Asia

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  6 August 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Vailankanni, the Indian Shrine where everyone experiences Mary's motherhood New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - India is preparing for the great Marian feast celebrated at the Shrine of Velankanni in the state of Tamil Nadu. Every year this Marian shrine is visited by millions of pilgrims, half of whom ...
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  6 August 2024
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako on the expulsion of Christians from the Nineveh Plain ten years ago: "The collective tragedy is still ingrained in people's minds" by Fabio Beretta Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Although the black flag of the Islamic State no longer flies over the Nineveh Plains, "only 60 percent of Christians have returned". It is a collective tragedy, directed aga ...
• 5 August 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - After the Prime Minister's resignation, the army takes power Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Now that the protesters have got what they wanted, we hope that the situation will calm down," a local source in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, where today, August 5, Prime Minister Sheikh Has ...
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  5 August 2024
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - "As the day approaches, we are very excited and we are preparing to welcome the successor of Peter with great devotion": the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians await Pope Francis Comoro (Agenzia Fides) - "As coordinators, we do not work alone, two parishes are involved in the area of Comoro: the Parish of Aimutin of the Claretian religious and that of Mary Help of Christians, of the Salesians. We ...
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  3 August 2024
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Cardinal Tong Papal Envoy to the Fifth Eucharistic Congress of Taiwan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed His Eminence Cardinal John Tong Hon, bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, as his special envoy to preside at the concluding celebration of the Fifth Eucharistic Congr ...
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  3 August 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - "The righteous will grow like a cedar in Lebanon." Patriarch Stephen Douayhy proclaimed blessed Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "The righteous will flourish like the palm tree, will grow like the cedar of Lebanon". This is how Cardinal Marcello Semeraro began his homily during the solemn liturgical celebration of the beat ...
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  1 August 2024
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The Church's grateful memory of the martyrs and the present of the Church Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The Roman Martyrology celebrates on August 1 the memory of two priests who were martyred "in the city of Nam Dinh in Tonkin, today Vietnam" and "beheaded for their Christian faith under Emperor Mi ...
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  31 July 2024
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Faith and culture, faith and history are intrinsically linked in Asia's youngest nation: "In times of trial, the Lord has not abandoned us", says the Vicar General of Dili: by Paolo Affatato Dili (Agenzia Fides) - "May your faith become your culture" is the motto of Pope Francis' visit, who will visit East Timor from September 9 to 11, the third stage of his trip to the East which, fro ...
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  30 July 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “The seed sown is growing and bearing fruit”: new priestly ordinations among the Camillians on the island of Flores Maumere (Agenzia Fides) – “The seed sown … is growing and bearing fruit – reports to Fides Father Luigi Galvani, missionary of the Order of the Ministers of the Sick (MI), Camillians, on the island of Flores. He ...
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  29 July 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - In Nusantara, the new Indonesian capital, a Basilica dedicated to St. Francis Xavier Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - In the new Indonesian capital, "Nusantara", in Indonesian Borneo, a Catholic basilica dedicated to St. Francis Xavier will be built. This is what the "General Direction for the orientation of th ...
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  29 July 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - After years, the Diocese of Shanghai celebrates the patronal feast of St. Ignatius with its Bishop Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - In the footsteps of the Patron Saint Ignatius of Loyola, who exercised an authentic spirituality, you too exchange daily dialogues with the Lord through prayer and exercise charity: this is the ...
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  29 July 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Youth, culture and hope: Seoul prepares for WYD 2027 Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - There are still three years to go until World Youth Day in Seoul, but in South Korea preparations for the great event are already in full swing. The flags of 193 countries are currently flying ove ...
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  27 July 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic Community celebrates World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly according to the Gospel and Confucian teachings Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the IV World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, which will be celebrated on Sunday 28 July 2024, with the theme chosen by the Holy Father, "In old age do not abandon me" (cf. Ps 71 ...
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  26 July 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Typhoon Gaemi hits Southeast Asia: the Church of Manila rushes to help the displaced Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Typhoon Gaemi continues to hit Southeast Asia. The storm is heading towards Taiwan, leaving behind death and destruction in the Philippines. In this country, the fury of nature has hit especially ...
• 26 July 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian Islam embraces Pope Francis: peace and fraternity among peoples, nations and religions by Paolo Affatato Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The main Indonesian Islamic organizations welcome with deep gratitude the visit of Pope Francis to Indonesia from 3 to 9 September and appreciate its important significance ...