Asia

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  20 September 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops: No to bills on divorce, anti-constitutional and anti-family Manila - (Agenzia Fides) - "Divorce is, first of all, unconstitutional, it is anti-family, anti-marriage and anti-children". This is what was stated in a message sent to Agenzia Fides by Father Jerome Secillano, executiv ...
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  19 September 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarchs of the Middle East: the "Holy Valley" of Qadisha is the common heritage of all Christians Diman (Agenzia Fides) - The "Holy Valley" of Qadisha represents a living heritage of spirituality and faith not only for Lebanese Christians but for Christians all over the world. For this reason the Lebanese political a ...
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  19 September 2019
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Kyrgyz children at the discovery of the Sky Jalalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "In September, we prepare ourselves for the second year of our educational project", says to Agenzia Fides Sher Abdugapirov, deputy director of Kyrgyzstan Caritas at the headquarters of Jalala ...
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  19 September 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Pakistani Church trains animators for the extraordinary Missionary Month Multan (Agenzia Fides): "In order to be good disciples of Jesus Christ, we must always keep our eyes on Jesus. We must give up everything like the disciples to follow Jesus. This extraordinary missionary Month October 20 ...
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  18 September 2019
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - National Caritas defines priorities: communication and collaboration Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "If I have to briefly express the priorities of the national Caritas in this period, I would choose two words: communication and collaboration. The first for us is particularly valuable for the g ...
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  18 September 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Younan criticizes the exclusion of Syrian Christians from public functions and administrative positions Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In Lebanon - a country where the distribution of political and institutional offices follows criteria of division based on religious affiliation - Christians belonging to the Syro-Orthodox and Sy ...
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  18 September 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Jesuits and Muslim leaders promote dialogue in educational institutions in Asia Yogyakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Promoting Islamic-Christian dialogue in Indonesia, the most densely populated Muslim country in the world, and throughout Asia, especially in educational institutions and universities: is the ...
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  17 September 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Archbishop of Beirut: schools of the archdiocese also open to those who cannot pay their fee Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In the schools belonging to the Maronite Archdiocese of Beirut, no student will be excluded from attending classes, even if his family cannot pay tuition. This was decided by Archbishop Boulos Ab ...
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  17 September 2019
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - "All baptized and sent": appeal for the extraordinary Missionary Month Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "I would like to invite all priests, religious brothers and sisters and the faithful, on behalf of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh (CBCB) to live the October 2019 extraordinary miss ...
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  16 September 2019
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Evangelicals in Lebanon and Syria distance themselves from "Christian Zionists" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Reverend Joseph Kassab, President of the Supreme Council of Evangelical Communities in Syria and Lebanon (in the photo), launched an appeal to local and global media to avoid expressions that ide ...
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  16 September 2019
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - East Asian youth renew their commitment to bear witness to the Gospel Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The youth of Asian countries renew their commitment to witness the Gospel of Christ in Asia: this is what was confirmed by the youth of various Asian countries gathered for a week-long gathering or ...
• 16 September 2019
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Resignation of bishop of Ðà Lat, and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 14 September 2019 the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation of bishop of Ðà Lat, Viêt Nam, presented by Bishop Antoine Vu Huy Chuong. He is succeeded by Bishop Dominic Nguyên ...
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  14 September 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The new Bishop of Faisalabad consecrated: "Faith in action" Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - With a solemn liturgy held at the Liceo De La Salle in Faisalabad, with the participation of thousands of faithful, Cardinal Joseph Coutts Archbishop of Karachi, presided over the ceremony of ...
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  13 September 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Filipino ecumenical forum: resume peace talks between government and rebel groups Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Filipino Christians, gathered in an ecumenical forum, urge the government and communist rebel groups to resume peace talks and start new dialogue sessions to resolve the conflict. As Fides learns ...
• 13 September 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Marcus Nur Widipranoto Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 3 July 2019 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the rev. Fr. Marcus Nur Widipranoto, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Se ...