Asia

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  4 March 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Easter attacks: the Catholic community prays and is committed to recognizing its "martyrs" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The faithful who lost their lives as innocents, in the moment of adoration of God, in the terrorist attacks of Easter 2019, while participating in the Eucharist on Sunday in church, are for us ...
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  2 March 2024
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Lent, a time to be with Christ and help others Penang (Agenzia Fides) - To make Lent "a fruitful and significant time", "the Holy Spirit invites us to be where Jesus is, that is, to be with him in the desert, to pray with him "to face the temptation with him," said t ...
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  29 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - A commercial and strategic hub in the Indian Ocean: a project that threatens indigenous peoples Port Blair (Agenzia Fides) - The indigenous peoples of the Indian Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean are at risk of disappearing in the name of a development project promoted by the Indian government in favor of commerc ...
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  28 February 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Bishop Berardi: "Easter is the center of our spiritual life and Christian life" Awali (Agenzia Fides) - "Lent is the time of conversion in which we prepare to return to God. Forty days to change our lives, to return to Christ, God the Father, to receive the Holy Spirit. Forty days during which Jesus ...
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  28 February 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - First steps of the new Bishop Peter Wu in the province of Fujian, in the sign of episcopal communion and synodality Mindong (Agenzia Fides) - In recent weeks, coinciding with the Chinese New Year holiday, the ecclesial life of the Catholic community of the Chinese coastal province of Fujian has been marked by the beginning of the epis ...
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  28 February 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Catholic elected Deputy President of the Sindh Provincial Assembly Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic politician Anthony Naveed has been elected deputy president of the provincial parliament of Sindh, a province in southern Pakistan. It is the first time that a Christian politician has ...
• 27 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Bishop of Kurnool Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Rev. Fr. Johannes Gorantla, O.C.D., currently Rector of the Seminarium Missionum at the Pontifical Theological Faculty and Pontifical Institute of Spiritua ...
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  27 February 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - One year after the environmental disaster: The "Verde Island Passage" is to become a marine protected area Calapan (Agenzia Fides) - The expansion of polluting industries in the area of the "Verde Island Passage" (VIP), off the coast of the Philippine island of Mindoro must be restricted and the area declared a "protected mar ...
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  26 February 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - 'Drops of life': blood donation campaign, among Lent initiatives Manama (Agenzia Fides) - Saving human lives and promoting the noble cause of blood donation in the Catholic community of Bahrain is the objective of the Campaign recently held in the capital, Manama. The launch of "Dro ...
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  26 February 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Father Romanelli: we ask for help from Saint Porphyry, Bishop of Gaza, where the streets have become cemeteries Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, in Jerusalem, I celebrated Mass in the liturgical memory of Saint Porphyry, Bishop of Gaza, together with other priests. We prayed and asked him for all the inhabitants of Gaza and the Stri ...
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  24 February 2024
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - Bishop Martinelli's singular "lesson on harmony" during the inauguration of the Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - Speaking about the good and harmonious project of God the Creator, the wound of sin and the "new harmony" that entered the world with Jesus, in front of an audience of Muslim dignitaries and b ...
• 24 February 2024
  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Seoul, Korea Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Paul Kyung Sang Lee, until now parish priest of Saint Ignatius Kim of Gaepo-dong and judicial vicar of the same archdiocese, as auxiliary bishop o ...
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  24 February 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - After the conflict, the fruitful period of forgiveness and coexistence in the Moluccas By Paolo Affatato Ambon (Agenzia Fides) - The time of civil conflicts, the time of confrontation between Christian and Muslim communities is only a distant memory. From 1999 to 2002, the islands were marked by inter- ...
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  23 February 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - The "Lent Calendar" of the Catholics of the parish of Hancheng Tangshan (Agenzia Fides) - After the Ash Wednesday liturgy, which marks the beginning of the Lenten season, the parishioners of Hancheng church, in Tangshan, Hebei province, received a calendar card with forty suggestion ...
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  23 February 2024
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Cardinal Marengo: “Lent is about prayer and reconciliation” Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "Our small Catholic community in Mongolia is experiencing this season of Lent with great intensity. The nine parish communities have launched their pastoral and spiritual programs. We have t ...