Asia

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  20 October 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Shanghai: Young priests pray for peace in the Holy Land Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us pray for a ceasefire between Palestinians and Israelis and ask that peace return to the Holy Land as soon as possible" was the focus of the Holy Mass celebrated by the Bishop of Shanghai ...
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  20 October 2023
  ASIA/BARHAIN - Bishop Berardi: “The Holy Year of the Arab Martyrs is a year of grace for the Christians of the Arabian Peninsula” By Antonella Prenna Manama (Agenzia Fides) - "We consider this year to be a year of grace for the entire Vicariate and for all Christian communities in the Arabian Gulf. We celebrate with faith the memory of our Chri ...
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  19 October 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Citizens imprisoned for blasphemy and abuse of rights: the Senate takes action Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Standing Committee on Human Rights of the Pakistani Senate announced that 179 Pakistani citizens are currently in detention and awaiting trial for blasphemy. In addition, 17 people have al ...
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  18 October 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - The apostolic exhortation "Laudate Deum", platform for ecumenical commitment and interreligious dialogue New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Conference of Bishops of the Latin Rite in India (CCBI) draws attention to the contents of Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation "Laudate Deum". The document was presented to the dioceses by ...
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  18 October 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic parishes in Beijing pray for peace in the Holy Land in communion with the Pope and the universal Church Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - With Eucharistic adoration, common recitation of the Rosary, fasting and prayer for peace in the world and in the Holy Land, the land of Jesus, the Catholic parishes of Beijing joined Pope Franc ...
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  17 October 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Praying and fasting for peace in Jerusalem: “Criticism of the Holy See is unjust” Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "We feel completely helpless. All we have left is prayer". This is how Father Frans Bouwen, a Belgian missionary of the White Fathers who has lived in Jerusalem for more than 50 years, describ ...
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  17 October 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Prayer for peace in Nazareth: God's mercy to find an antidote to hatred Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - In the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, the silent prayer of the faithful who join in the Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace in the Middle East, announced for today, October 17, by th ...
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  16 October 2023
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Prayer for the reconciliation of the peoples of Israel and Palestine Phnom Penh (Fides News Agency) - A heartfelt, sincere and deeply sympathetic prayer for the Holy Land goes up to God from tiny Cambodia, a country in Southeast Asia where about 20,000 Catholics live, 0.13 percent of the ...
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  14 October 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Mission is a give and take: Korean missionaries in Japan and Filipino church members in Korea Seoul (Fides News Agency) - Today, more than ever, the mission of evangelisation is based on a dynamic of give and take, as an exchange of gifts.This is also evident in the Catholic faith community in Korea, which today, ...
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  13 October 2023
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Preparing for World Mission Sunday: Webinar on the Pope's message and "Missionary night" Taipei (Fides News agency) - With a webinar in Chinese on Pope Francis' message for World Mission Sunday 2023, the National Directorate of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Taiwan aims with this unprecedented event to ...
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  12 October 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Catholic Patriarchs of the Middle East Invite for Prayer and Call for Implementation of the International Resolutions of the United Nations Rome (Fides News Agency) - The Catholic Patriarchs of the Middle East call on the sons and daughters of their Churches to "intensify prayers" to implore the Lord Jesus Christ to restore peace to the land where he himself ...
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  12 October 2023
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Christians stand with the suffering people in the Holy Land Aleppo (Fides News Agency) - "We are close to the people who suffer from the violence and war in the Holy Land. We can only pray for peace. We unite ourselves spiritually and concretely with all the faithful who will cel ...
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  11 October 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Death penalty is always a loss: civil society calls for abolition Seoul (Fides News Agency) - While the Korean Ministry of Justice has transferred two death row inmates to Seoul Detention Center, where executions could be carried out for the first time in 26 years, numerous voices and ...
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  11 October 2023
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - The seed of the Pontifical Mission Societies among the priests of the Apostolic Vicariate of North Arabia Manama (Fides News Agency) - To promote the missionary spirit of priests who pastorally accompany the communities of foreign workers in the Arabian Peninsula was the main objective of a talk given by the Secretary Genera ...
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  10 October 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic Communities Pray for Peace in Israel and Palestine Manila (Fides News Agency) - Peace is the greatest good and a wound to peace, in the "body" that is humanity, causes pain and apprehension not only at the local level, but in the whole body, in the entire international c ...