Asia

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  17 September 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - "Marriage encounter": Christian spouses rediscover the richness of the Sacrament Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Married life is a life of patience, forgiveness and listening. It is a life of mutual enrichment, thanks to the presence and strength that Jesus Christ gives. It is a long journey together, enligh ...
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  16 September 2021
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Young people meet "the living Christ" Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "Even if the Catholic Church is a small reality, it is present throughout Kazakhstan. Especially in summer, a season that is relatively short in the country, we have numerous faith and mission fo ...
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  16 September 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Raï: Abu Dhabi Document and "Fratelli Tutti" become a 'compass' for Lebanese Catholic schools Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In Lebanon overwhelmed by a devastating crisis, which also has alarming effects on the state of health of the national school system, it is important and necessary that the teachings proposed by ...
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  16 September 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishops of Northern Luzon: amid assassinations, corruption, pandemic we find ourselves in the "valley of death" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "It is like being in the valley of death: the killing of drug addicts and opponents; victims of the pandemic; death from hardship due to a visionless government and blatant corruption that seems ...
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  15 September 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Anti-Covid measures loosened, Maronite Church returns to receiving communion on the tongue Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - While in Lebanon the spread of infections from Covid-19 seems to be weakening, emergency measures are beginning to be removed in the Maronite Church regarding the methods of administering the sa ...
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  15 September 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Bringing the face of Jesus to the most abandoned places": the Sisters of the Holy Face and their mission among the last Koting (Agenzia Fides) - "It was October 24, 1991. My Congregation sent me as a missionary to Flores, a small island in Indonesia that I had never heard of". Thus begins the story of Sr. Aloisia dal Bo, from the Congrega ...
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  15 September 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The "Legion of Mary", compassionate face of the Church Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - To be "the compassionate face of the Church in Indonesia": this is the appeal made by Indonesian Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo, Archbishop of Jakarta, to the "Legion of Mary" (or "Legio Mariae"), a ...
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  14 September 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinals Yeom: "Peace requires an open heart" Budapest (Agenzia Fides) - Peace on the Korean Peninsula is a great challenge and a great obligation for the Catholic Church in Korea. This was emphasized by Cardinal Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul and Apostolic Admi ...
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  14 September 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Scalabrini Missionary Sisters open new mission in Davao Davao (Agenzia Fides) - The Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters open a new mission in the Philippines, in Davao. After Quezon City and Manila, Davao is the third most populous city in the Philippines: It has more than one an ...
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  13 September 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The dream of St. Camillus continues: the first church dedicated to the Saint in the district of Okara Okara (Agenzia Fides) - "A house of prayer, a place of worship where one can connect with God and where other activities that are not prayer and spiritual are not allowed" declared Mgr. Indrias Rehmat, Bishop of Faisalab ...
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  11 September 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic cemeteries welcome the victims of the pandemic, of any religion Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Cebu, in the central Philippines, has decided to welcome in its Catholic cemeteries the bodies of people, of any religion, who have died as a result of the pandemic. As communi ...
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  10 September 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Mikati announces the formation of the government. Father Zgheib: perhaps the Pope's visit becomes more possible Beirut - Agenzia Fides) - After more than a year of stalemate, Lebanon has a new government. The Sunni Najib Mikati, who since last July 26, had been tasked with forming a new government from President Michel Aoun, after ...
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  10 September 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "The Church in Myanmar is being tested with its patience" Budapest (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church in Myanmar had been tested through its patience. Our people are lovers of art and culture and very religious. But our people have faced seven decades of great challenges. I ...
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  10 September 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Archdiocese of Seoul celebrates the sending of missionary priests to France and Japan Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Seoul celebrated a solemn Eucharist with the missionary mandate to the priests who will offer their pastoral service and bring the proclamation of the Gospel abroad, at the service o ...
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  9 September 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Mar Awa Royel is the 122nd Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Mar Awa Royel, currently Bishop of the Assyrian diocese of California (USA) and Secretary of the Holy Synod is the 122nd Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East. He was elected on Wednesday, ...