Asia

• 28 June 2017
  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Seoul Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father Francis appointed rev. Job Koo Yobi, parish Priest of Po-i Dong, archdiocese of Seoul, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Seoul (Korea), assigning him the Epi ...
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  28 June 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Conference in Brussels on the future of Christians in the Nineveh Plain. But the Chaldean Patriarchate is not taking part Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Patriarchate is not taking part in the Conference convened today Wednesday 28 June in Brussels, at the European Parliament, and dedicated to the future of Christians in the Nineveh ...
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  28 June 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Crisis in Marawi: Christian and Muslim leaders in Mindanao in favor of negotiations Marawi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very worried. The terrorists have proposed an exchange of prisoners: in order to release Fr. Teresito (Chito) Suganob they have asked for the release of Abdullah's and Omar Maute parents ...
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  27 June 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - The testimony of a young Dutch missionary, killed at 31 years of age to rescue Chinese displaced persons, is still alive Yuan Qu (Agenzia Fides) - "Thanks to this young Dutch missionary who dedicated his life to the Church in China and evangelization in the Country, we were able to have this wonderful gift of faith in Christ": this is what ...
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  27 June 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "Serious concern for the tragedy of the Rohingya" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "I am a Pastor. I am not a expert in politics or international law. I am moved by human suffering. Thanks to a glance of faith, justice with compassion, I speak against all sorts of oppression in ...
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  26 June 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - Mgr. Giovanni Liu Shigong, tireless in serving the Church and fidelity to the Lord Jining (Agenzia Fides) - On 9 June His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Liu Shigong, Bishop of Jining (Tsining) in Inner Mongolia (Mainland China), died of illness at the age of 89. He was born on August 18, 1928 in Wulannao (Siziwan ...
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  26 June 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Bishops close to Islamic leaders at the end of Ramadan: there is talk of peace Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - Peace and interreligious coexistence in Indonesia: this is the central theme of the encounter that newly-elected Archbishop Robertus Rubiyatmoko, at the head of the Catholic community of Semara ...
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  23 June 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: "sadness and concern" for the issue of Iraqi Christians whom the US government wants to expel Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Church closely follows, with sadness and concern, the developments in the judicial proceedings with which the United States of America is preparing to expel 114 Iraqis, largely Chal ...
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  23 June 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Shaw: "A Ramadan of Dialogue and Peace" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We lived an interreligious peace campaign during Ramadan, where we planted olive trees in front of Christian churches, mosques, madrassas, Catholic schools and Islamic institutes. It was a signi ...
• 22 June 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Good Shepherd" major Seminary in Coimbatore Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 5, 2017, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Stanislas Savarimuthu, of the diocesan clergy of Pondicherry-Cudd ...
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  22 June 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Youssef Absi is the new Greek-Melkite Catholic Patriarch Ain Traz (Agenzia Fides) - Youssef Absi is the new Greek-Melkite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, Jerusalem, Alexandria, and of the East. 29 Greek-Melkite Catholic Bishops, gathered in the Electoral Synodal Assembly, elect ...
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  22 June 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A Bible in every family Manila (Agenzia Fides) – To distribute a copy of the Bible to every family in the Philippines: The project started in 2008 is becoming a reality thanks to the project "May They Be One Bible Campaign": says the Auxiliar ...
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  22 June 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Church: pain and sadness for the victims and the destruction of the Great Mosque in Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – The Chaldean Church expresses sadness for the destruction of the al Nuri Mosque in Mosul, renowned for the pending minaret, and reaffirms its sadness for the victims of the bombings and for all ...
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  21 June 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - In Fatima, the Maronite Patriarch will consecrate Lebanon and the whole Middle East to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai will travel to the Portuguese Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima to consecrate Lebanon and the Middle East to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The act of consecratio ...
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  21 June 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Assyrian Patriarch Gewargis III visits Telkaif and meets the head of the "Babylonian Brigades" Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Mar Gewargis III, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, visited the territories of the Nineveh Plain, liberated from the occupation of the militia of the Islamic State (Daesh). During his ...