Asia

• 8 January 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Awami League wins elections; a Rohingya integration plan is urgently needed Chittagong (Agenzia Fides) - "For about six years, Bangladesh has welcomed more than a million Rohingyas. These displaced people found refuge in the camps of Cox's Bazar but, six years after the exodus, no lasting soluti ...
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  8 January 2024
  ASIA/QATAR - A sign of hope and unity for the Catholic community celebrated in the first Christian place of worship in the Country Doha (Agenzia Fides) - "The solemn Mass celebrated by the Catholic Church in Qatar on January 1, 2024 is intended to be a sign of hope and unity for the Catholic community, bringing together people of different ethnic gr ...
• 5 January 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - "The secular politics of the Awami League is the key to popular consensus", notes a priest on the eve of the vote Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her party, the Awami League, seem to enjoy broad popular support." This is what Father Redon Robert Hadima, a Bangladeshi priest, involved in the field of ...
• 5 January 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Aurangabad Vatican City (Agenzi Fides) - The Holy Father appointed the Reverend Bernard Lancy Pinto, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Bombay, until now parish priest of Saint Michael and dean of the deanery of North Mumbai in In ...
• 5 January 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Jhabua Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 30, 2023, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Peter Rumal Kharadi, of the clergy of the diocese of Jhabua, India, until now diocesan administrator, as bishop of the same dioc ...
• 5 January 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Nashik Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 30, 2023, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Nashik, India, presented by Bishop Lourdnada Daniel. The Holy Father has appointed B ...
• 5 January 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Ranchi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 30, 2023, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Ranchi, India, presented by Archbishop Felix Toppo, S.J. The Holy Father has app ...
• 4 January 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Manifesto" in view of the elections: Christians and Muslims for a society without discrimination Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - To promote and build a society in which cultural, ethnic and religious discrimination is eliminated both in the general mentality and - as is still the case - in the legislation and practice of s ...
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  4 January 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite bishops sound the alarm: escalation of war has already affected Lebanon Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The escalation of the war in the Middle East has hit Lebanon, exacerbating the risks of worsening a situation that has already become a kind of "time bomb" due to the presence of more than a mill ...
• 3 January 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Peace and reconciliation invoked for the 1,400th time Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - It was March 7, 1995, when Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (1922 - 2009), then Archbishop of Seoul and Apostolic Administrator of Pyongyang, launched the initiative to celebrate a special "Mass for ...
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  3 January 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Marriage “without dowry” and birth support: Chinese Catholic communities face new challenges for families Shijiazhuang (Agenzia Fides) - In the People's Republic of China, complex social processes linked to modernity call into question the reality of everyday family life and leading to worrying consequences such as low birth ...
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  2 January 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Mission in the villages of the Mentawai Islands: traveling by canoe and on foot along dangerous paths Padang (Agenzia Fides) - "Love your neighbor as yourself, together we will enjoy what he has given us" sing the young people of the indigenous communities in the remote areas of the Mentawai Islands, west of Sumatra, one ...
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  2 January 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - The first Apostolic Prefecture entrusted to the Chinese clergy celebrates its 100th anniversary Puqi (Agenzia Fides) - A hundred years ago, thanks to the persistent efforts of Archbishop Celso Costantini, the first Apostolic Delegate to China, the Apostolic Prefecture of Puqi in Hubei Province was founded with the ...
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  28 December 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - From Beijing to Inner Mongolia, a Christmas of faith and charity for Chinese Catholics Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - A Christmas of faith and charity was experienced by Catholic communities in all the provinces of the People's Republic of China. During vigils and solemn masses, prayers were said for peace and ...
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  28 December 2023
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Over twenty thousand participants from different ethnic groups, languages and rites at the Christmas Eve Mass Awali (Agenzia Fides) - "We come to Bethlehem grotto to present our needs and praises. We look for blessing and grace. The new born child will carry us to a radiant life and a new participation in the divine life." This ...