Asia

• 29 October 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of bishop of Surabaya Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo, of the clergy of the diocese of Surabaya, Indonesia, until now episcopal vicar for pastoral care, as bishop of the same ...
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  29 October 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - World Missionary Month in Chinese Catholic communities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Prayers for peace in the world, donations for the mission, works of charity, pilgrimages, concerts and theatrical performances and sporting events. The participation of many Chinese Catholic com ...
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  28 October 2024
  ASIA/IRAN - Archbishop of Tehran: Putting aside the designs of supremacy is key to restoring peace Tehran (Agenzia Fides) – “We must abandon the aspiration to assert our supremacy and stop investing time, energy and resources in techniques and strategies that distance us from the light,” says Conventual Francisc ...
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  28 October 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Special fundraising campaign for the victims of Typhoon 'Kristine' Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan collected donations for those affected by Typhoon Kristine (international name: Trami) during Sunday Mass, to express its concrete closeness to the people, fami ...
• 26 October 2024
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Hà Nôi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Joseph Vu Cong Vien, until now judicial vicar and academic dean of the Major Seminary of the metropolitan archdiocese of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam, as a ...
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  25 October 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Being witnesses of God and his beauty: thousands of faithful at the closing of the Holy Door of Awali Awali (Agenzia Fides) – “We celebrate Saint Aretha and Companions, we celebrate the conclusion of this jubilee year but above all we celebrate Jesus, the Risen One who opens the doors of Paradise revealing to us the ...
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  25 October 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Internal migrants: Catholic communities intervene for their material and spiritual needs New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - With over 450 million internal migrants (out of a population of 1.4 billion inhabitants), India is the scene of a phenomenon that has no equal in the world. Migrants, who move to other Indian ...
• 25 October 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of Coadjutor Bishop of Beijing Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Friday 25 October 2024, the episcopal ordination of the Reverend Matthew Zhen Zuebin, appointed by the Holy Father as coadjutor bishop of Beijing (Municipality of Beijing, China) on ...
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  25 October 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - “I do all things for the sake of the Gospel”: Matthew Zhen Xuebin new Coadjutor Bishop of Beijing by Marta Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – “I do all things for the sake of the Gospel”. With these words, Matthew Zhen Xuebin, the new Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Beijing, who was ordained today, Friday, O ...
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  24 October 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Parishes welcome displaced people, hit by Typhoon Kristine Naga (Agenzia Fides) - More than 25 parishes and church facilities, such as the Basilica of Our Lady of Peñafrancia and the Ateneo de Naga University of the Archdiocese of Caceres, managed by the Jesuit Order, have open ...
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  23 October 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - National Human Rights Commission wants to mediate in the civil war Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The process of dialogue and mediation in the civil conflict in Myanmar is important and urgent for many reasons: to stop the violence against the civilian population, which is before everyone's ...
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  23 October 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - “Finding Beauty in the Other: Inclusion and Humanitarian Service Among Believers. The Example of the Trinitarian Order” Manama (Agenzia Fides) – “Mutual respect and coexistence are possible, even when the region is going through difficult times and inter-community tensions”, said the Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia Aldo Berardi, ...
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  22 October 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Archbishop of Dacca: "We have faith in the work of the interim government" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The interim government in power in Bangladesh is doing its best, working against corruption and for transparency. The executive, led by Mohammad Yunus, is made up of people who seem sincerely co ...
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  21 October 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - President Prabowo Subianto takes office as Head of State Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The new Indonesian Head of State, Prabowo Subianto, has officially taken office as the eighth President of the country, after the handover from outgoing President Joko Widodo. In his first spe ...
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  18 October 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Controversial Islamic preacher visits the Pakistani government Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "It is really shocking for us that the controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik has been invited by the Pakistani government and is appearing in the main Pakistani cities to sow religious ...