Asia

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  7 December 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - A Catholic school devastated by Hindu extremists Vidisha (Agenzia Fides) - A crowd of about 500 extremist militants devastated and committed vandalism in a Catholic school in the state of Madhya Pradesh, central India. According to Fides sources, members of the Hindu ...
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  6 December 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Missionaries like Francis Xavier: 38 new priests, a gift for the Church Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The season of Advent in the Church in Vietnam begins with a great gift: 38 new priests are starting their pastoral service in various dioceses. As Fides learned, the priestly ordination rites were ...
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  6 December 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Pastoral care of "agroecology" to build the "common home" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Vincentian mission in Indonesia is characterized by a special pastoral attention to "agroecology" and explained to Fides by Father Yohanes Werang, a religious of the "Congregation of the Mis ...
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  6 December 2021
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong's new Bishop consecrated: "The pandemic has taught us to help each other, this is the way" Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "My desire is to be a bridge between the government and the Church in Hong Kong, between Catholics, Christians of other confessions and other religions ... It will not be easy after these last ...
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  4 December 2021
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - A new deacon in Kampong Cham, "servant of the community, fisher of men" Kampong Cham (Agenzia Fides) - He chose the name of John the Baptist, to be like him, herald and prophet. John Baptist Prak Hong is the first deacon from the bunong (also called phnong) ethnicity. As reported to Fides by ...
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  4 December 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Nazareth, thousands of people in the square for the lighting of the Christmas tree Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - In Nazareth, Galilee, thousands of people took part in the tree lighting ceremony, an event organized by the Christmas March Association of in collaboration with the scout associations and the ...
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  4 December 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The Indian faithful honor Francesco Xavier, Patron of the missions Goa (Agenzia Fides) - The celebration of the feast of St. Francis Xavier in ancient Goa, where his relics are kept, was held yesterday, December 3, after a solemn novena started on November 25. The feast is normally ce ...
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  4 December 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A new App for young people on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Pontifical Mission Societies Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Indonesia are launching a new App dedicated to adolescents and young people, on the occasion of the celebration of the Jubilee of their birth in Indones ...
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  3 December 2021
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Archbishop of Kuching: living Advent alongside the poor Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - To live the liturgical season of "Advent", in preparation for Christmas, to help and console the poor and the needy: this is the appeal launched by Mgr Simon Poh, Archbishop of Kuching, capital ...
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  2 December 2021
  ASIA/KIRGHIZISTAN - Apostolic Administrator: "A small church that tries to bear witness to the gospel by being close" Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - "Kyrgyzstan is a small country that is surrounded by very strong neighbors and is changing a lot: it has always been open to religious options. In general, we have the freedom to work as mission ...
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  2 December 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Monks and nuns of Deir Mar Musa: we love Muslims in the name of Christ, as He loves them Nebek (Agenzia Fides) - The monks and nuns of Deir Mar Musa renew their monastic consecration "on the basis of our three priorities: prayer, manual labor and hospitality" being always "attracted to the horizon of harmony ...
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  1 December 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - "Autochthonous and rooted in this land". The Assembly of Christian Associations in Palestine is born Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - A vibrant call to all Palestinian Christians to resist the pressures and temptations that push them to emigrate and rediscover the beauty of living in the land where Jesus was born, died and r ...
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  1 December 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom's farewell: "A joyful journey guided by the Holy Spirit" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "The years of pastoral service in Seoul were a joyful journey guided by the Holy Spirit": with these words Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung celebrated a thanksgiving Mass yesterday, November 30, with ...
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  1 December 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Attacks on churches, the Bishop of Pekhon: it means "attacking the hearts of each of the faithful" Pekhon (Agenzia Fides) - St. Nicholas Catholic Church in the town of Thantlang of the diocese of Hakha was burned down. As learned by local sources of Fides, on November 28 the Myanmar army burned more than 80 houses in ...
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  30 November 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Patriarch Sako to the Iraqi communists: the country's evil is called sectarianism Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In Iraq the main obstacle to the start of a real democratic process is represented by the sectarian mentality which is also reflected in the so-called "quota system", the electoral and administr ...