Asia

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  26 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Mission on tiptoe. A Magnificat for the rebirth of the Church in Mongolia by Paolo Affatato Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "We took the first steps in the mission in Mongolia with a certain excitement and emotion. On July 10, 1992 we tiptoed into an unknown land, strengthened only by the com ...
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  25 August 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Solidarity and attention of Muslim leaders asking for forgiveness from the Christians of Jaranwala: the fruits of interreligious dialogue Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the violence against Christians in Jaranwala, a town in Pakistani Punjab where houses and churches were burned (see Fides, 18 and 21/8/2023), "something unthinkable up to a few ...
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  25 August 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - After Pandemic Restrictions: Catholic Churches resume summer activities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - After the restrictions that have marked the last few years related to the Covid 19 pandemic, many Chinese Catholic communities are returning to everyday life to resume activities and practices o ...
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  24 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Mary paves the way for the mission by Gianni Valente Darkhan (Agenzia Fides) - In the Cathedral of Ulaanbaatar there is a statue of the Virgin Mary that suggestively crosses the path of the small Mongolian Catholic community. ...
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  24 August 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Fukushima's radioactive water in the sea, protests and criticism in Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Japan has started dumping more than a million tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, destroyed in the March 2011 earthquake, reports Kyodo ...
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  23 August 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The 6,921 priests, apostles of Christ in the history of the Church in Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Korean priests who, in 178 years of history, have spent their life following Christ and proclaming the Gospel are engaged in parishes, celebrating the Sacraments for the people of God, accompa ...
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  23 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The richness of Faiths. Working together for the good of all by Gianni Valente Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "I met the Mongolian rulers and they assured me that the new Constitution guarantees religious pluralism and that all religions and confessions w ...
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  22 August 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Congregation of Saint Joseph welcomes four postulants Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Congregation of Saint Joseph of the Diocese of Beijing, China's first native Congregation of Sisters, welcomed four young postulants a few days ago in the presence of Bishop Joseph Li Shan. ...
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  22 August 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Anti-Christian violence in Jaranwala: Archbishop of Lahore, Muslim religious leaders and Prime Minister visit affected families Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - In times of suffering human contact, a hug, a smile and words of comfort are of great value. With this conviction, the Archbishop of Lahore, Sebastian Shaw visited the city of Jaranwala in th ...
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  21 August 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Communion and charity, for the good of all: the Chinese Catholic community sends aid to the regions affected by the floods Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Half a million Yuan (equivalent to 62,600 euros) has been donated by the diocese of Shanghai, led by Bishop Joseph Shen Bin, to support the people of Hebei province affected by the recent floods ...
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  21 August 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Prayer and solidarity with the displaced persons of Jaranwala Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Prayer, solidarity with the displaced, demand for justice: this is how the Christian community in Pakistan lives in the days following the events of August 16 in the town of Jaranwala, where ...
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  21 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - On mission in Arvajhėėr. The strategies of men, the surprises of God by Gianni Valente Arvajhėėr (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest census, there are fewer than 20,000 inhabitants in Arvajhėėr. In was in this small town in Mongolia, 400 kilometers sout ...
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  18 August 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Day of prayer after attacks on churches Lahore (Fides News Agency) – On Sunday, August 20, a special Day of Prayer will be held in Pakistan, in all the nation's Catholic communities: with this announcement, the Pakistan Catholic Bishops' Conference entrusts ...
• 17 August 2023
  ASIA/JAPAN - Erection of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu and appointment of the first Metropolitan Archbishop Osaka (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father Francis, on the 15th of August 2023, erected the new Metropolitan Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu, to merge the Archdiocese of Osaka and the Diocese of Takamatsu. The Holy F ...
• 10 August 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - President of Israel visits Stella Maris Monastery in Haifa, object of vandalistic acts Jerusalem (Fides News Agency) - The President of Israel Isaac Herzog, along with his wife and a delegation, paid a private solidarity visit to the Stella Maris Monastery in Haifa, which - like other Christian places of w ...