Asia

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  25 August 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Diocese of Pathein wants to contribute to overcoming the coronavirus pandemic with its aid programs Pathein (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in the Diocese of Pathein provides all human and material resources, facilities and financial support to help cope with the Covid-19 pandemic. This is what the administrat ...
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  24 August 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo once again calls for justice and peace Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Insurgent fighting continues in Myanmar. In the big cities of Yangon and Mandalay there is daily fighting between the army and the so-called People's Defense Forces. "The situation in Myanmar is ...
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  23 August 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - After arrest by local militia in Chin State: priest and catechist return to pastoral service Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic priest Father Noel Hrang Tin Thang and the catechist Clement Cung Hnin from the diocese of Hakha, who were kidnapped by the local Chinland Defense Force (CDF) (see Fides 31/7/2021) a ...
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  23 August 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarchal note explains why the reference to Babylon in the name of the Chaldean Patriarchate has been removed Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The reference to "Babylon", so far contained in the name of the Chaldean Patriarchate, has been removed on the initiative of the last Chaldean Synod of Bishops because it has no historical basis ...
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  23 August 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The Church entrusts the difficulties of the present time to the Mother of La Vang La Vang (Agenzia Fides) - In a time marked by pandemic, poverty, insecurity and uncertainty about the future, the Church in Vietnam is renewing its act of consecration to the Blessed Virgin of La Vang. In spite of all th ...
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  18 August 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Young people become catechists by choice: a gift for the Church Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Many young Catholics in Indonesia are committed to a special training and study program to become catechists. Those who come from families with much greater financial possibilities will go to un ...
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  17 August 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Grandparents and the elderly, a precious presence in society Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Grandparents and the elderly are a valuable part of Korean society, they are the origin and memory, they are an example and an important resource for young people: with this conviction, the Cathol ...
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  9 August 2021
  ASIA/CHINA - Mourning in the Episcopate: His Exc. Mgr. Matthew Cao Xiangde dies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, July 9, 2021, at 4.30 pm, His Exc. Mgr. Matthew Cao Xiangde died at the age of 92. The Prelate, who lived in the province of Zhejiang, was born on September 16, 1929 in Tangzhen ...
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  7 August 2021
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Msgr. Marengo: "We must preach the Gospel with a whisper" Ulaanbataar (Agenzia Fides) - "The ministry of the bishop in Mongolia is, in my view, very similar to the episcopal ministry of the early Church: we know how the apostles in the early days of Christianity testified to th ...
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  5 August 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Filipino migrants are the 'new missionaries': pilgrimage of the Filipino Community for 500 years of evangelization Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 500th anniversary (1521-2021) of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines, more than 250 Filipino pilgrims from Europe met in Rome on July 31 to celebrate the biennial ...
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  5 August 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishops launch the National Prayer Campaign for the end of the pandemic: "Let us arm ourselves with medical kits, oxygen and other support Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "As the Covid 19 pandemic continues to threaten the whole world and our country, we Bishops invite everyone to pray together", is the appeal that the Burmese bishops addressed on the occasion of ...
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  4 August 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Explosion in the port of Beirut a year ago: those responsible have not yet been identified and people grapple with misery Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "We are worried that the situation could degenerate", local sources from Beirut tell Fides, where the explosion of the ammonium nitrate store is being commemorated today, which hit the Lebanese c ...
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  3 August 2021
  ASIA - Effects of the pandemic on workers in the textile industry: "Unimaginable human suffering" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - What is the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Asian economy and, in particular, on one of the most important branches of production in many countries in the region? A study by the "Clean Cl ...
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  31 July 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholic priest arrested by rebels and accused of having contact with the regular army Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic priest Fr. Noel Hrang Tin Thang, parish priest of the Catholic church in the city of Surkhua, in the diocese of Hakha, was taken and arrested by local militias in the Burmese state of ...
• 31 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Nalgonda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Nalgonda (India), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Joji Govindu. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 31/7/2021) ...