Asia

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  11 July 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Summer training courses for Vietnamese catechists are on the rise by Andrew Doan Thanh Phong Bac Ninh (Agenzia Fides) - In Vietnam, all pupils across the country have a 3-month summer vacation from June to August, and catechism classes are also on summer vacation. Therefore, catech ...
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  10 July 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Camillian Mission on the Island of Flores celebrates the feast of the Order's founder Maumere (Agenzia Fides) – The Camillian mission in Indonesia experiences the feast of Saint Camillus of Lellis, patron saint of the sick and healthcare workers and founder of the Order of the Sick, with great joy and g ...
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  9 July 2025
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Israeli settlers attacks threaten the Christian village of Taybeh Taybeh (Agenzia Fides) - "From that day on, they were determined to kill him. Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but withdrew from there to the region near the desert, to a town called Ephraim. There he stayed ...
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  9 July 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops address social issues and call for a shared commitment to fair wages and human dignity Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "We are aware of the difficult situation of workers in our country: the wages they receive are far below the minimum wage that allows them to provide for their needs and support their families," ...
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  9 July 2025
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Catholic community at the Book Fair, an opportunity to proclaim the Gospel Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – This year too, the Catholic community of Hong Kong will take advantage of the upcoming Book Fair as an opportunity to proclaim the Gospel and bear witness to the newness of the Christian exp ...
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  8 July 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Mission among migrants: The Parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Cixi celebrates its 100th anniversary Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) - In his homily at the solemn Mass that opened the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the parish of Hushan, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1925-2025), Bishop Francis Xavier Jin Yang ...
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  8 July 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A priest: "Positive impact" of the government's child nutrition program Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "I hear mostly positive things about the nutrition and free meals program for children, launched by the Indonesian government last January, in various parts of Indonesia. It is having an impact ...
• 8 July 2025
  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Seoul. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Matthew Kwang-Hee Choi, until now director of the Department of Culture and Communication and spokesperson for the metropolitan archdiocese of Seo ...
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  7 July 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The Bishop of Beijing confers the missionary mandate to newly graduated seminarians Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Joseph Li Shan, Bishop of the diocese of Beijing, on Sunday, July 6, during the solemn closing ceremony of the 2024/2025 academic year, conferred the missionary mandate (for pastoral internshi ...
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  7 July 2025
  ASIA/NEPAL - New School Law: Catholics demand guarantee of the right to education Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – Nepal's new education law, currently being approved, has sparked intense public debate and protests by teachers. The Nepal Teachers’ Federation has threatened to launch a fresh protest if ...
• 5 July 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of archbishop of Madurai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu of Palayamkottai and apostolic administrator of Madurai, as archbishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Madurai, India. Bishop ...
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  3 July 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “One life is more precious than the whole world”. The Korean work of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd for women in need by Pascale Rizk
  Chuncheon (Agenzia Fides) - For more than 50 years, the Sisters of Our Lady of the Good Shepherd in Chuncheon, Seoul, and Jeju, South Korea, have prayed and ...
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  3 July 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Chemical factory explosion: Catholic Church calls for transparency and protection of workers' dignity Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - "The explosion at a chemical factory in the state of Telangana once again raises the serious problem of exploitation and disregard for the dignity of workers. The victims are mostly poor peopl ...
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  2 July 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholics on the island of Sulawesi: inspired by "Nostra Aetate" and the visit of Pope Francis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We walk together with the Muslim population on the paths of dialogue and mercy. As Catholics, we live in an area of Indonesia where we are a small minority in society. This does not discou ...
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  1 July 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - On the 100th anniversary of the beatification of the Korean martyrs, a report on the persecutions of Gihae and Byeong-o Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – A report to learn about the data of the persecutions that struck Catholics on the Korean peninsula in the 19th century. The centenary of the Eucharistic liturgy celebrated on July 5, 1925, in St ...