Asia

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  21 September 2026
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - New Constitution confirms ban on death penalty: “Human dignity is inviolable” Astana (Fides News Agency) – Kazakhstan is a country where no one is put to death and where the inalienable dignity of every human being is upheld. This is enshrined in Kazakhstan’s new Constitution, approved by refe ...
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  19 September 2026
  The BRICS between “global governance” challenges and the growing role of African countries by Cosimo Graziani New Delhi (Fides News Agency) – The 18th BRICS summit was held in New Delhi on Saturday, Sept. 13, and Sunday, Sept. 14, with India hosting and chairing the group’s proceedings. The BRICS now br ...
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  18 September 2026
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The “journey” towards the Diocesan Assembly on Synodality begins Hong Kong (Fides News Agency) – In view of the Diocesan Assembly on Synodality, scheduled for February 2027, the Diocese of Hong Kong will officially launch its “synodal journey” on Saturday, 19 September. Accordin ...
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  17 September 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop Bernardino Ne Ne: “We listen to the people and stand alongside the displaced. Peace is imperative” Taungngu (Fides News Agency) – “We are experiencing widespread displacement, but pastoral ministry continues despite the difficulties. Priests remain in the parishes and care for families; they listen to them and off ...
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  16 September 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian children, “apostles and missionaries” amid discrimination and poverty Islamabad (Fides News Agency) – In a national context where children face serious challenges, including discrimination, exploitation through child labour, abuse and denial of their right to education, Catholic children ...
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  16 September 2026
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Celebration of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the “Legion of Mary” by Marta Zhao Hong Kong (Fides News Agency) – In December 1948, the Catholic association Legio Mariae, founded in Dublin on September 7, 1921, on the eve of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was ...
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  16 September 2026
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Second International Preparatory Conference for “WYD Seoul 2027” underway by Pascale Rizk Seoul (Fides News Agency) – A Mass in English was celebrated at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, September 16, at Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul, presided over by Archbishop Peter Soon-taick Chung, on the occasio ...
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  15 September 2026
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Three Christian civilians killed in Papua, Franciscans: “There is an urgent need to protect the population and open dialogue” Jayapura (Fides News Agency) – “Following yet another massacre, there is an urgent need to protect civilians, respect international humanitarian law and reduce the presence of Indonesian army troops. At the same time ...
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  14 September 2026
  The Centenary of the consecration of Six Chinese Bishops and the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China by Paul Han* Shijiazhuang (Fides News Agency) –Fides News Agency publishes this article by Chinese priest Paul Han as a contribution to reflection and further study in view of the forthcoming Centenary of the episco ...
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  14 September 2026
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Violence mars first parliamentary elections in Bangsamoro Cotabato (Fides News Agency) – A decisive moment for the people of the southern Philippines has been marred by violence and death. Violent clashes disrupted the first parliamentary elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomou ...
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  11 September 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - New “anti-conversion law” in Maharashtra: impact on the lives of Christians Poona (Fides News Agency) – In the Indian state of Maharashtra, in west-central India, the local Catholic community is having to carry out its pastoral life and its evangelizing mission while dealing with the "Maharash ...
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  10 September 2026
  Cardinal Tagle celebrates his father’s funeral Mass in Imus: “Eternal Life is to remain close to Jesus” Imus (Fides News Agency) – This morning, at ten o’clock, the bells of the Cathedral of Imus rang for a funeral and for a family. In the first diocese entrusted to the episcopal ministry of Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim ...
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  10 September 2026
  ASIA/NEPAL - Father Bogati: “Humanitarian aid and consolation for the displaced” Kathmandu (Fides News Agency) – “I have just visited one of the main areas where many people were swept away by the water; among them was a school with 300 students. We are still shocked, and people are traumatized. ...
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  10 September 2026
  One hundred years later. The long journey of China’s first Bishops to receive Episcopal Ordination from the Successor of Peter by Peter Zhao Jianmin* Shanghai (Fides News Agency) – Exactly one hundred years ago today, on September 10, 1926, the long blast of the ship’s sirens in the port of Shanghai announced the departure of the ship car ...
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  9 September 2026
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - National Pastoral Convention: “Walking together in unity, despite diversity” Sibu (Fides News Agency) – “I hope that the 2026 Malaysia Pastoral Convention will be a time of reflection, filled with grace, on what it means to be Church in Malaysia. The hope is that it will unite us in celebrati ...