Asia

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  22 July 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Like a hidden treasure. Korean Catholics treasure the memory of their martyrs
  by Pascale Rizk Seoul (Fides Agency) - “If we follow the example of the martyrs and believe in the word of the Lord, then we will understand the sublime freedom and joy with whi ...
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  21 July 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A thousand young Koreans in Rome for the Jubilee Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – More than a thousand young Koreans have departed for Rome to participate in the Jubilee of Youth. The Catholic community of Seoul greeted the young pilgrims with the Mass for “1004 Project,” ...
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  21 July 2025
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Jubilee of the Youth: more than just a trip, it is a journey of faith Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) – A group of 90 faithful from across the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia (AVOSA) are traveling to Italy for a two-week pilgrimage that includes several spiritual stops before arriving i ...
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  19 July 2025
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Political and social tensions as the country heads toward general elections Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Clashes between supporters of political parties have once again created social instability in Bangladesh. Tensions have flared in recent days in the city of Gopalganj, south of Dhaka, where member ...
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  18 July 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - "Vincentian Tea," relief for the body and soul for those who work in Zhejiang's scorching summer Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) – Saint Vincent de Paul bore witness to Christ's charity by offering food to the hungry and care for the sick in 17th-century France. Today, following in his footsteps, the parishioners of the Lo ...
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  18 July 2025
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Following the Israeli attack on the parish, Pope Leo telephones the Patriarchs of Jerusalem during their visit to Gaza Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In the aftermath of the grievous strike on the Holy Family Church compound in Gaza, which left three dead and at least nine wounded (see Fides, 17/7/2025), His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista ...
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  18 July 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A commission of inquiry to stop the “blasphemy business” Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – To curb the serious phenomenon of the “blasphemy business,” the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered the government to create a special commission to investigate the growing number of ...
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  17 July 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Rite of Admission: Deacons of Ningbo respond to the Lord's call with faith and charity Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) – The liturgical rite of admission of candidates to the priesthood is not only a celebration of the diocese, but also an opportunity of witness to young people. Thus, the Diocese of Ningbo decide ...
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  17 July 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Nine people sentenced for the murder of the Catholic priest from Mandalay Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - Nine people accused of the murder of Catholic priest Fr. Donald Martin Ye Naing Win, who was killed on February 14, 2025, have been sentenced to 20 years in prison by a court linked to the Mini ...
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  17 July 2025
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Dead and injured in Israeli attack on Catholic parish in Gaza Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – This morning, Thursday, July 17, around 10:30 a.m., the Latin Catholic parish of the Holy Family in Gaza was hit by a raid carried out by the Israeli army. According to a statement released ...
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  16 July 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop visits refugee camp: "I am here to tell everyone that God loves you" Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - "Today the Lord Jesus says: Peace be with you. May God's grace and blessings be upon you. I thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for welcoming me as a Pastor. The Lord loved me, had merc ...
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  16 July 2025
  The BRICS + summit in Brazil raises the banner of multilateralism by Cosimo Graziani Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - On July 6 and 7, the annual summit of the so-called BRICS countries took place in Rio de Janeiro. This forum of states was founded in 2009 and has grown in recent y ...
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  16 July 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - 10th World Youth Peace Pilgrimage in the Demilitarized Zone: "There can be no world peace without peace on the Korean Peninsula" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "There can be no world peace without peace on the Korean Peninsula". This is the slogan that young Koreans launched, who gathered in the Demilitarized Zone (a strip of land created in 1953 after t ...
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  15 July 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - "Wedding without a dowry": the Chinese Catholic community promotes the gratuitousness of married life in a secularized society Taiyuan (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Meng Ningyou of Taiyuan, in the Chinese province of Shanxi, recommended in his homily at a church wedding last Sunday, July 13, that marriage, in the spirit of faith, be seen as a g ...
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  15 July 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Supreme Court declares large-scale mining legal: civil society promotes "environmental justice" Mamburao (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court's recent decision to declare null and void the ordinances and resolutions of provincial governments that imposed a 25-year moratorium on mining activities in the province of W ...