Asia

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  4 September 2025
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Government and Apostolic Nunciature united in organizing the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions Astana (Agenzia Fides) – On September 17 and 18, 2025, Kazakhstan will once again host the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. The event, now in its eighth year, which will bring together representa ...
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  3 September 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Scholars of different religions: "We must urge unity and parliamentary reform" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Strengthen the commitment to maintaining the integrity of the State," by stigmatizing violent actions that "create new wounds" and "misleading statements that widen the gap between politics and ...
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  2 September 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Parish priest encourages flood victims: "You are not alone in this difficult time" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – "The flood victims are in shock: panic and suffering are spreading among the survivors, who still remember 2022 and are traumatized by these ongoing natural disasters. As the parish community o ...
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  2 September 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - 80 years ago the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was founded: Vietnamese Catholics and the country's development by Andrew Doan Thanh Phong Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – "It is better to be a citizen of a free country than a king of a slave country," was a famous saying of King Bao Dai, the last king of the Vietnamese Nguyen Dynasty ...
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  1 September 2025
  ASIA/CHINA- Numerous priestly and religious vocations among Chinese Catholic communities in the first six months of 2025 Shijiazhuang (Agenzia Fides) – In the first six months of 2025, the "harvest in the Lord's vineyard" was abundant in many Chinese Catholic communities. The Catholic news portal "xinde.org" recalls that from January 1 ...
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  1 September 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Archbishop of Makassar on protests: "People demand justice and good governance" Makassar (Agenzia Fides) – "Now the situation on the streets of Makassar has normalized and is calm again, but until yesterday the protests agitated the population, especially the students. And violent groups have take ...
• 30 August 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Pontianak and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Leo XIV has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pontianak presented by His Exc. Msgr. Agustinus Agus and appointed His Exc. Ms ...
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  30 August 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Fasting and prayer for good governance Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Various Filipino Catholic groups, communities, and associations have launched spiritual initiatives centered on fasting and prayer for the common good of the nation. The aim is to raise awareness ...
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  29 August 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Flood toll worsens: One and a half million displaced in Punjab province Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is very serious. It is terrible. In Punjab alone, there are over one and a half million people who have been made homeless due to the floods. These people live on the streets, and ...
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  29 August 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Church restorations and reopenings signal a "rebirth" for Catholic communities in Guangdong Zhanjiang (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic community in Maoming celebrates the solemn reopening of the parish church, which had been closed for a long time due to major restoration work. The church is now dedicated to Me ...
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  28 August 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A nationwide pro-life movement to "raise a prophetic cry" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Moon Chang-woo, Bishop of Jeju, in his capacity as President of the Committee for Family and Life within the Korean Bishops' Conference, intends to relaunch the "Pro-Life Movement" on a lar ...
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  28 August 2025
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Ecumenical Group: The importance and meaning of Christians “remaining” in the land of Jesus, disfigured by terror Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "In these painful days, being an integral part of the reality that surrounds us, we walk through valleys shadowed by death, displacement, starvation and despair," reads a document from the ecu ...
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  27 August 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Apostolic Prefect Figaredo: "The displaced cannot return home; we are working for an unarmed and disarming peace between Thailand and Cambodia" Battambang (Agenzia Fides) - "There is currently a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia, but civilians housed in refugee camps cannot return to their homes and villages due to the numerous unexploded ordnance and clus ...
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  26 August 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop of Hakha: In Chin State, a church has been destroyed, “but the faith remains strong” Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - "They destroyed the walls of the church, but not the faith. Our faith remains strong, the people of God in Falam continue to believe and hope. The faithful will rebuild the Church of Christ the Ki ...
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  26 August 2025
  HOLY LAND - Patriarchs of Jerusalem: "The gates of hell have already been opened, but the clergy and nuns will remain in Gaza" Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – The "Gates of Hell" have already been opened in the Gaza Strip. However, the clergy and nuns still present will not leave Gaza City, but will remain until the end to stand by the suffering p ...