Asia

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  17 October 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - "Signs of the Times": Social Media Mission by Marta Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - For years, the daily life of a large part of the Chinese population has been characterized by the use of the news app "Wechat" from the Chinese company "Tencent Holdings". The com ...
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  17 October 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The baptized pray the Rosary for peace in Korea and Ukraine Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Prayer to Mary moves mountains; the "impossible causes" are entrusted to the Mother of God through the prayers of the Rosary, recited in community. With this certainty of faith, the Catholics of t ...
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  15 October 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Eviction for Christian refugees in Baghdad: the building where they live must become a shopping center Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In 2014 they had to flee Mosul and the cities of the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq. They had abandoned their homes and all their belongings in the face of the advance of so-called Islamic Stat ...
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  15 October 2022
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - World Mission Month campaign goes to places of pain and healing Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The World Mission Month campaign of the Pontifical Mission Societies in East Timor goes to prisons, hospitals, homes for the elderly. The focus of the initiatives that take place throughout the mon ...
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  15 October 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The anniversary of the Second Vatican Council commemorated with an interreligious round table Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council is commemorated in Indonesia with two special meetings today, October 15: one at the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology of the "Sanata Dharma U ...
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  14 October 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops encourage the faithful to physically return to mass in churches Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In the parish of St. Anthony, run by the Franciscans, in Forbes Park, one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in the Makati district, the economic and financial heart of Manila, before the pandem ...
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  13 October 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - In October, pilgrimages to Marian places flourish throughout Indonesia Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Marian shrine "Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni" in the Indonesian city of Medan, in the north of the island of Sumatra, looks from the outside like a Buddhist temple with Indian and Chinese el ...
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  12 October 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - A new Franciscan mission in northeast India Diphu (Agenzia Fides) - Fraternity, hospitality, listening and helping the poorest: these are the characteristics which, according to the charism of Saint Francis of Assisi, will animate the new mission begun by the Fran ...
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  11 October 2022
  ASIA - The jubilee assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences: "And they took another path" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Even the rain - not uncommon in the rainy season, which in Thailand lasts from June to October - does not alter the good climate of meetings that will characterize the General Assembly of the Fe ...
• 11 October 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Appointment of the Rector of the interdiocesan seminary in the archdiocese of Gwangju Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 22, 2022, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle appointed Rev. Petrus Kim Jung-Yong, of the archdiocesan clergy of Gwangju as Rector of the interdiocesan Seminary located in the Archdioces ...
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  10 October 2022
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Ignatian spiritual exercises in Samarkand, to guard the "bud" of faith Samarkand (Agenzia Fides) – To spend a few days in silence, according to the charism of St. Ignatius of Loyola, and propose the practice of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises as an opportunity to be closer to God and dis ...
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  10 October 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "It is time to take a step forward”: the Forum for Peace calls for a process of dialogue and reconciliation Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - As tensions rise on the Korean peninsula, and yesterday, October 9, North Korea launched two new short-range ballistic missiles towards the East Sea, cultural and political initiatives continue to ...
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  8 October 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bringing God's merciful love and alleviating the suffering of the victims affected by the monsoon floods Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistani government has officially declared 66 districts of the country, submerged by the monsoon floods at the end of August 2022, and which have involved more than 33 million people 'a ...
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  8 October 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - "Strengthening communion", central theme of the new pastoral year in the Church of Vietnam Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - "Strengthening communion" is the central pastoral theme indicated by the Bishops of Vietnam for the Vietnamese Church in the year 2023. This is what we read in the "General Letter to the community ...
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  7 October 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The mission and educational commitment of the "Silsilah" movement for Islamic-Christian dialogue Zamboanga del Sur (Agenzia Fides) - In the South of the Philippines, especially among the poorest and most disadvantaged families, mistrust, prejudice and suspicion between Muslims and Christians can creep into families. ...