Asia

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  4 December 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The government calls for dialogue with the North: Catholics pray for "hatred to be overcome" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – “Let us overcome hatred, protect human dignity, engage in relationship with one another, pursue universal fraternity, and work toward a world without discrimination, where the justice and love ...
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  4 December 2025
  ASIA/LEBANON - General Abagnara (UNIFIL): “The Pope’s visit confirms us in our peacekeeping mission” by Gianluca Frinchillucci Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – In a Lebanon marked by a debilitating economic crisis, institutional instability, and a climate of growing tension along the Blue Line, the recent visit of Pope L ...
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  4 December 2025
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - From the "Great Pilgrimage of Hope," insights for the journey and witness of the Churches of Asia by Gianni Valente Penang (Agenzia Fides) – A “consoling” pilgrimage. Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle chose the adjective “consoling” when asked to describe in one word the “Great Pilgrimage of Hope,” ...
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  3 December 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Capuchin Friars in Sumatra welcome displaced people after flooding Sibolga (Agenzia Fides) – “The worst is over, but the emergency continues. Floods and landslides have swept away entire villages. Many people are homeless. Rescue teams are now trying to reach the displaced: for some ...
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  3 December 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Silsilah movement: the spirit of Advent helps to break free from the “culture of corruption” Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) – “In the Philippines, we are suffering from a very worrying problem of corruption. Many of us have expressed our disappointment with this ‘culture of corruption.’ We are called to refle ...
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  2 December 2025
  ASIA/LEBANON - Leo XIV to the Lebanese: Rebirth begins with small lights and small shoots by Pascale Rizk Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – Even today, in the nights of Lebanon, one can see “small lights that shine in the night, which open hearts to gratitude.” And allow us to recognize that the Kingdom that ...
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  2 December 2025
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - State of emergency due to Cyclone Ditwah: Catholic churches open to displaced people and committed to providing aid Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – “The country is under water, and the situation is serious even in the cities. The entire nation has been hit by torrential rains and flooding. We are seeing much suffering and people who hav ...
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  1 December 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The theological virtue of hope at the heart of the “Advent letters” of the Bishops of Hong Kong and Guangzhou Guangzhou (Agenzia Fides) – The theological virtue of hope is the central theme of the pastoral letters that Chinese bishops are addressing to their diocesan parishes for Advent 2025. The Bishop of the Diocese of Hong ...
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  1 December 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Child marriage now illegal in Balochistan Quetta (Agenzia Fides) – The new “2025 Law on the Restriction of Child Marriage in Balochistan” stipulates strict penalties for adults who facilitate child marriages and declares all marriages involving minors unde ...
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  1 December 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal David: "Political dynasties are a cancer for the country" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The historic non-violent revolution "EDSA People Power" is still incomplete: It requires genuine political reforms and an end to political dynasties. This was stated by the Bishop of Kalookan, ...
• 1 December 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Darjeeling Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 29, 2025, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Edward Baretto, of the clergy of the diocese of Darjeeling, India, until now director of the Divya Vani Pastoral Centre, as coad ...
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  30 November 2025
  ASIA/LEBANON - Pope Leo XIV to the Lebanese: you are a people who do not give up by Pascale Rizk Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – “Blessed are the peacemakers! It is a great joy for me to meet with you, and to visit this land where “peace” is much more than just a word.” With these words, Pope L ...
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  29 November 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian officer's appeal rejected: "Freedom of conscience trampled upon" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The Supreme Court of India has rejected the appeal of a Christian army officer who challenged his dismissal from the armed forces. The dismissal was ordered after the man refused to particip ...
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  29 November 2025
  ASIA/LEBANON - Pope's Visit, Father Guillaume Bruté de Rémur: May Christians be the leaven of coexistence by Gianluca Frinchillucci Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – In Lebanon, a country marked by a devastating economic crisis, political instability, and the ongoing wounds of war, the visit of Pope Leo XIV has a missionary sign ...
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  28 November 2025
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Cardinal Tagle at the "Great Pilgrimage of Hope": "We need more Wise Men and less Herod" Penang (Agenzia Fides) – “Under all circumstances, we will continue to tell the story of Jesus in Asia and the world. We will never tire of telling His story,” said Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle in his address ...