Asia
27 November 2015
VATICAN - Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples: missionary awareness and young Churches 50 years after the Ad Gentes Decree
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, November 30 at 9 am, the XIX Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (CEP) begins at the John Paul II Auditorium of the Pontifical Urbaniana Univ ...
27 November 2015
ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of the Coadjutor Bishop of Bà Ria
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 27 November 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Emmanuel Nguyen Hong Son, Vicar general of the same diocese as Coadjutor Bishop of the diocese of Bà Ria (Vietnam).
The new Coadjutor wa ...
27 November 2015
ASIA/INDONESIA - Moratorium on the death penalty: appreciation of civil society and the Church
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Indonesia has declared a moratorium on executions. According to observers, the decision was taken for economic reasons, given that several countries had feared a reduction of trade relations wit ...
26 November 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Kidnapping and conversion of a 13-year-old Christian girl to Islam
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - It is a case that has shaken the Christian community in Pakistan's Punjab: Sana John, a 13-year-old Christian teenager was kidnapped and converted to Islam by force in Haji Pura, near Silakot.
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26 November 2015
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Prayer initiative for the Jubilee: "The Church in North Korea is in my heart"
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "North Korean Church in My Heart": is the name of the new prayer initiative launched in the Archdiocese of Seoul. As reported to Fides by the communications office of the local Church, the initiat ...
25 November 2015
ASIA/INDIA - Day for Dalits dedicated to climate and environment
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Day for the Liberation of Dalits will be dedicated to "Climate, castes and care for the Earth", that every year the Catholic Church in India celebrates in proximity to the UN Human Rights ...
25 November 2015
ASIA/INDONESIA - Bring mercy in society: conclusion of the Synod in the Diocese of Bandung
Bandung (Agenzia Fides) - Need to renew pastoral strategies, such as the formation of young people, family pastoral care, dialogue with other believers, the presence of basic ecclesial communities, the role of Pastors an ...
24 November 2015
ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "A year of mercy for Myanmar"
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Despite the good news on the elections, Myanmar needs mercy and compassion. As I write this pastoral letter, more than one hundred poor people were buried alive in the landslides of the mine Jad ...
24 November 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The first hearing in the appeal case of blasphemy convicted Sajjad Masih Gill fixed
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The first hearing in the appeal case of blasphemy convicted Pakistani Christian Sajjad Masih Gill fixed for December 7, 2015 in the Lahore High Court, Lahore. Christian lawyer Sardar Mushtaq Gill ...
23 November 2015
ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Jubilee of Mercy in the name of the martyrs and the last of society
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "In a world that is suffering from war, violence and hatred, mercy is the path that God offers to reconcile humanity and to live as brothers and sisters, in peace and harmony. Cambodia will w ...
23 November 2015
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Beyond the peripheries, in search of the "run-away teenagers"
Suwon (Agenzia Fides) - "Today the expression 'peripheries' is back in fashion. For us of Casa di Anna - a center for homeless people that offers 550 meals a day, it is time to go beyond the peripheries, in 'no man's lan ...
23 November 2015
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The video message from Pope Francis brought to the Muslims by the Archbishop of Bangui
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We are going together with reporters to Km5 to present the Holy Father's video message on his journey in our Country", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga Archbishop of Ba ...
23 November 2015
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appointment of the Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 21 November 2015 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. David William V. Antonio, Titular Bishop of Basti and Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia as apostolic administrator "s ...
21 November 2015
ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "A nation on the threshold of hope"
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Almost 80% of our people, rich and poor, old and young, have voted for a change. You have led a silent revolution":is how Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, addresses the Burmese populat ...
21 November 2015
ASIA/HONG KONG - Academic Seminar on the integration of the catholic Church in China with the society
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "The integration of the catholic Church in China with the society": is the theme of the fifth edition of the Seminar organized by Faith Institute for Cultural Studies (FICS), Yuan Dao Study So ...
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