Asia
9 February 2023
ASIA/MYANMAR - With martial law in 37 other cities, the army is determined to "crush any resistance"
Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - With the imposition of martial law in 37 other townships throughout the country, including the strongholds of the resistance in the regions of Sagaing and Magwe, the pressure of the military go ...
9 February 2023
ASIA/TURKEY - Bishop Bizzeti: dramatic situation. The earthquake forces to abandon the politics of conflict
Iskenderun (Agenzia Fides) - In the face of the earthquake that has annihilated thousands of human lives and reduced entire neighborhoods between Syria and Turkey to rubble, the collective tragedy and common pain of diff ...
9 February 2023
ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarchs and Heads of Churches: after the earthquake, no more sanctions and embargo against the Syrian people
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - After the earthquake that hit large areas in northern Syria on Monday, February 6, economic embargoes and sanctions imposed by Western countries and organizations against the Syrian Arab Republ ...
8 February 2023
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Somascan Fathers in celebration and on mission for orphaned and abandoned children
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Celebrating today, February 8, the feast of Saint Jerome Emiliani (Venice, 1486 - Somasca, Feb. 8, 1537) in the parish named after him in the municipality of Muntinlupa - one of the cities that m ...
8 February 2023
ASIA/SYRIA - Monk (and next bishop) Jacques Mourad: the earthquake, the "full measure" of pain, and the mystery of our faith
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The only thing missing was this earthquake to fill to the brim the cup of suffering. And now, in this very situation, hope, charity, solidarity among all still passes, thanks be to God. Today th ...
8 February 2023
ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic 'Faith Weekly' calls for prayer and donations for earthquake victims
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal for prayer and solidarity in favor of the Turkish and Syrian populations affected by the disastrous earthquake was launched immediately after the first tremendous earthquake on T ...
8 February 2023
ASIA/INDONESIA - Camillians in Flores ready for Mission: “The Lord truly performs His extraordinary miracles”
Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church continues to flourish on the island of Flores. Two new Camillian (MI) priests and three new deacons were ordained on Sunday 29 January 2022 in the chapel of the Camillian Sem ...
7 February 2023
ASIA/TURKEY - Antioch, the earthquake destroys mosques and churches. Catholic parish welcomes displaced people
Antakya (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Antioch is dramatic. Entire buildings have collapsed, mosques and churches have been destroyed. There are dead, there are people buried under the rubble, and in many places no ...
7 February 2023
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In Mindanao the celebration of the Week for Interreligious Harmony: dialogue and good works, even in the face of the earthquake
Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "We celebrated with joy in Zamboanga and throughout the island of Mindanao the World Week of Interreligious Harmony, which is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 February. It was the United Nati ...
7 February 2023
ASIA/CHINA - New priests for Chinese dioceses, called to serve the Lord's Church "with humility and courage"
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, in several dioceses in mainland China, new "workers in the Lord's Vineyard" were ordained and presented to the communities to which they will be called ...
6 February 2023
ASIA/SYRIA - Aleppo, Bishop Audo: after 12 years of war, the earthquake falls on us like a new bomb
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "Now it is even more important to be close to the people, who are terrorized by this earthquake". For Jesuit Antoine Audo, Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo, "among the many we have had, this is a disast ...
6 February 2023
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Bishop of Buxar, James Shekhar
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 4, 2023, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend James Shekhar, of the clergy of Patna, until now deputy secretary of the Episcopal Council of Bihar, Jharkhand and Andaman, as bi ...
6 February 2023
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Nongstoin, Wilbert Marwein
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On February 4, 2023, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Wilbert Marwein, of the clergy of Nongstoin, India, hitherto vicar general and parish priest in Nonbah, as bishop of the dioces ...
6 February 2023
ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of bishop of Tanjore, Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 4, 2023, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Tanjore, India, presented by Bishop Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, ...
4 February 2023
ASIA/INDIA - International Day of Human Fraternity: to wither away the politics of hatred
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The International Day of Human Fraternity that we celebrate today, February 4, is a call to be courageous in defending and promoting justice and the rights of all, so that we can truly live a ...
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