Asia

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  4 March 2025
  ASIA/KUWAIT - Workshops and Seminars in the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia: "Women Pilgrims of Hope in a Synodal Church" Kuwait City (Agenzia Fides) – The AVONA Women's Program (AWP) in the Vicariate of Northern Arabia continues its mission in Kuwait with a conference and workshop held in four parishes: Our Lady of Arabia in Ahmadi, St ...
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  3 March 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Lent in the Catholic community in Beijing: a daily work of charity Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of the Cathedral of the Diocese of Beijing invites the Catholic faithful, as "pilgrims of hope" in the Holy Year, to a "daily work of charity for the entire Lent (from March 5 to Apri ...
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  3 March 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Bangalore, the Eucharist chapel desecrated: monstrance with the consecrated host stolen Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Last weekend, numerous Catholic faithful took part in prayers of reparation in the churches of Bangalore, the capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka, after the desecration of the Eu ...
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  3 March 2025
  ASIA/THAILAND - Apostles among Burmese refugees, the Capuchin Friars bring food and spiritual comfort Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - In the Thai parish of Mae Teng, in the diocese of Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand, 350 Burmese Catholics belonging to the Kayaw, Kayah and Kayan tribes have found refuge. In recent days, the ...
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  1 March 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Three priests go on a mission and the Pope's blessing for the "Korea Mission Society" on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its foundation Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The work of missionaries is an action that "touches hearts and leads to a deeper encounter with Jesus Christ". This is the wish that Pope Francis, hospitalized at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome for ...
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  1 March 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Contemplation and apostolate in Kalimantan: the Jubilee of the Augustinian Sisters of Divine Mercy Ketapang (Agenzia Fides) - Their monastery is a place of prayer and spirituality, immersed in the green lungs of the rainforest. The Augustinian Sisters in the province of West Kalimantan have always considered prayer as ...
• 1 March 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Ajmer Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend John Carvalho, of the clergy of the diocese of Ajmer, India, until now head of Saint Paul’s Sr. Sec. School in Ajmer, as bishop of the same dioc ...
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  28 February 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Fertility rate reverses trend: Church community works to restore hope Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The number of newborns and the fertility rate in South Korea are bucking the trend and rising for the first time in nine years of steady decline. According to the 2024 demographic trends, data rel ...
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  27 February 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The life of Matteo Ricci is being studied in the Beijing parish he founded 420 years ago Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Diocese of Beijing (known as Nan Tang, the "church of the South") continues the communal reading of the biography of Matteo Ricci, ...
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  27 February 2025
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Puja ritual in a Buddhist temple dedicated to Pope Francis Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Buddhist monks of a temple in the capital Colombo spontaneously gathered for a special "Puja" ritual to pray for the health of Pope Francis and his speedy recovery. During the Puja ritual, t ...
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  26 February 2025
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cost of living and fight against crime: the population's expectations from the new government Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The people of Sri Lanka are waiting for a change in the new government, especially on the economic level, with measures that reduce the cost of living and lower taxes on essential goods such as ...
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  25 February 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - United in prayer and hope: meeting and prayer in Taizé style for the Pope Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic faithful of Phnom Penh are gathering in the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in the Cambodian capital for prayer and Eucharistic adoration in the style of the Taizé community, to ...
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  25 February 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Sister Ana, a missionary among young Filipinos: this is how we help them discover their talents by Pascale Rizk San Carlos (Agenzia Fides) - A few days ago the seventh edition of the "Asian Mission" initiative ended, which this year had the motto "Made for a mission. Made for peace". The event brought together 5 ...
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  24 February 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - New bishop consecrated in Rakhine State as fighting continues Pyay (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic faithful of the Rakhine State (or Arakan), in western Myanmar, have welcomed their new Bishop, Peter Tin Wai, a "Good Shepherd" called to lead the Catholic faithful in a situation of c ...
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  22 February 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - In the Jubilee Year, Catholics entrust themselves to the intercession of Cardinal Stephen Kim, Servant of God Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of people - up to 800 a day - come every day to the Catholic cemetery of Yogin, a city south of Seoul, to visit the tomb of Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (1922-2009), "Servant of God" and ...