Asia

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  12 January 2023
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: the unity of the Churches is not a "gesture of courtesy", but a secret of the Christian presence in the Middle East Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "The Eastern Churches need a breath of fresh air", is how the Iraqi Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, entitled his message for the forthcoming Week of Prayer for Chr ...
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  12 January 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Communion in Christ unites North and South Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - Walking together in following Christ. This has united and continues to unite Catholics from all over Vietnam, representing a close link between the South and the North of the country. G ...
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  11 January 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Radio Veritas Asia: 95% of listeners are non-Christians Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Radio is a valuable tool for proclaiming the Gospel in Bangladesh. This was confirmed by the Bengali service of "Radio Veritas Asia" (RVA) which recently held a meeting with its listeners in the c ...
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  11 January 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Earthquake on the archipelago: fear but no major damage for the Camillians on the island of Flores Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - The earthquake that hit Indonesia on Tuesday, January 10, affected the island of South Maluku, one of the provinces of the archipelago. The earthquake was also felt in several neighboring islan ...
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  10 January 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Christmas time for Chinese Catholics. When the light of Jesus crosses the days of pain by Marta Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Many Chinese Catholics will always remember the Christmas season that has just ended. This time, the renewal of joy for the birth of Jesus encountered the suffering and troubles ...
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  10 January 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A new National Commission for minority rights is being studied Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - In recent days, the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif announced during a meeting in Islamabad that a bill to establish a National Commission for Minority Rights is underway. "Although ...
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  9 January 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholics celebrate the feast of the "Black Nazarene", a moment of deep popular faith Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Jesus Christ knows the suffering of his people. Christ lived it himself on the Cross. There is no human experience that Jesus of Nazareth does not understand. The Heart of Christ is anchored in ...
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  5 January 2023
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Apostolic Vicar of Phom Penh: "Pope Benedict XVI encourages us to continue our mission" Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "Benedict XVI was a passionate seeker of God who worked to create harmony of religions and to build a more just world, in truth and with passion. We give thanks for the fruitful life of our b ...
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  4 January 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A special "Year of the Family", with young people in mind Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The year 2023, in the diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi will be a "Year of the Family": this was announced by Archbishop Joseh Arshad, inviting all the parishes, associations, movements and eccl ...
• 4 January 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Bishop of Baroda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 31, 2022, the Holy Father Francis appointed the Reverend Fr. Sebastião Mascarenhas, S.F.X., former superior general of the Society of the Missionaries of Saint Francis Xavier ...
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  4 January 2023
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Benedict XVI, "a Good Shepherd who takes care of a small distant flock" Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "We carry in our hearts a grateful memory of the interest and care of a Good Shepherd towards his small distant flock". This is the image of Benedict XVI that the Apostolic Administrator of Uzb ...
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  3 January 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Vandalism in a Catholic church in Chhattisgarh Narayanpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh (central India) was vandalized by a tribal mob. The incident, which happened yesterday afternoon, January 2, in the ...
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  2 January 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese bishops and the People of God pray for Pope Ratzinger: may he continue to intercede for the good of our Church from heaven Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Gratitude and joy, intertwined with an emotion full of consolation, prayers and grateful memory for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who left this earth on the last day of 2022. These are the sentim ...
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  2 January 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The faithful pray and remember Benedict XVI, "Pope of charity" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - As in many other Asian countries, the Catholics in the Philippines are praying for Benedict XVI, who died on the morning of December 31 at the age of 95. "I wish to thank all of you who accompani ...
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  29 December 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - When the "Union of Chinese students" of the Pontifical Urbaniana University" paid tribute to Celso Costantini, the first Apostolic Delegate in China by Martha Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "This publication aims not only to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the arrival of Archbishop Celso Costantini as the first Apostolic Delegate in Beijing, but above all to rec ...