Asia

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  2 October 2023
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - Bishop Martinelli: The Synod in Rome and our "pilgrim Church" by Gianni Valente Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - "I believe that there is no experience similar to this in the world. An experience in which all those who share the Catholic faith are migrants, and so in a sense we are a ...
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  30 September 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Between villages and 'marine mission stations', the synodal path of the Church in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair (Agenzia Fides) - The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in the Indian Ocean, are a Catholic community that has lived the synodal style since its birth. The only diocese which embraces the entire territory, Port Bla ...
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  28 September 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Escalation of the conflict, with serious suffering of the civilian population Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - The military junta of Myanmar is carrying out more and more air strikes against the civilian population; The number of aircraft and helicopter attacks doubled in the second year after the coup ...
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  27 September 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - “The Jute Works”: Caritas Bangladesh has been promoting handicrafts and the emancipation of women for 50 years Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Antu Rani Sarkar was born into a needy family. Along the way, she had the opportunity to take part in a course run by the CORR-The Jute Works (CJW) initiative, where she learned how to make jute p ...
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  27 September 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Theology courses, prayers, information materials: Chinese Catholics are preparing to participate "remotely" in the Synod on synodality Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) - With theology courses, prayers for the Synod and the dissemination of information material through social networks, the Catholic communities in the People's Republic of China are preparing to par ...
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  26 September 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The synodal path in the Philippines enhances the Basic Ecclesial Communities Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "In the life of the Philippine Church, participation in the synodal process - with a view to the Synodal Assembly that will soon begin in the Vatican - has been wide-ranging and fruitful consulta ...
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  26 September 2023
  ASIA/LEBANON - 500 young people from the Churches of the Middle East pray for the next General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops Jbeil (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 young people from different churches in the Middle East prayed for peace, an end to wars, the integrity of Creation and the request that the Holy Spirit guides and enlightens the upc ...
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  26 September 2023
  ASIA/CINA - Father Flavio Belluomini, Archivist of the Dicastery for Evangelization, speaks at the Chinese Social Sciences Forum - 2023 Religious Studies Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Academics and scholars from different countries working in the field of religious studies took part in the 2023 International Conference of the Chinese Social Sciences Forum - 2023-Religious Stu ...
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  25 September 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Towards Jubilee 2025: "Quo vadis, India?" Goa (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in India joins the universal Church, with joy and with the responsibility of the evangelizing mission, in the preparation of the Jubilee of 2025, reflecting and making its own the central ...
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  23 September 2023
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - New priests for the Cambodian Church: a sign of growth and hope Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Cambodia is enriched with new priests: three new Cambodian priests, whose priestly ordination is celebrated today, September 23, are diocesan priests in the Apostoli ...
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  22 September 2023
  CHINA/VATICAN - 5 years since the Agreement on the appointments of Chinese Bishops. The missionary Heyndrickx: let us support the Pope in dialogue with China by Gianni Valente Leuven (Agenzia Fides) - On September 22, 2018, exactly five years ago, representatives of the Holy See and the People's Republic of China signed in Beijing the Provisional Agreement on the procedures ...
• 22 September 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Sivagangai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 21 September, the Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Lourdu Anandam, of the clergy of Madurai, until now parish priest of the Holy Rosary parish, as bishop of the diocese of Sivagang ...
• 22 September 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Huê Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Joseph Đặng Đức Ngân, until now bishop of the diocese of Ðà Nang, Viêt Nam, as coadjutor archbishop of the archdiocese of Huê, Viêt Nam. Ar ...
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  22 September 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - How to be happy? An antidote to individualism to counter the suicide phenomenon Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Suicide is a tragedy in our society", says Father Cho Seung-hyeon, a priest and journalist, columnist for 'CPBC Press Weekly', a printed and online weekly published by the Commission for Social ...
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  21 September 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Dominicans celebrate Saint Thomas Aquinas, master of truth and harmony Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The legacy of Saint Thomas Aquinas is alive and present in Pakistan. Thomas is alive and present with his thought, with his search for the truth which is Christ himself. He is present among youn ...