Asia

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  13 November 2026
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Papua: Indonesian Bishops choose to be present: “Listening closely is the first step towards peace” by Paolo Affatato Jayapura (Fides News Agency) – “The presence of the Bishops in Papua will be a great sign of hope.” For Father Alexandro Rangga OFM, a Franciscan friar and Director of the Justice, Peace and In ...
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  13 November 2026
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - From the letters of Giovanni da Montecorvino towards an ecumenical Bible: Ulaanbaatar marks 720 years of Scripture in Mongolian by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Ulaanbaatar (Fides News Agency) – “I have an adequate knowledge of the Tartar language and script, which is the usual language of the Tartars, and now I have translated into that language a ...
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  12 November 2026
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - WORLD YOUTH DAY Seoul 2027, “Making the world a garden”: a message of peace to the world from Korea by Paolo Affatato Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – “Making the world a garden”. According to Bishop Paul Kyung-sang Lee, General Coordinator of the Local Organizing Committee, this is the mission of the next W ...
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  11 November 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Interreligious dialogue is a priority”: the Church builds bridges in a pluralistic society by Paolo Affatato Lahore (Fides News Agency) – In Pakistan, interreligious dialogue is neither a theoretical issue nor a practice entrusted to conferences and official meetings. It is a pastoral and social necessity ...
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  11 November 2026
  WYD Seoul 2027, Father Justin Choi Inbi: “We are preparing to welcome those who will come, without forgetting the young people who are always with us” Ahead of World Youth Day Seoul 2027, Fides news agency is publishing a series of articles to tell the story of South Korea, its places and martyrs, its young people and their experiences, through the voices gathered, the ...
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  10 November 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forty years of Christian-Muslim dialogue. Father Channan: “We have built bridges across the entire country” by Paolo Affatato Lahore (Fides News Agency) – Forty years of Christian-Muslim dialogue in Pakistan, marked by difficulties, challenges and tangible achievements. Established in 1985 within the Catholic Bishops’ C ...
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  9 November 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Religious community leaders: “There is no other option: peace is the only way” Naypyitaw (Fides News Agency) – “There is no other option: peace is the only way, and it is possible.” This was the message addressed to Myanmar and the world by the leaders of the country’s various religious com ...
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  8 November 2026
  ASIA/OMAN - From 50 faithful to 100,000: the Sultanate’s first Catholic church celebrates its Golden Jubilee Muscat (Fides News Agency) – When it first opened its doors in 1977, there were around 3,500 Catholics in Oman. A generation earlier, in Muscat, there were barely fifty. Today, their number is estimated at around 100,0 ...
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  7 November 2026
  The Conference on the first Chinese Bishops: The “new beginning” that sheds light on the present of the Catholic Church in China by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Rome (Fides News Agency) – On October 28, 1926, Pius XI consecrated six Chinese priests as bishops in St Peter’s Basilica, entrusting them with the leadership of apostolic vicariates and pr ...
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  7 November 2026
  ASIA/LAOS - Laotian community mourns Bishop Alessandro Staccioli, OMI missionary in Laos and former Secretary General of the Pontifical Missionary Union Vientiane (Fides News Agency) – “Among you as one who serves.” This was the motto chosen by Alessandro Staccioli, a missionary of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI), when he was ordained a bishop in 19 ...
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  6 November 2026
  Cardinal Chow at the Conference on the first Chinese bishops: an “intercultural” approach can support the journey of Catholics in today’s China Rome (Fides News Agency) – (Agenzia Fides) – For Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau Yan, Bishop of Hong Kong, the anniversaries the Church in China is marking this year call for a reflection on formation. Speaking at the inte ...
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  5 November 2026
  Cardinal Parolin at the Conference on the First Chinese Bishops: ecclesial communion is the “fundamental guiding principle” of the Holy See’s work Rome (Fides News Agency) – We publish the text of the address delivered by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of His Holiness, at the international conference entitled “The Face of the Universal Church in Ch ...
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  28 October 2026
  100 YEARS SINCE THE ORDINATIONS OF THE FIRST SIX CHINESE BISHOPS - The Role and Significance of the First Six Dioceses Entrusted to Chinese Bishops by Professor Liu Zhiqing Rome (Fides News Agency) – On October 28, 1926, exactly 100 years ago, Pope Pius XI consecrated six Chinese bishops in Rome: Philippe Zhao Huaiyi, Odorico Cheng Hede, Melchior Sun Dezheng, L ...
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  27 October 2026
  Cardinal Tagle to Link Macau’s 450-Year Missionary Legacy With Asia’s Evangelization in the Age of AI By Fr. John Mi Shen* Macau (Fides news Agency) - Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization and Dean of the College of Cardinals, will call the Catholic Church in Asia to ...
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  26 October 2026
  100 YEARS SINCE THE ORDINATIONS OF THE FIRST SIX CHINESE BISHOPS - Bishop Simone Zhu Kaimin and the Diocese of Haimen One hundred years after the ordination of the first six Chinese bishops consecrated in modern times, (October 28, 1926), Fides News Agency is dedicating a series of documentary profiles to these Successors of the Apostle ...