Tandag is called "Unitas Radio". It is the first Catholic radio station in the Surigao region, on the island ...
23 October 2023
ASIA/CHINA - World Mission Sunday 2023: Catholic communities remember missionaries, who gave their lives to proclaim the Gospel
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Following in the footsteps of the missionaries of the past and with a view to the proclamation of the Gospel in today's China, many Catholic communities in mainland China intensely experienced W ...
23 October 2023
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Full support for the Palestinian people: Peace in the Middle East lies in the "two-state solution"
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - On October 15, 1937, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the political leader who would become the founding father of Pakistan a few years later, after the partition of India and Pakistan in 1945, said in a ...
21 October 2023
ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Makassar
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Fransiskus Nipa, of the clergy of Makassar, Indonesia, hitherto judicial vicar and deputy parish priest of the cathedral, as coadjutor archbis ...
21 October 2023
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "God's chef": As a missionary among the poor and homeless
Seoul (Agenzi Fides) - Father Vincenzo Bordo, missionary of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, put on the apron 30 years ago and is now known in South Korea and beyond as "God's chef".
He has lived and worked as a missiona ...
20 October 2023
ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Shanghai: Young priests pray for peace in the Holy Land
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us pray for a ceasefire between Palestinians and Israelis and ask that peace return to the Holy Land as soon as possible" was the focus of the Holy Mass celebrated by the Bishop of Shanghai ...
20 October 2023
ASIA/BARHAIN - Bishop Berardi: “The Holy Year of the Arab Martyrs is a year of grace for the Christians of the Arabian Peninsula”
By Antonella Prenna
Manama (Agenzia Fides) - "We consider this year to be a year of grace for the entire Vicariate and for all Christian communities in the Arabian Gulf. We celebrate with faith the memory of our Chri ...
19 October 2023
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Citizens imprisoned for blasphemy and abuse of rights: the Senate takes action
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Standing Committee on Human Rights of the Pakistani Senate announced that 179 Pakistani citizens are currently in detention and awaiting trial for blasphemy. In addition, 17 people have al ...
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