Asia

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  22 February 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - State officials interrupt Mass celebrated by the Archbishop of Hanoi Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholics of the Archdiocese of Hanoi were surprised and shocked when government officials entered a church in the province of Hoa Binh and interrupted the Mass celebrated by Msgr. Joseph Vu V ...
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  21 February 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic communities are living the new pastoral year intensely, in a synodal spirit Rome (Agenzia Fides) - " The "Year of God", which was celebrated in 2021, will be followed in the Archdiocese of Beijing by the "Year of the Son of God" announced by Archbishop Joseph Li Shan in his Christmas message. Th ...
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  21 February 2022
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - A new church in Phnom Penh, the result of the commitment of the faithful Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic parish in the Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh has completed the construction of the new Church of Saint Joseph. As Fides learns, Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, at the head of th ...
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  21 February 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Israeli project to incorporate the Mount of Olives into a National Park. Heads of Churches: the plan appears to serve an ideological agenda Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Mount of Olives, in Jerusalem, is at the center of a project initiated by the Israeli authorities to expand the boundaries of a National Park to encompass ecclesiastical land located in th ...
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  21 February 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Catholic community does not forget the disabled, marginalized by society Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - We must show affection and take care of people who live with disabilities; we must also empower them and continue to support them in the challenges of their life. This is the main reason why we ...
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  19 February 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - A dispensary for the sick in the diocese of Almaty: the Consolata Missionaries are at the side of those who suffer Zhanashar (Agenzia Fides) - "Health, especially in poor countries without structures or resources, is becoming one of the priorities of our missionary presence. In particular, with regard to health care in Kazakhstan, we ...
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  18 February 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Missionary mandate to 18 lay people to offer their service as pastoral workers Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "To be Christians, we must be like Christ, imitate Christ and recognize Christ in each person. It is always difficult to understand that what we do for the Church is a service, not a role. All m ...
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  18 February 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Abolition of the death penalty: a step forward for the nation in the protection of human life Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "In December 2021 there was an important event in the history of our state: Kazakhstan finally abolished the death penalty. This news unfairly went unnoticed due to the January riots. However, no ...
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  18 February 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - Desecrated, bombed, rebuilt, abandoned: the emblematic case of the Armenian church of Raqqa Raqqa (Agenzia Fides) - Almost 5 years after the expulsion of the jihadist militias from Raqqa, the church of the Martyrs, which had been reduced to rubble, stands out again in the city center in all its splendor. It was ...
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  17 February 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Nahdlatul Ulama" relaunches its fundamental mission of a social, economic and cultural nature Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) remains the guardian of the Republic of Indonesia and Pancasila, two key themes of our national political platform", said the new leader of the organization, Yahya Cholil S ...
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  17 February 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - The Cathedral of Calcutta launches "food for all" initiative Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary in the Archdiocese of Calcutta has launched the "Food for All" initiative with the support of the AnnBandhu foundation, a local non-governmental organizati ...
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  16 February 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The grateful memory of the Coptic Martyrs of Libya is renewed and grows, seven years after their massacre Samalut (Agenzia Fides) - This year again, the Coptic Orthodox Church paid homage, with prayers and celebrations, to the memory of the workers who, seven years ago, were slaughtered and beheaded on a beach in Libya by ji ...
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  16 February 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Christian university students: "No" to meetings with the military, who commit violence against civilians Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Under pressure from the Myanmar army, the Myanmar Council of Churches, MCC, an ecumenical body that gathers 11 Protestant Churches published a statement in the state newspaper in recent days, inv ...
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  16 February 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - A statue of Christ demolished by order of the civil authorities in the state of Karnataka Kolar (Agenzia Fides) - The authorities of the district of Kolar, in the Indian state of Karnataka, have given the order to demolish a statue of Jesus Christ, erected 18 years ago in the village of Gokunte. As confirme ...
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  15 February 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Farewell to Mar Addai II, Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Ancient Church of the East mourns the death of its Patriarch Mar Addai II, who died on February 11, at the age of 74. With the death of its Patriarch, a new season opens and not without unce ...