Asia

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  9 December 2023
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Advent in times of war: Christian communities forego celebrations and lighting Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - For many Christian communities in the countries of the Middle East, the time approaching Christmas is marked by the pain and and fear of the violence that has broken out again in the Holy Land ...
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  9 December 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Advent season of the Chinese Catholic communities in the sign of Saint Francis Xavier Nanjing (Agenzia Fides) - The Chinese Catholic communities celebrated the new ecclesiastical year and the first Sunday of Advent on December 3rd in the spirit of St. Francis Xavier, the day on which the feast of the grea ...
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  7 December 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - The Bishop of Xiamen: together with Mary Immaculate to welcome Jesus and experience the work of the Holy Spirit Xiamen (Agenzia Fides) - "Welcoming Jesus together with Mary" was the theme of the spiritual exercises before the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, attended by around dozens of lay Catholics, mainly active in the apost ...
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  5 December 2023
  ASIA/KUWAIT - December 8, 1948 - December 8, 2023: "Diamond Jubilee" of the Church of Our Lady of Arabia Ahmadi (Agenzia Fides) - The celebrations of the anniversary of the Church of Our Lady of Arabia will end on Friday, December 8 with the Eucharistic concelebration presided over by Mgr. Aldo Berardi, O.SS.T, Apostolic Vi ...
• 4 December 2023
  ASIA/THAILAND - Resignation and appointment of th Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, December 2, the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand, presented by Bishop Philip Banchong Chaiyara. ...
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  4 December 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Hit right in the heart”: Catholics do not give up on the path of dialogue and hope By Paolo Affatato Marawi (Agenzia Fides) - The pain and shock following the deadly attack will not stop the path of dialogue and building peaceful coexistence in the southern Philippines. The bomb attack in which four ...
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  4 December 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - The Franciscan Pastoral Center of the Diocese of Jinan celebrates the 60th anniversary of Sacrosanctum Concilium, to continue walking on the paths opened by the Second Vatican Council Jinan (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscan Pastoral Center of the Diocese of Jinan, in the Chinese Province of Shandong, has just celebrated the 60th anniversary of the promulgation of the Conciliar Constitution on the Sacre ...
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  3 December 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Pope Francis expresses condolences for victims of attack Marawi (Agenzia Fides) - Early this morning, December 3, a terrorist attack hit the Filipino Catholic community on the island of Mindanao, in one of the predominantly Muslim provinces. An explosive device was detonated d ...
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  3 December 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - The Island of Saint Francis Xavier: the first shrine for Chinese Catholics by Marta Zhao Shangchuan (Agenzia Fides) - The life of the great Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier is a faithful reflection of the words of Jesus in the Gospel of John: " Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat ...
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  2 December 2023
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - Safeguarding the Earth, protecting Peace. Pope Francis' speech at COP28 by Gianni Valente Dubai (Agenzia Fides) - "Sadly, I am unable to be present with you, as I had greatly desired. Even so, I am with you, because time is short. I am with you because now more than ever, the future of ...
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  2 December 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Illustrated calendar with the Pope's prayer intentions accompanies Korean Catholics through 2024 Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Pope's prayer intentions and spiritual communion of the Korean faithful with Pope Francis inspire an artistic calendar for the year 2024 to be published and disseminated in Korean "to strength ...
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  1 December 2023
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - A Light Shining from Astana: How Kazakhstan Turned Tragedy into Positivity by Victor Gaetan The Republic of Kazakhstan, five times bigger than France, established diplomatic relations with the Holy See in 1992. It turned the catastrophe of 1.5 million victims of nuclear experiments into an ...
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  30 November 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - 800 years of the Franciscan order: peace work and service to the poor are the focus of the work of the Franciscans in Pakistan Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The Franciscan Rule in Pakistan and with it the proclamation of the Gospel through the witness to the charism of St. Francis of Assisi has borne many fruits in a country like Pakistan. The fruit ...
• 30 November 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Reverend Linus Pingal Ekka as Bishop of Gumla Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Linus Pingal Ekka, of the clergy of the diocese of Gumla, India, until now diocesan administrator, as bishop of the same See. Msgr. Linus Pingal ...
• 30 November 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Rev. Malcolm Sequeira as bishop of Amravati Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Malcolm Sequeira, of the clergy of the diocese of Poona, until now vicar general of the same diocese and parish priest of Saint Anne’s Church, a ...