Asia
3 February 2023
ASIA/JAPAN - A petition to protect the lives and dignity of refugees and asylum seekers
Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission for Refugees and Migrants of the Bishops' Conference of Japan has launched a collection of signatures to draw public and government attention to the possible tightening of the Immig ...
3 February 2023
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Jerusalem, Shrine of the Flagellation desecrated
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The series of attacks and intimidation that have been carried out in recent weeks against churches and Christian objects in the Old City of Jerusalem continues. On the morning of Thursday, Feb ...
2 February 2023
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Giving one's life to Christ to be happy. The testimony of five consecrated sisters
Gazipur (Agenzia Fides) - One gives one's life to Christ by following His promise of happiness. And following the steps of Jesus leads on unknown paths, where He never abandons us. This is what five sisters who grew up i ...
1 February 2023
ASIA/MYANMAR - Silent strike commemorates second anniversary of military coup
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - There is a ghostly silence in the cities, villages and countryside of Myanmar today. Large parts of the civilian population, religious communities, associations, companies and ordinary citizens h ...
31 January 2023
ASIA/CAMBODIA - New students at the Catholic College, which deals with the integral formation of young people
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The "Catholic Church Student Center" in Phnom Penh, a college of the Cambodian Church, welcomed 18 new students, presented yesterday, January 30, at the opening ceremony of the new academic y ...
31 January 2023
ASIA/CHINA - Farewell to missionary Tommy Murphy, friend of the Church and the Chinese people
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Everyone in China called him Chen Fa-yi. He, like the great Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci, had also wanted to take a Chinese name. Father Tommy Murphy, a good-natured Irish missionary who had b ...
30 January 2023
ASIA/CHINA - Three newly ordained deacons for the Diocese of Zhouzhi
Zhouzhi (Agenzia Fides) - On the day when the Catholic Church celebrates the liturgical memory of Saint Thomas Aquinas, great theologian and Doctor of the Church, the Catholics of the diocese of Zhouzhi, in the Chinese p ...
30 January 2023
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Interreligious dialogue as a path to peace: may it be included in school study
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "There is great need for dialogue between religions in Pakistan in order to build a culture of peace in society and public life. Interreligious dialogue is the key to peace in Pakistan and in the ...
30 January 2023
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Badulla
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Badulla, Sri Lanka, presented by Bishop Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S.
The Holy Father has ...
28 January 2023
ASIA/BAHREIN - Father Aldo Berardi appointed Vicar Apostolic of North Arabia.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Aldo Berardi, O.SS.T., until now vicar general of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives, as vicar apostolic of Nor ...
27 January 2023
ASIA/MYANMAR - A new parish in Kachin state, in the midst of conflict
Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic population of the Burmese state of Kachin, in northern Myanmar, has a new parish: it was inaugurated in recent days, in the diocese of Myitkyina, the state capital, with a solemn ...
26 January 2023
ASIA/CHINA - Grief not removed and hope cherished. Letters and gestures of communion in the Chinese Catholic community at the beginning of the "Year of the Rabbit"
Harbin (Agenzia Fides) - The Chinese New Year celebrations continue. But loved ones begin to say goodbye, and slowly people begin to return to their ordinary occupations. For many, in recent weeks, moments of joy and for ...
26 January 2023
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced religious conversion: may the government accept the appeal submitted to the UN
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Christian communities, Hindus, and civil society organizations in Pakistan have welcomed the recent statement submitted to the UN Human Rights Council on the phenomenon of abduction, forced re ...
25 January 2023
ASIA/INDONESIA - Indian Jesuit Father has been living in Sumatra for 50 years: a life marked by devotion to Mary and love of God
Medan (Agenzia Fides) - On the Indonesian island of Sumatra, inhabited mainly by indigenous groups and where traditionalist Islam is widespread, there lives a missionary who has become a well-known and respected personal ...
24 January 2023
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Catechesis week: The focus is on passing on the faith in families
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzi Fides) - The renewal of the Church and the transmission of the faith in Catholic families are the focus of the 2023 Catechetical Week, celebrated in the Catholic communities and culminating in "Catec ...
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