Asia

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  13 May 2025
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Bishop Berardi: Pope Leo XIV, a sign of hope and communion that strengthens our unity with the universal Church Manama (Agenzia Fides) - "For the Church in the Arabian Peninsula, this moment is an encouragement to continue to live and bear witness to the Gospel, often in silent or hidden ways," said Bishop Aldo Berardi O.SS.T., Ap ...
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  13 May 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Rodrigo Duterte is once again mayor of Davao Davao (Agenzia Fides) - Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, indicted for crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court, has been elected mayor of Davao, the city on the island of M ...
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  13 May 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Camillians inaugurate a new Social Center in Kupang, on the island of Timor Kupang (Agenzia Fides) - After more than fifteen years of missionary presence, the Camillian religious in Indonesia are a tangible sign of charity and social commitment. Their work, inspired by the charism of Saint Camil ...
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  13 May 2025
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Bishop Martinelli entrusts Pope Leo to Our Lady of Arabia: "A son of migrants" Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - "To Mary, Our Lady of Arabia, we entrust the new Pope Leo XIV," said Bishop Paolo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia, at the end of his homily at the Holy Mass in Abu Dhabi followi ...
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  12 May 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Ceasefire between India and Pakistan: "Fruit of the children's prayers" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We know that the Lord hears the prayers of the children who are in his heart. And the ceasefire between India and Pakistan has a very special meaning for us because we consider it a truce," says ...
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  9 May 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - “Before each meeting and pastoral activity, he spent a long time in Eucharistic adoration”: Augustinians remember the Prior Provost in India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – “Pope Leo XIV is remembered in India with affection and gratitude. He visited our nation twice as Prior General of the Augustinian Fathers, he is remembered as a simple man, who knew how t ...
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  9 May 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese bishops congratulate Pope Leo XIV Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Chinese bishops congratulate Pope Leo XIV on his election. As reported by the Chinese state news agency "Xin Hua" (New China), the Patriotic Association of the Chinese Catholic Church "Yi Hu ...
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  8 May 2025
  ASIA/JORDAN - Prince Hassan invites Patriarchs and Church Leaders to a conference on the role of Arab Christians in the Middle East Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Sykes-Picot Agreement, the secret pact with which France and the United Kingdom divided their spheres of influence in the Middle East after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, was ...
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  8 May 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Salesian missionaries help young people seek for a job Srikakulam (Agenzia Fides) - An initiative launched by the Salesian missionaries in the Diocese of Srikakulam aims not only to shape the conscience of young people but also to impart skills needed to enter the world of w ...
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  8 May 2025
  ASIA - Cardinals and faithful from India and Pakistan united in prayer for peace Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias and Pakistani Cardinal Joseph Coutts left St. Peter's Basilica together yesterday, May 7, after the conclusion of the Mass "pro eligendo Romano Pontifice." Ca ...
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  7 May 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Marian Month: Pilgrimages to Marian Shrines and Prayers for the Conclave Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - As every year during the Marian month of May, many Beijing Catholics gather at the Marian Shrine of Housangyu in the Mentougou District, on the outskirts of the capital, to celebrate Marian devo ...
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  6 May 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The new Bishop of Mindat and the 17th diocese: a gift of divine mercy Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – The episcopal ordination of Msgr. Augustine Thang Zawm Hung and the erection of the new Diocese of Mindat in the Burmese state of Chin, in northwestern Myanmar, were considered a gift of divine ...
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  6 May 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The Jubilee journey of the Archdiocese of Taiyuan continues Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “Born from Hope, Looking towards Hope”: was the motto of the meeting promoted by the Archdiocese of Taiyuan, in the Chinese province of Shanxi, as part of its Jubilee journey in communion wi ...
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  5 May 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence in Kashmir: Christians launch an appeal for dialogue and peace Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "In Pakistan, people are concerned about the growing tensions with India. The elderly remember the war. There is a certain fear among the population, given the escalation on the border, the firef ...
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  3 May 2025
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The 167 Catholics killed in the Easter massacre to be included in the list of “Witnesses of Faith” Colombo ( Fides Agency) - The 167 Catholics killed in churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019, will be included in the List of “Witnesses of Faith” of the 21st century compiled by the Dicastery for the ...