Asia

• 13 November 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Appointment of the New Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - On October 25, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for the first Evangelization and the New Particular Churches), appointed Rev. Fr. ...
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  12 November 2024
  ASIA/KUWAIT - Strengthening ties between the Syro-Malabar Church and the Latin Church in the Arabian Peninsula Kuwait City (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia welcomes the visit of the Head of the Syro-Malabar Church, Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil, who arrived in Kuwait on November 8, where he was rec ...
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  12 November 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Italian President Mattarella pays homage to the missionaries buried near Lake Xizi together with Bishop Yang Hangzhou (Agenzia Fides) - Joseph Yang Yongqiang, Bishop of Hangzhou, a few days after his return from Rome, where he had participated in the last Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, accompanied the Italia ...
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  11 November 2024
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Cardinal Goh after the attack on a priest during a mass: “We cannot allow evil to paralyze the proclamation of the Gospel” Singapore (Agenzia Fides) – “This incident has not only seriously injured a priest in a place of worship, but has also spread fear in the community,” said Cardinal William Goh, Archbishop of Singapore, in a pastora ...
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  11 November 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - In November, the Catholic community of Wenzhou remembers the deceased missionary sisters Wenzhou (Agenzia Fides) - As every year, the Catholic community of Wenzhou, especially young Catholics, gathered in front of the Catholic Sisters Cemetery in Jingshan Park to remember all the nuns who left their homeland ...
• 11 November 2024
  ASIA/THAILAND - Appointment of bishop of Chanthaburi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Philip Adisak Phorn-Ngam, of the clergy of Chanthaburi, Thailand, until now diocesan administrator of the same diocese and parish priest of The Im ...
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  11 November 2024
  MIDDLE EAST/LEBANON - Patriarch Raï congratulates on the election of Donald Trump: "May the election lead to a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah" Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the election of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America, the Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Béchara Boutros Raï, expressed in the homily of the Sunday Mass ...
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  9 November 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A partnership between the Korean and French communities for the beatification of missionary Bishop Bruguière Carcassonne (Agenzia Fides) - The Korean and French Catholic communities have joined forces for the beatification of Bishop Barthelemy Bruguière (1792-1835), member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society (MEP) and first ...
• 9 November 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Nellore Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Anthony Das Pilli, until now professor of dogmatic theology and formator at Saint John’s Regional Seminary in Hyderabad. Msgr. Anthony Das Pill ...
• 9 November 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Vellore, Ambrose Pitchaimuthu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Ambrose Pitchaimuthu, of the clergy of Chingleput, until now national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in India, as bishop of the dioc ...
• 9 November 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Bagdogra, India Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Paul Simick as bishop of the diocese of Bagdogra, India, transferring him from the apostolic vicariate of Nepal and the titular see of Maturba. Bishop ...
• 9 November 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Vasai, Thomas D'Souza Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Thomas D’Souza, of the clergy of Vasai, India, until now parish priest of Holy Spirit in Nandakhal, as bishop of the same diocese of Vasai. Msg ...
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  8 November 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Zhan Silu on his participation in the Synod of Bishops: “The Pope was very benevolent towards us”
  Mindong (Agenzia Fides) - The Pope "wanted us two bishops to go to his private chapel to concelebrate. Halfway through the Mass, he asked me to read the Gospel of the day in Chinese" ...
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  8 November 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Another step towards the beatification of Akash Bashir: "spiritual miracles of conversion" are taking place Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in Pakistan is delighted that the Vatican Dicastery for the Causes of Saints has confirmed the validity of the diocesan investigation for the beatification and canonization ...
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  7 November 2024
  MIDDLE EAST/LEBANON - Maronite bishops call for an end to Israeli aggression Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite bishops gathered in Bkerké for their monthly meeting chaired by Patriarch Béchara Raï. The meeting discussed several topics, including the humanitarian consequences of the ongoin ...