Asia

• 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, ...
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  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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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...