Asia

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  30 August 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Media attention and Indonesian books (of Muslim authorship as well) dedicated to the Pope; the special commitment of the Kompas group by Paolo Affatato Jakarta (Fides News Agency) - Indonesia's mass media are preparing for the Pope's visit as attention increases within the realm of culture and among the entire population for the pontiff's presence ...
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  28 August 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Those priests born of Muslim mothers: interreligious families, the Indonesian figure by Paolo Affatato Jakarta (Fides News Agency) – Recounting the feast for his episcopal ordination, Ciprianus Hormat, bishop of Ruteng - on the Indonesian island of Flores - mentions, almost en passant, the wide and ...
• 26 August 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A year from the violence against Christians in Jaranwala, the urgency for justice Lahore (Fides News Agency) - Government officials, civil society organizations and members of the Christian community remembered and celebrated the first anniversary of the violence that took place in Jaranwala, a town ...
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  25 August 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Interview with the Director for the Government's relations with the Church: this is how we support Catholic schools and parishes by Paolo Affatato Jakarta (Fides News Agency) - In the office where he receives guests, on the 12th floor of the imposing building of the Ministry for Religious Affairs, in the center of Jakarta, Director Suparman - a 5 ...
• 24 August 2024
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Xuân Lôc Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed the Reverend Dominic Nguyên Tuan Anh S.A.C., hitherto Vicar General of the same Diocese and Professor of St. Joseph Major Seminary, assigning him ...
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  24 August 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - State and religion in Indonesia: the role of faith in public life Jakarta (Fides News Agency) – Indonesia is not a theocracy but it is a secular state either: as Indonesians like to say, it is "a middle ground", a nation that recognizes religion has a crucial role in public life, an ...
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  24 August 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Differences in the relationship with God are not cause for struggle: this is what we teach in schools". Interview with the Minister for Religious Affairs by Paolo Affatato Jakarta (Fides News Agency) - A painting occupies an entire wall in the office of the Minister of Religious Affairs, in the Ministry building, in the center of Jakarta. The large canvas depicts the f ...
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  23 August 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Waiting for Pope Francis, along with the Muslim brothers. An interview with Ignazio Suharyo, Cardinal of Jakarta (I/II) by Paolo Affatato Jakarta (Fides News Agency) – Every year, on the Islamic feast of the Sacrifice, the Catholic community of Jakarta gifts the Muslim community a cow. And the imam of the great mosque advises everyon ...
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  22 August 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Following Jesus in the Land of "Pancasila". An interview with Cardinal of Jakarta Ignazio Suharyo (I/II) by Paolo Affatato Jakarta (Fides News Agency) – Entering the Jakarta cathedral complex - named after Our Lady of the Assumption - is a display with the image of Pope Francis counting down, telling the faithful how m ...
• 15 August 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Kannur Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Rev. Msgr. Dennis Kuruppassery, of the clergy of Kottapuram - hitherto Nunciature Counselor in service at the Pontifical Representation in Malta - as A ...
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  14 August 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - At the site of Mary's Assumption, where Christians and Muslims pray by Fabio Beretta Jerusalem (Fides News Agency) – For Christians, the date of August 15th is not a feast like the others. In fact, it celebrates the Assumption of Mary into Heaven, one of the four Marian dogmas of th ...
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  14 August 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Father Patton: "Negotiations resuming on Assumption Day a sign of hope, let us pray for peace" Jerusalem (Fides News Agency) – "Resuming talks for a ceasefire in Gaza, the release of hostages and political prisoners on the day we celebrate the assumption of Mary into Heaven in body and soul, is a sure sign of ho ...
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  13 August 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Lebanon on the brink of the abyss by Father Gabriel Hachem* Beirut (Fides News Agency) - Since the outbreak of civil war in 1975, Lebanon, a small Middle Eastern country, has not known peace or stability. The population, including Christians, have res ...
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  12 August 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Seoul celebrates the Assumption and its 79 years of independence, Archbishop Chung Soon-taek: "Listening promotes unity" Seoul (Fides News Agency) – "Listening promotes unity, and those who experience such healing from division embark on strengthened paths of faith". This is the heart of the message that the Archbishop of Seoul, Peter So ...
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  12 August 2024
  ASIA/IRAN Middle East, Holy See concerned: Parolin calls the President of Iran War in the Middle East, Parolin-Pezeshkian phone call Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The war in the Middle East is likely to expand more and more. Faced with this bleak scenario, papal diplomacy comes out into the open, taking new steps to avoid escalation. In the after ...