Asia

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  5 August 2026
  ASIA/LEBANON - Six years after the explosion in the Port of Beirut, the Pontifical Mission Societies continue to respond to the emergency facing newly displaced families Beirut (Fides News Agency) – Six years after the explosion in the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, the call for justice continues to rise from the grief of the families of the more than 220 people who lost their live ...
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  4 August 2026
  Bishop Pitchaimuthu at the First Franciscan Missionary Symposium: “Asia does not need missionaries who come with all the answers. It needs brothers and sisters who bring Christ” by Elena Grazini Chennai (Fides News Agency) – “Asia does not need missionaries who come with all the answers. It needs brothers and sisters who bring Christ, walk alongside the people, listen deeply, discern pati ...
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  3 August 2026
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Official hymn for Seoul WYD 2027 unveiled: "Take courage; I have overcome the world" Seoul (Fides News Agency) – Martyrs and places of martyrdom take center stage in the videos released today to introduce the official hymn for the next World Youth Day (WYD), scheduled to take place in Seoul from August ...
• 3 August 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of bishop of Dindigul Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Dindigul, India, presented by Bishop Thomas Paulsamy. (EG) (Fides News Agency, 3/8/2026) ...
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  3 August 2026
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Church's Mission among Khulna's Dalits. Bishop Boiragi: "In Christ they rediscover the dignity of children of God" Khulna (Fides News Agency) – Accompanying Dalit communities on their journey of human development and faith by providing education, social support and proclaiming the Gospel as an experience of liberation. This is one ...
• 1 August 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - Jesuit Prakash: "Young people are awakening the country's democratic conscience" Ahmedabad (Fides News agency) – The large-scale student protests that have swept across India in recent weeks—organized by the newly formed Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), the "People's Cockroach Party"—are far more t ...
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  31 July 2026
  ASIA - “Choral compassion” to stop migrant tragedies in the “Mediterranean of Asia” Jakarta (Fides News Agency) – Forced migration and human trafficking, two deeply interconnected phenomena, are among the most serious crises affecting the Asian continent. In the face of the ongoing maritime tragedies ...
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  30 July 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Farewell to Father Mahboob Evarist, the first Punjabi Capuchin priest: A life dedicated to the Gospel and the inculturation of the faith Lahore (Fides News Agency) – Father Mahboob Evarist, the first Capuchin priest of Punjabi origin in Pakistan, died on July 27, 2026, at the age of 75. His funeral Mass was celebrated on July 28 at St. Mary's Convent i ...
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  30 July 2026
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - One year before World Youth Day Seoul 2027, church and civil authorities move into full operational phase Seoul (Fides News Agency) – With just twelve months to go before the opening of World Youth Day (WYD) Seoul 2027, preparations by both Church and civil authorities have entered their full operational phase. After three ...
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  30 July 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - Announcing the Gospel in Asia with Saint Francis of Assisi: First Franciscan Missionary Symposium begins by Elena Grazini Chennai (Fides News Agency) – What does proclaiming the Gospel in Asia mean today? How does it take shape in concrete terms? Which real-life experiences, flourishing beyond any human calculation, ca ...
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  29 July 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - Francis Xavier Duan Yongkun ordained Coadjutor Bishop of Bameng by Marta Zhao Bayannur (Fides News Agency) – "Today I am able to be a priest because of the extraordinary grace the Lord has bestowed upon me... I can desire nothing more than to dedicate my whole life and all my st ...
• 29 July 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of coadjutor bishop of Bameng Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - Today, Wednesday 29 July 2026, the episcopal ordination of the Reverend Francis Xavier Duan Yongkun took place. On 15 June 2026, the Holy Father appointed him coadjutor bishop of Bameng ...
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  29 July 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian couple lynched: "An emblematic case highlighting the difficulties in prosecuting mob violence," says lawyer Anthony Lahore (Fides News Agency) – The case of the lynching of Christian couple Shama and Shahzad Masih, a case linked to mob violence triggered by blasphemy allegations and brought to a close in recent days with the acquitt ...
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  28 July 2026
  APOSTOLIC VICARIATES OF ARABIA - Holy See approves proper liturgical texts for the celebration of Saint Arethas and Companions, Martyrs of Najran Abu Dhabi (Fides News Agency) – Rediscovering the roots of the Church in Arabia and renewing the witness of the Christian faith in the Gulf: these are the hopes expressed by Bishop Paolo Martinelli, OFM Cap., Apostolic ...
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  28 July 2026
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Church communities accommodate and welcome "climate-displaced persons" in Khulna Khulna (Fides News Agency) – Following the recent floods, Catholic communities across the Diocese of Khulna have opened church facilities to accommodate people displaced by rising waters, offering temporary shelter unt ...