Asia

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  20 December 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Christmas of solidarity with the victims of typhoon Odette Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Philippines is mobilizing to help millions of people affected by the recent typhoon "Rai", locally called "Odette", and is preparing a Christmas of profound solidarity. ...
• 20 December 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of Bishop of Hung Hoá, Mgr Dominic Hoang Minh Tien Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 18, 2021, the Holy Father appointed as bishop of the diocese of Hung Hoá, Viêt Nam, the Reverend Dominic Hoang Minh Tien, of the clergy of the same diocese, until now vicar ge ...
• 20 December 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of bishop of Baroda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 18, 2021, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Baroda, India, presented by Bishop Godfrey de Rozario, S.J. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 20/1 ...
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  18 December 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The mission of the Dehonians: "At the service of the Vietnamese people, announcing the Good News" Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - "It all started during the General Chapter of 2007, with the decision to open a new missionary presence in Asia. In times of crisis, marked by the decline in vocations, the aging of the ...
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  18 December 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Silsilah Dialogue Movement: Christmas, a way of fraternal love to be announced to the wounded humanity Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "Christmas is a time to look at others as part of the same human fraternity" and not as enemies. Today, more than ever, we must see the face of God's love. The pandemic has been and continues ...
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  18 December 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Barnabites, with their hearts in Kabul: "Pray for Afghanistan" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The interruption, after a century, of the Barnabite mission in Kabul, has not put an end to the commitment and attention of the CLERICS REGULAR of St. Paul (the Barnabites) in Afghanistan. The mess ...
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  17 December 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Christmas of silence, prayer, solidarity Pyay (Agenzia Fides) - It will be a Christmas without celebrations, made only of silence, prayer and solidarity with the poor, the sick, the destitute. Catholics in Myanmar will thus live the feast of the Incarnation of ...
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  17 December 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Serious food crisis: 23 million people in need Trento (Agenzia Fides) - "About 23 million people are in dire need of food in Afghanistan, a fact that could lead to the death of a million children by the end of this winter in what the UN World Food Program has describ ...
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  16 December 2021
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The Bicentennial of the Church ends: the Prime Minister praises the contribution of the faithful to society Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has praised the Catholic Church for the contribution it has made to society and the country in two centuries of history. Participating, with other mini ...
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  16 December 2021
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - A new Catholic church in Ruwais Ruwais (Agenzia Fides) - Important days begin for the Catholic community of the United Arab Emirates. Today, 16 December at 6.00 pm, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Ruwais will be inaugurated, 250 kilometers from ...
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  15 December 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarchs and Heads of Churches ask local governments for a "safeguard area" for the Christian quarter of Jerusalem Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The local governments that currently control the Holy Land are urged to "initiate a dialogue" among themselves and with the Churches and ecclesial communities present there, in view of the cre ...
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  15 December 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Missionaries of Charity accused of proselytizing: for Catholics it is pure defamation Vadodara (Agenzia Fides) - "The Missionaries of Charity are targeted by Hindu nationalists. It is pure defamation; they want to defame and slander Christian nuns and institutions". This is what Capuchin Father Suresh Mat ...
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  15 December 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Improving interreligious relations: the commitment of Christian organizations Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Interreligious dialogue is of great importance in Pakistan: meetings between people of different religions are essential to overcome tensions and divisions, to eliminate violence, hatred and dis ...
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  14 December 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Earthquake on the island of Flores: "Our structures are still intact. We hope that the five volcanoes remain inactive", writes a missionary Flores (Agenzia Fides) - This morning, around 11:20 a.m. local time (04:20 a.m. Italian time), an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 was recorded about 91 kilometers north of Maumere, in Indonesia, the second largest cit ...
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  14 December 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians oppose anti-conversion law in Karnataka Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – To oppose the anti-conversion bill that targets Christians in the state of Karnataka, in southern India. With this aim, the faithful of the state have launched an awareness campaign and vari ...