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With a population of 4,815,671,322 people in over 40 countries, including China, India, and Indonesia which are the world’s most populated countries - and hosting a mosaic of people and cultures who speak 2,300 languages, Asia is truly an enigma - being the birthplace of 11 major religions.
Speaking during the Synod on Synodality in Rome, October 22, Malaysian delegate Fr Dr Clarence Devadass cautioned: “For Asia with a minority Christian population and an even smaller population of Catholics, the experience of living synodality will be unique within the Church and with Asia’s gigantic pluralistic demography .”
He pointedly said: “Dialogue is not an option for the Asian Church but rather a matter of survival. It is not a novelty but a necessity and is part of the experience we live daily within a pluralist culture in Asia,” he added. Touching on the phenomenon of migration, which has led many Asians to live in other parts of the world he pointed out: “They are the new missionaries because when they leave their homes, they are not just looking for an income but they take their faith with them, he said, adding:
He reiterated that beyond formal discourses between groups and organisations “what we do” for our neighbour constitutes “active dialogue” which must prevail in Asia and more so in Malaysia, a multi-racial, multi-cultural, and multi-religious nation.
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