Asia

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  5 July 2022
  ASIA/TURKEY - Ancient Christian cemetery desecrated in the Tur Abdin region Yemişli (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of desecrated tombs, with mortal remains and funerary objects scattered in the surrounding land. This is the scene faced by the Christians of Yemişli, a village in the south-eastern T ...
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  4 July 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - More than 200 cases of violence against Christians in 5 months New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the year 2022, from January to the end of May, 207 cases of violence against Christians have been recorded in India. This is stated in a note sent to Agenzia Fides by the "United Christian ...
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  2 July 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - 48 married couples set out to spread the beauty of the Amoris Laetitia Family in the community Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) - As the World Meeting of Families approaches in Rome, which closed the Year dedicated to the "Amoris Laetitia Family" announced by Pope Francis (March 19, 2021 - June 26, 2022), the diocese of Nin ...
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  1 July 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Priestly ordinations on the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul: in the footsteps of the Apostles, the mission of evangelization is strengthened Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - New priestly ordinations on the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, on June 29, to give energy to the mission of evangelization in mainland China by strengthening the synodal path. Msgr. Paul He ...
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  1 July 2022
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Msgr. Marengo: "Accompany the faithful on their journey with the light of the Gospel" Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "We must accompany the faithful towards a dimension of greater depth: this is one of the pastoral challenges of the near future for the Church in Mongolia". Msgr. Giorgio Marengo, Apostolic ...
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  30 June 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The mission of the new priests: "Close to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and always merciful" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "God wants us not to harden our hearts towards the faithful, we must listen to them and love them. As priests, our hearts should be like the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a heart of flesh, not of stone ...
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  28 June 2022
  ASIA/TURKEY - Catholics and Orthodox celebrate the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul together in "Peter's Grotto" Antakya (Agenzia Fides) - Also this year, baptized Catholics and Orthodox are preparing to experience intense moments of communion on June, 28 and 29, in the context of the liturgical memory of the Holy Apostles Peter an ...
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  28 June 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Peace and reconciliation in Korea and Ukraine Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Although conflicts, wars, hostilities and divisions in the world are constantly intensifying, the Church cannot turn away or renounce her mission for peace, harmony and unity on this planet. As C ...
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  27 June 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Appeal by the Church: Humanitarian aid to flood survivors in Assam Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to help the survivors of the heavy floods that hit Assam, a state in north-eastern India. This is what Archbishop John Moolachira, at the head of the diocese of Guwahati, capital o ...
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  25 June 2022
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - New missionary impetus for the faithful of the city-state Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - "I believe that the Holy Spirit, through Pope Francis and through the Synod, is giving us the grace of a new opportunity to renew the Church, empower its members and make them truly living eva ...
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  24 June 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Church supports flood victims Mymensingh (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in Bangladesh is mobilizing for the victims of the floods that have hit the country in the last 10 days. Thanks to an action promoted and coordinated by Caritas Banglad ...
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  24 June 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society calls for the release of a Christian falsely accused of blasphemy Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask for the release of a Pakistani Christian, 44-year-old Rehmat Masih, who has been in prison for five months. He is innocent and is falsely accused of having desecrated the pages of the Ko ...
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  24 June 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Seminarians and nuns conclude their studies: new missionary resources for evangelization in China Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "You must have the missionary fire of the Apostle Paul to attract more people to the Gospel so that they can obtain salvation. You must have a humble and simple attitude, reaching out to the poo ...
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  23 June 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Men of service and proclamation of the Gospel: 13 new deacons for the Church, three of them tribal Mymensingh (Agenzia Fides) - The 13 new deacons who enrich and give hope to the Catholic Church of Bangladesh will be men dedicated to ecclesial and pastoral service and to proclaiming the Gospel, especially to the poore ...
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  22 June 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Consecrated life promotes authenticity and integrity, to fight corruption Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - The nuns and all the members of religious institutes in Indonesia are ready to get involved and fight against the social scourge of corruption in everyday life and on a cultural level: this is ...