Asia
22 December 2022
ASIA/PAKISTAN - For Shagufta Kiran the second Christmas away from her children
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Almost a year and a half has passed since the arrest of Pakistani Christian woman, Shagufta Kiran (see Fides, 31/8/2021) and the imminent one is, for her, the second Christmas spent in prison, ...
21 December 2022
ASIA/IRAQ - “Our Lady of the Hour”: Church bells will be heard again in Mosul
Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Next March, three bells bearing the names of the Archangels Gabriel, Michael and Raphael will leave Normandy and find their destination in Mosul in the bell tower of the Church of Our Lady of the ...
21 December 2022
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Interreligious meetings and closeness to the poor: the spirit of Christmas
Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian communities of Pakistan live a Christmas characterized by traditional rites, inter-religious meetings and closeness and solidarity with the poor and oppressed. Since the 19th ce ...
20 December 2022
ASIA/JORDAN - A Christmas without celebrations or convivial events, after the bereaved events that affected the police
Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Christians of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan will live the upcoming Christmas holidays in a sober way, refraining from showing their joy for Christmas and the beginning of the new year in con ...
20 December 2022
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The documents of Pope Francis in the Tagalog language to bring "the joy of the Gospel" to all
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "A message expressed in one's own language is deeper. It is more alive, has a stronger grip and is more attractive to the reader or listener. So we hope that Pope Francis' words can reach many Fi ...
19 December 2022
ASIA/INDIA - Young Catholics: celebrate Christmas with works of mercy, to "feed the hungry"
Shillong (Agenzia Fides) - The spirit is to carry out a work of mercy, "feed the hungry", in the name of Christ Jesus who comes into the world to be close to every man, especially the poor and the suffering: this is why ...
17 December 2022
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Between dream and proclamation of the Gospel: Filipino migrants in the world
by Paolo Affatato
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - This is a phenomenon which literally exploded in the 1970s and which today is very topical, especially thanks to the media campaigns - and the controversies - unleashed on the oc ...
17 December 2022
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Saint Joseph in Mindoro
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Fr. Pablito M. Tagura, S.V.D., currently Rector of the House of Formation, S.V.D., in Quezon City, and Member of the Provincial Council of the Society of the D ...
17 December 2022
ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Tanjungkarang, rev. Vinsensius Setiawan Triatmojo
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Rev. Vinsensius Setiawan Triatmojo, of the clergy of Palembang, currently President of the Diocesan Commission for Liturgy, Catechesis and Biblical Pastoral, a ...
16 December 2022
ASIA/LEBANON - Unprecedented summit between the Patriarchs of the Churches of Syriac tradition
Atchaneh (Agenzia Fides) - An unprecedented and in some respects historic meeting between the leaders of the Churches of the Syriac tradition, to discuss and reflect together on the emergencies and problems faced by Chri ...
16 December 2022
ASIA/MYANMAR - Escalation of civil conflict, restrictions on humanitarian aid and accommodation in Buddhist monasteries
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - From 1 February 1, 2021 to December 14, 2022, in 2,130 days of civil conflict in Myanmar, the clashes, which also included 232 air raids carried out by the Burmese army, produced a total of 1.132 ...
15 December 2022
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Christmas, a time to listen, dialogue, walk together, pray with "Simbang Gabi"
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - At Christmas "God walks with us" with his people and the Feast of the Incarnation is a "promemoria for synodality" and reminds "God's presence with us and his journey with us". This was emphasize ...
14 December 2022
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Catholic bishops set up new legal Offices
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - On December 13th, 2022, the Assembly of the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land (ACOHL) organized a conference for the launching of two new offices: the Safeguarding Office & the Professional ...
14 December 2022
ASIA/INDIA - Hackers put ‘evidence’ on Indian Jesuit Stan Swamy’s computer
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - An American digital forensics firm released a report, which shows that a hacker planted multiple “incriminating documents” in the computer of activist-priest Father Stan Swamy’s computer ...
13 December 2022
ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate: three days of "special fast" before Christmas, to ask for the gift of peace
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - At the beginning of the third week of Advent, the Chaldean Patriarchate invites all baptized Chaldeans around the world in the days leading up to Christmas to a three-day fast for peace in Iraq ...
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