Asia

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  9 March 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Hazing and student abuse in universities: an evil to eradicate Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The recent death of John Matthew Salilig, a Catholic student at Adamson University in Manila, has raised the issue of hazing and all those practices such as "initiation rites" to associations, cl ...
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  8 March 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Eleven representatives of the Catholic Church take part in the People's Congress in Beijing Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 69 representatives from “religious circles” are taking part in the sessions of the 14th National People's Congress which opened in Beijing on March 4th in the presence of President ...
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  8 March 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Women and consecrated women, alongside the poor for a hundred years Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - For a hundred years the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary have been present in Myanmar, proclaiming the Gospel with word, life and deeds, always and in all cases close to the people, especi ...
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  7 March 2023
  ASIA/SYRIA - The "road map" of Father Jacques Mourad, Archbishop of Homs by Father Jihad Youssef monk of the Community of Deir Mar Musa Homs (Agenzia Fides) - These are peculiar days for Christians in Syria and also for us of the monastic community of Deir Mar Musa. Our brother, the monk ...
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  7 March 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "Solidarity race" among the Korean faithful: "Let us not forget the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A month after the disaster of February 6, while the spotlights of the mass media are shifting and international attention is diminishing, it is necessary not to forget the victims of the severe e ...
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  7 March 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - 11 Catholics at the XIV National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Sixty-nine representatives of the "religious world" have been selected to participate in the sessions of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, wh ...
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  6 March 2023
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - 95 young catechumens in the community of Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - They symbolically knocked on the doors of the Church to ask to be admitted to the last stage of their preparation for Baptism. They are 95 young Cambodian catechumens who, in the Apostolic Vi ...
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  4 March 2023
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The parishes accompany the journey of faith of 1,700 catechumens Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - After the official examination of candidates for baptism in the parishes, the communities of the Diocese of Hong Kong accompany the journey of faith of the 1,700 catechumens to the diocesan ex ...
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  3 March 2023
  ASIA/SYRIA - Father Jacques Mourad ordained Archbishop of Homs: "He has put his life in the hands of the Lord" by Gianni Valente Homs (Agenzia Fides) - Father Jacques Mourad "put his life in the hands of the Lord". And the Lord has chosen him to be "the spiritual father who sanctifies souls with the sacraments of salvation and g ...
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  3 March 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Jiangxi Catholic Community: Priests, religious and laity jointly formulate pastoral priorities for 2023 Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The proclamation of the Gospel in everyday life includes all the baptized, priests, religious and lay people, and is also expressed in the practice of charity for the benefit of all fellow citiz ...
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  2 March 2023
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Positive results for the participation of the Catholic Church in the 2023 Taipei International Book Exhibition Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - In February, the 31st TIBE 2023 Taipei International Book Exhibition took place in the Taipei World Trade Center, with the participation of the local Catholic Church, which gave positive results. ...
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  2 March 2023
  ASIA/JORDAN - Archbishop Dal Toso takes office as Apostolic Nuncio Amman (Agenzia Fides) - On the evening of March 1 Archbishop Giampietro Dal Toso arrived in Amman where he will take up his duties as Nuncio Apostolic to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. As the news portal "abouna.org." ...
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  2 March 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Lenten charity of Burmese Catholics Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - During Lent, Catholic communities collect donations for displaced people and those living in poverty in the forests, victims of the ongoing civil war in Myanmar. "In the Catholic churches of Myan ...
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  1 March 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Sixteen new deacons will accompany future pastoral care for ethnic minorities Hưng Hóa (Agenzia Fides) - Sixteen new deacons from the Vietnamese diocese of Hưng Hóa are to accompany the proclamation of the Gospel and pastoral work in the most remote areas of north-western Vietnam, particularly ...
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  28 February 2023
  ASIA/IRAQ- Chaldean Patriarch Sako: Mary brings Christians and Muslims together Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "Mary has a unique position: she brings Christians and Muslims together". This was reiterated by Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, in a speech addressed to an audien ...