Asia

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  13 July 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Palestinian President Abbas calls Pope Francis on the eve of Biden's trip to the Middle East Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of US President Joe Biden's visit to Israel and Palestine, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas took the initiative to contact Pope Francis by telephone to wish the Pope good health an ...
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  13 July 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - "To live in frugality and refrain from extravagance" according to the Word of God and the encyclical Laudato Sì Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted" (Jn 6:12): the words of Jesus addressed to his disciples after the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes, togeth ...
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  12 July 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - Illegal expropriations against Christian landowners in the Kurdish-controlled north-eastern area Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - In the north-eastern Syrian region of Jazira, cases of illegal confiscations and expropriations suffered by Christian owners are multiplying, events denounced mainly by citizens who have been f ...
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  11 July 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Cardinal Raï on the presidential election: “Change must be made in compliance with institutional deadlines Diman (Agenzia Fides) - Delaying or interfering with the formation of a new Lebanese government is an act of "sabotage" against the entire nation and weakens Lebanon in negotiations with the international community. This ...
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  11 July 2022
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - First ethnic Phnong youth to become a Catholic priest Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Cambodia celebrates the priestly ordination of the first young man of the Phnong ethnic group. As Fides learned, with a procession enriched by traditional Phnong music ...
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  11 July 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Fighting poverty: Caritas appeals to new president Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The long-standing problem of poverty in the country must now be urgently addressed says an appeal by the Philippine Caritas to the newly elected President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, urging to face the ...
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  9 July 2022
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: international aid is urgently needed for the country, especially in health care Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo appealed to the international community to assist in providing Sri Lanka with medicines and equipment for hospitals amid its economic crisis and i ...
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  9 July 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Acts of vandalism in a Catholic cathedral in Borneo, the Bishop does not file a complaint Keningau (Agenzia Fides) - A man vandalized a cross, a statue of the Virgin Mary and parts of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Keningau diocese, in Sabah state, around 7:30 a.m. on July 7, aft ...
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  9 July 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - A missionary organizes a "Cooking School" for the children of the "Ark Village" Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "Summer, at the Ark Village, represents a privileged time for the care of the entire structure. The renovation activities began at the end of May, when the 'Almaty Marathon' foundation created a ...
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  8 July 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Apostolic Administrator of Aleppo: "war is not 'right': it's just war" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "I look at the women and children forced to leave their homes due to the war in Ukraine, and I see the millions of displaced persons and refugees of our Syrian people. The same thing happened to ...
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  8 July 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - The Camillians mobilize with medical aid camps in the flooded areas of the State of Assam Silchar (Agenzia Fides) - The death toll of the floods that are seriously affecting the State of Assam has so far exceeded 150. Four million people are affected by this emergency. This is what Fr. Bijoy K George, Camilli ...
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  7 July 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Young Christians support the reopening of libraries and bookstores in Mosul and in the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - In Mosul and in the Nineveh Plain, the network of libraries and bookshops has paid a high price due to the jihadist occupation and the military interventions that have devastated it. In those year ...
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  6 July 2022
  ASIA/JORDAN - Caritas and Catholic Center for Studies raise funds to send medicines to the Lebanese people Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Two concerts by Lebanese singer Carla Chamoun, also appreciated for her acclaimed performances of sacred hymns in the Arabic language. This is the original initiative undertaken by Caritas Jordan ...
• 6 July 2022
  ASIA/JAPAN - Appointment of the Rector of the "Tokyo Catholic Seminary" interdiocesan Seminary of Tokyo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 8, 2022 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Paul Miki Keizo Inagawa, of the archdiocesan clergy of Tokyo a ...
• 6 July 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of the Rector of the "Saint John Marie Vianney" interdiocesan Seminary in Loikaw Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 21, 2022 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Agostino M. Ko, of the diocesan clergy of Pekhon, as Rector ...