Asia

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  17 June 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Eucharistic Youth Movement: A breeding ground for vocations Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Movement of the Eucharistic Youth in Vietnam is the hope and the future of the Vietnamese Catholic Church since it has wonderful educational methods and no any other Catholic assoc ...
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  17 June 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A new documentary on the story of Father Stephano Kim Seong-hyeon, a Korean missionary in Mongolia Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Retracing the life and mission in Mongolia of Father Stephano Kim Seong-hyeon: this is the objective of the new documentary published on the Korea Catholic Times YouTube channel, entitled in Eng ...
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  16 June 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Vicar of Mandalay: "We thank Pope Leo for his words and his attention to the suffering of the civilian population" Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - "Throughout Myanmar, there are areas where fighting is taking place, where people are displaced, where civilians are suffering great hardship while fleeing the conflict. In our Diocese of Manda ...
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  14 June 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal from the Diocese of Myitkyina: humanitarian aid for displaced persons Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) – In Myanmar, the urgency of humanitarian assistance and aid to internally displaced persons is worsening day after day, driven by the ongoing civil conflict and recent natural disasters such ...
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  13 June 2025
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - In Ras Al Khaimah a celebration in honor of the “Doctor Evangelicus” with Bishop Martinelli in the Jubilee Church of Saint Anthony of Padua Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) – Prayers, celebrations, and pilgrimages. This is how the feast in honor of Saint Anthony of Padua, known as the "Doctor Evangelicus", is being celebrated this year in Ras Al Khaimah. This is ...
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  13 June 2025
  ASIA/IRAN - Is the attack on Iran a dangerous gamble? Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The attack launched last night (June 13) by Israel against Iran raises the level of the "global war in pieces" repeatedly denounced by Pope Francis. In fact, Iran has described last night's attac ...
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  13 June 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Bishop of the Moluccas uses TikTok to proclaim the faith Amboina (Agenzia Fides) - "The geographical difficulties of the vast Moluccas, for example, are no longer an obstacle: thanks to technology, distance is no longer a serious problem; we have a bridge that unites the entir ...
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  12 June 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Beijing expresses appreciation for the first appointment regarding a Chinese Bishop by Pope Leo XIV Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – “China is willing to work together with the Vatican to promote the continuous improvement of China-Vatican relations (…) This appointment has enhanced understanding and mutual trust throug ...
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  12 June 2025
  ASIA/SYRIA - Homs: shots fired at the cross of the Syriac Orthodox cathedral Homs (Agenzia Fides) – Shots were fired at the cross erected on the façade of the Syriac Orthodox cathedral in the Syrian city of Homs. The sacrilegious and intimidating act was denounced with a "heart full of sorrow" ...
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  12 June 2025
  ASIA/PASKISTAN - The scourge of child labor: prayer and concrete commitment of Catholic communities to eradicate it Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – “Every Friday, as a pastoral group, we visit the brick kiln workers, pray with them and for them, in the light of the Word of God, and continue to keep a light of hope alive, because God is a ...
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  11 June 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Joseph Lin Yuntuan is the new Auxiliary Bishop of Fuzhou by Gianni Valente Fuzhou (Agenzia Fides) – Today, Wednesday 11 June 2025, the feast of St. Barnabas the Apostle, the ‘recognition of the civil effects’ and the taking of possession of the office of 73-year-old ...
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  11 June 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Love your enemies in times of war: the Jubilee of Ecclesial Movements in Myanmar Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Love your neighbor, love first, love your enemies." These are the words of the Gospel, these are the words of Christ, and these are the words that every Christian is called to live in the contex ...
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  ASIA/CHINA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Fuzhou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Wednesday 11 June 2025, the recognition of the civil effects and the taking of possession of the office of Msgr. Joseph Lin Yuntuan, whom the Holy Father, in the framework of the dia ...
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  10 June 2025
  ASIA/LEBANON - MECC TV: The Middle East Council of Churches launches an ecumenical television channel Lebanon (Agenzia Fides) - A new "ecumenical" television and radio station is intended as an instrument of shared witness for the churches and ecclesial communities of the Middle East. The new channel, MECC TV, began its ...
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  10 June 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Catholics appeal to the United Nations: "Stop the massacre of innocents in Gaza" Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "We, bishops, priests, men and women religious, and the faithful in Cambodia, ask the United Nations to intervene urgently to end the violence and bloodshed in the Gaza Strip, so that peace c ...