Asia

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  8 October 2023
  ASIA/ HOLY LAND - Gaza parish priest: no one knows what lies ahead Gaza (Fides News Agency) - "No one knows what lies ahead, and unfortunately there are no signs that what started yesterday may end soon." Father Gabriel Romanelli, pastor of Gaza's Catholic parish dedicated to the Holy F ...
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  7 October 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - What name for Jesus in the Indonesian language? Jakarta (Fides News Agency) - The Indonesian government will no longer use, in Bahasa, Indonesia's national language, the term "Isa Al-Masih," a word of Arabic origin, to refer to Jesus Christ and Christian holidays. An ...
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  6 October 2023
  ASIA/THAILAND - Immersed in nature, young people discover the deep meaning of "Laudate Deum" Chiang Mai (Fides News Agency) - "Immersing ourselves in nature allows us to discover and learn many new things. We lived the 'Time of Creation,' inspired by Laudato si'. Now, with young university students in Northern T ...
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  5 October 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Five months after the start of violence in Manipur, a way forward is sought to start peace talks Imphal ( Fides News Agency) - "The path to seek peace is a steep, difficult, impassable one," says Thomas Menamparampil, Archbishop Emeritus of Guwahati who, at the head of the "Manipur Interfaith Forum for Peace and Har ...
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  4 October 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians in the land of the Taliban. With Francis of Assisi, men and women of peace in Beluchistan by Paolo Affatato Quetta ( Fides News Agency) - The evangelical spirit of peace and meekness of St. Francis of Assisi lives on in Beluchistan, a borderland province of Pakistan with frontiers on Afghanistan and Iran. ...
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  3 October 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - In Sumatra "the Spirit blows where it wants, nourishes communion, dialogue with Muslims, charity" Padang (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a need among the faithful in Sumatra to "cultivate community and solidarity, to feel community" and the consultations before the synod were "a fruitful opportunity for this". Given the ...
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  2 October 2023
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - On mission in remote villages or with a commitment to education: Jesuit service for the growth of the nation Dili (Agenzia Fides) - He is the grandson of Josè Abad Santos, an intrepid commander, celebrated as a Filipino hero of World War II, who gave his life for the nation and was executed in 1942 by the Japanese invaders; bu ...
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  2 October 2023
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - Bishop Martinelli: The Synod in Rome and our "pilgrim Church" by Gianni Valente Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - "I believe that there is no experience similar to this in the world. An experience in which all those who share the Catholic faith are migrants, and so in a sense we are a ...
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  30 September 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Between villages and 'marine mission stations', the synodal path of the Church in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair (Agenzia Fides) - The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in the Indian Ocean, are a Catholic community that has lived the synodal style since its birth. The only diocese which embraces the entire territory, Port Bla ...
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  28 September 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Escalation of the conflict, with serious suffering of the civilian population Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - The military junta of Myanmar is carrying out more and more air strikes against the civilian population; The number of aircraft and helicopter attacks doubled in the second year after the coup ...
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  27 September 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - “The Jute Works”: Caritas Bangladesh has been promoting handicrafts and the emancipation of women for 50 years Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Antu Rani Sarkar was born into a needy family. Along the way, she had the opportunity to take part in a course run by the CORR-The Jute Works (CJW) initiative, where she learned how to make jute p ...
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  27 September 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Theology courses, prayers, information materials: Chinese Catholics are preparing to participate "remotely" in the Synod on synodality Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) - With theology courses, prayers for the Synod and the dissemination of information material through social networks, the Catholic communities in the People's Republic of China are preparing to par ...
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  26 September 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The synodal path in the Philippines enhances the Basic Ecclesial Communities Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "In the life of the Philippine Church, participation in the synodal process - with a view to the Synodal Assembly that will soon begin in the Vatican - has been wide-ranging and fruitful consulta ...
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  26 September 2023
  ASIA/LEBANON - 500 young people from the Churches of the Middle East pray for the next General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops Jbeil (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 young people from different churches in the Middle East prayed for peace, an end to wars, the integrity of Creation and the request that the Holy Spirit guides and enlightens the upc ...
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  26 September 2023
  ASIA/CINA - Father Flavio Belluomini, Archivist of the Dicastery for Evangelization, speaks at the Chinese Social Sciences Forum - 2023 Religious Studies Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Academics and scholars from different countries working in the field of religious studies took part in the 2023 International Conference of the Chinese Social Sciences Forum - 2023-Religious Stu ...