Asia

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  4 November 2024
  ASIA/AZERBAIJAN - COP29 in Baku and major international meetings for economic and geopolitical issues by Cosimo Graziani Baku (Agenzia Fides) - From 11 to 22 November the annual Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will take place, in its 29th edition. This year ...
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  2 November 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Shanghai, 230 participants in the seminar to strengthen pastoral activities in the diocese Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - "The love of Christ for the Church" and "the fidelity of the Church to Christ". These were the words of the Bishop of Shanghai, Joseph Shen Bin, in his homily at the opening of the Seminar orga ...
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  2 November 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Seoul launches measures to combat increasing loneliness Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - In a metropolis like the South Korean capital Seoul, where life is hectic and everything revolves around individual success, loneliness is an issue that affects thousands of people, often the elde ...
• 1 November 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - New church inaugurated in the diocese of Ningbo: the church dedicated to Saint Paul was built with the support of the parishioners Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) - "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith," writes Saint Paul in his second letter to Timothy. The parishioners of the newly inaugurated church in the diocese ...
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  1 November 2024
  ASIA/LAOS - President of the Bishops of Laos and Cambodia: The life of the Church in Laos ‘is a small miracle’ Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In Laos there are great difficulties in communicating with the outside world. Even for me, as President of the Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia (CELAC), it is very complicated to get in t ...
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  31 October 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - The shared spiritual retreat of 15 Chinese bishops, an experience of communion and synodality Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Immersed in the Mystery of the Word of God, to perceive the infinite Love and salvation of the Lord: this is the experience shared by 15 Chinese Catholic bishops who lived together the annual sp ...
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  30 October 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Protection of indigenous peoples: the work of the Catholic Church in the face of exploitation and expropriation Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In October, the month dedicated to the protection of indigenous peoples in the Philippines, the Catholic Church organized various events, meetings and local celebrations aimed at calling institut ...
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  30 October 2024
  ASIA/JAPAN - Archbishop Kikuchi: "Abolition of nuclear weapons for a lasting peace" Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Japan, whatever it may be, "should be the first to approve the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons", says the Archbishop of Tokyo, Isao Kikuchi (SVD), recently appointed ...
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  29 October 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A mass in memory of the victims of the Halloween massacre, two years later Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday evening, in the church of the "St. Francis Educational Center" in the Jung Dong district, in the capital of South Korea, a mass was held in memory of the victims of the Halloween disaste ...
• 29 October 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of bishop of Myitkyina Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. John Mung Ngawn La Sam, M.F., of the Missionaries of Faith, until now parish priest of Saint Paul Church and head of the Retreat Centre in Sha ...
• 29 October 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of bishop of Surabaya Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo, of the clergy of the diocese of Surabaya, Indonesia, until now episcopal vicar for pastoral care, as bishop of the same ...
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  29 October 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - World Missionary Month in Chinese Catholic communities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Prayers for peace in the world, donations for the mission, works of charity, pilgrimages, concerts and theatrical performances and sporting events. The participation of many Chinese Catholic com ...
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  28 October 2024
  ASIA/IRAN - Archbishop of Tehran: Putting aside the designs of supremacy is key to restoring peace Tehran (Agenzia Fides) – “We must abandon the aspiration to assert our supremacy and stop investing time, energy and resources in techniques and strategies that distance us from the light,” says Conventual Francisc ...
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  28 October 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Special fundraising campaign for the victims of Typhoon 'Kristine' Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan collected donations for those affected by Typhoon Kristine (international name: Trami) during Sunday Mass, to express its concrete closeness to the people, fami ...
• 26 October 2024
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Hà Nôi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Joseph Vu Cong Vien, until now judicial vicar and academic dean of the Major Seminary of the metropolitan archdiocese of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam, as a ...