Asia

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  16 March 2022
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The laity, committed to being the engine of evangelization and participation in the synodal process Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Association of Catholic Laity of the Diocese of Hong Kong (Hong Kong Central Council of Catholic Laity HKCCCL) has renewed its commitment to being the engine of evangelization in the dioce ...
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  15 March 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako: Canonization processes for Iraqi martyrs progressing Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The process of canonization of the Chaldean Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho is proceeding "smoothly, and, God willing", the martyr Bishop will soon be declared blessed, "together with Father Raghi ...
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  15 March 2022
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The government of Cambodia rewards the Church for its contribution to society Takeo (Agenzia Fides) - The Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh, Bishop Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler (MEP) has been recognized by the Cambodian Government as representative of the Catholic Church for his contribution t ...
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  15 March 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - Conference in Damascus brings together local Catholic Churches and aid agencies Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A conference organized by the Assembly of Catholic Bishops in Syria in collaboration with the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and the Apostolic Nunciature in Syria, begins today in Damas ...
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  14 March 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iranian rockets against US base in Erbil. The Chaldean Patriarchate: the stalemate in the formation of the government puts the country at risk Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Patriarchate deplores the launch of missiles that on Sunday, March 13, sowed terror among the population of Erbil and, in the light of this serious episode, calls on the political for ...
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  14 March 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Lent without restrictions: Catholics return to the churches Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - During Lent, Vietnamese Catholics have the opportunity to participate in numerous liturgical celebrations, community encounters and social activities in their local communities: just before Lent, ...
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  12 March 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Opening of the first Christian chapel in a national hospital Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - The Chapel of the Sacred Heart, the first Christian chapel built inside a hospital in Malaysia, was inaugurated at the Sarawak Heart Center in Kota Samarahan. The structure was blessed by Cathol ...
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  11 March 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Marayati: Need to put some order in the flow of foreign aid Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The conference which, in mid-March, will bring together in Damascus the leaders of the local Churches and the representatives of Catholic charitable organizations has a very concrete priority obj ...
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  11 March 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Catholic community in Korea joins in the prayer for peace in Ukraine and donates aid to the Church Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Welcoming and echoing Pope Francis' call for prayer and fasting for peace in Ukraine, Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-Taick, OCD, Archbishop of Seoul and Apostolic Administrator of Pyongyang, has sent ...
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  10 March 2022
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Migrants and asylum seekers are reshaping the face of the Catholic community in the Holy Land Tel Aviv (Agenzia Fides) - In the difficult situations they face, the communities of migrants and asylum seekers increasingly characterize the face of the ecclesial communities of the Holy Land, even in their spiritual t ...
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  10 March 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - "Anti-conversion law" proposed in the state of Haryana New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the Indian state of Haryana, a bill has been presented to regulate religious conversion. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state, located in northern India, has announced t ...
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  9 March 2022
  ASIA/JORDAN - a "Synodal Questionnaire" for Catholics in the Hashemite Kingdom Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Synod Coordinating Committee set up by the Patriarchal Vicariate for Jordan of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has also released a questionnaire in digital electronic version with the aim ...
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  9 March 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Spirituality, concrete abstinence, conversion, pandemic: the Bishops' Lenten recommendations to accompany the synodal journey of the communities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "I sincerely hope that the reading of the Word of God, the recitation of the Rosary and the Way of the Cross will be more and more widespread in families and communities", recommended in his Pa ...
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  9 March 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Lent dedicated to the protection of life and creation Penang (Agenzia Fides) - Care for life and creation is at the center of the Lenten program in the diocese of Penang and will be for three years. Focusing on the theme “Together we renew and rebuild”, the Diocese of ...
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  8 March 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - The synodal journey, a "favorable opportunity" for young Christians in the Middle East Rabieh (Agenzia Fides) - The Churches of the Middle East are called to rediscover and reactivate at all levels their synodal vocation, if they want to preserve the transmission of the faith and their apostolic traditions ...