Asia

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  21 March 2023
  PAKISTAN - Sacrificing one's life to save the lives of others: the simple and strong faith of young Akash by Stefano Lodigiani Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We do not need and do not want civil war. We Christians are men of peace. Do not let pain cloud our gaze: may it always be the gaze of Christ and of his Gospel. What futu ...
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  20 March 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Two nuns from China's first indigenous female religious congregation take 'perpetual vows' Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Two sisters of the Congregation of Saint Joseph of the Archdiocese of Beijing made their final vows today, March 20, on the occasion of the liturgical feast dedicated to the Solemnity of Saint J ...
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  20 March 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Joseph Han: in 20 years of episcopate, I have seen how the Lord takes care of His Church by Joseph Han Zhi-hai, Bishop of Lanzhou* Lanzhou (Agenzia Fides) - To Fides: May the peace of the Lord always be with you all! I greet you on behalf of a bishop from the far west of China and I thank you for your ...
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  18 March 2023
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - More than 1,600 catechumens on their way to baptism on Easter night Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 852 catechumens are preparing spiritually to receive the sacrament of baptism during the Easter Vigil on April 8, 2023, considering only the Catholic communities of Peninsular Ma ...
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  17 March 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Seventh national population census kicks off: awareness among Christian communities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The seventh national population census has begun in Pakistan, which - a big change compared to the past - is carried out through an online registration across the country. Among the items on the ...
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  16 March 2023
  ASIA/IRAQ - Qaraqosh, tensions and disputes around the role of the "Babylonian Brigades" Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) - In the area of Qaraqosh, a predominantly Christian city in the Nineveh Plain, tensions are growing between armed militias and local self-defense units composed largely of armed men who claim to ...
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  16 March 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The synodal path entrusts itself to the Virgin Mary Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - All the Catholic communities in South Korea, parishes, associations and movements, will gather in a solemn prayer vigil to experience the special "Day of prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary", with t ...
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  15 March 2023
  ASIA - Like the Magi and the great missionaries to scrutinize the signs of the times: the path of the Church in Asia Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The Final Document of the General Conference of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC), held in Bangkok from October 12 to 30, 2022, published today, March 15, a list of missionarie ...
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  15 March 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Give thanks to God on the peaks of Mount Lú. Lenten pilgrimages to the Marian shrine of Lushan for the feast of Saint Joseph Lushan (Agenzia Fides) - Lushan, "Mount Lú", is a mountain located in the district of the same name, south of the city of Jiujiang, in the Chinese province of Jiangxi. From a distance, you can admire countless peaks tha ...
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  14 March 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - One thousand young people confirmed as civil conflict worsens Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - The Lord confirms them in faith, which will help them live through the hardship, precariousness and suffering around them. A total of 1,173 young people have received the Sacrament of Confirma ...
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  14 March 2023
  ASIA/TURKEY - New earthquake of magnitude 4,7 in southeastern Turkey: the missionaries continue to provide their assistance Mersin (Agenzia Fides) - After the serious earthquake which on February 6, destroyed entire neighborhoods between Syria and Turkey (see Fides, 7/2/2023) a new shock recorded today March 14 shook the earth in the south-ea ...
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  10 March 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Catholic Church asks Parliament to abolish the death penalty Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The "Justice and Peace" Commission of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of South Korea will officially present to the Korean Parliament, on March 13, a petition for the abolition of the death penal ...
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  9 March 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Hazing and student abuse in universities: an evil to eradicate Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The recent death of John Matthew Salilig, a Catholic student at Adamson University in Manila, has raised the issue of hazing and all those practices such as "initiation rites" to associations, cl ...
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  8 March 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Eleven representatives of the Catholic Church take part in the People's Congress in Beijing Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 69 representatives from “religious circles” are taking part in the sessions of the 14th National People's Congress which opened in Beijing on March 4th in the presence of President ...
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  8 March 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Women and consecrated women, alongside the poor for a hundred years Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - For a hundred years the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary have been present in Myanmar, proclaiming the Gospel with word, life and deeds, always and in all cases close to the people, especi ...