Asia
23 February 2022
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy, forced conversions, education system: the weak points for the rights of religious minorities
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The fundamental rights of religious minorities in Pakistan are of great concern, as can be seen in the field of blasphemy, in religious conversions, in the implementation of labor regulations, i ...
22 February 2022
ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of the Coadjutor Bishop of Mawlamyine
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Maurice Nyunt Wai, of the clergy of Pathein, currently parish priest of the Sacred Heart Church, Myaungmya, as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of ...
22 February 2022
ASIA/THAILAND - An exhibition of the Foreign Missions of Paris on the history of evangelization
Paris (Agenzia Fides) - The seeds of evangelization in Thailand, planted three and a half centuries ago by missionaries sent from France, by the Society for Foreign Missions of Paris (MEP), in response to the invitation ...
22 February 2022
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Israeli reassurances: the status of the Mount of Olives will not be changed without consulting the Churches
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Israeli project to include the Mount of Olives area in the Jerusalem Walls Natural Park "will not be carried out without the participation of all interested parties, including, of course, ...
22 February 2022
ASIA/VIETNAM - State officials interrupt Mass celebrated by the Archbishop of Hanoi
Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholics of the Archdiocese of Hanoi were surprised and shocked when government officials entered a church in the province of Hoa Binh and interrupted the Mass celebrated by Msgr. Joseph Vu V ...
21 February 2022
ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic communities are living the new pastoral year intensely, in a synodal spirit
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - " The "Year of God", which was celebrated in 2021, will be followed in the Archdiocese of Beijing by the "Year of the Son of God" announced by Archbishop Joseph Li Shan in his Christmas message. Th ...
21 February 2022
ASIA/CAMBODIA - A new church in Phnom Penh, the result of the commitment of the faithful
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic parish in the Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh has completed the construction of the new Church of Saint Joseph. As Fides learns, Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, at the head of th ...
21 February 2022
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Israeli project to incorporate the Mount of Olives into a National Park. Heads of Churches: the plan appears to serve an ideological agenda
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Mount of Olives, in Jerusalem, is at the center of a project initiated by the Israeli authorities to expand the boundaries of a National Park to encompass ecclesiastical land located in th ...
21 February 2022
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Catholic community does not forget the disabled, marginalized by society
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - We must show affection and take care of people who live with disabilities; we must also empower them and continue to support them in the challenges of their life. This is the main reason why we ...
19 February 2022
ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - A dispensary for the sick in the diocese of Almaty: the Consolata Missionaries are at the side of those who suffer
Zhanashar (Agenzia Fides) - "Health, especially in poor countries without structures or resources, is becoming one of the priorities of our missionary presence. In particular, with regard to health care in Kazakhstan, we ...
18 February 2022
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Missionary mandate to 18 lay people to offer their service as pastoral workers
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "To be Christians, we must be like Christ, imitate Christ and recognize Christ in each person. It is always difficult to understand that what we do for the Church is a service, not a role. All m ...
18 February 2022
ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Abolition of the death penalty: a step forward for the nation in the protection of human life
Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "In December 2021 there was an important event in the history of our state: Kazakhstan finally abolished the death penalty. This news unfairly went unnoticed due to the January riots. However, no ...
18 February 2022
ASIA/SYRIA - Desecrated, bombed, rebuilt, abandoned: the emblematic case of the Armenian church of Raqqa
Raqqa (Agenzia Fides) - Almost 5 years after the expulsion of the jihadist militias from Raqqa, the church of the Martyrs, which had been reduced to rubble, stands out again in the city center in all its splendor. It was ...
17 February 2022
ASIA/INDONESIA - "Nahdlatul Ulama" relaunches its fundamental mission of a social, economic and cultural nature
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) remains the guardian of the Republic of Indonesia and Pancasila, two key themes of our national political platform", said the new leader of the organization, Yahya Cholil S ...
17 February 2022
ASIA/INDIA - The Cathedral of Calcutta launches "food for all" initiative
Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary in the Archdiocese of Calcutta has launched the "Food for All" initiative with the support of the AnnBandhu foundation, a local non-governmental organizati ...
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