Asia

• 9 November 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Bagdogra, India Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Paul Simick as bishop of the diocese of Bagdogra, India, transferring him from the apostolic vicariate of Nepal and the titular see of Maturba. Bishop ...
• 9 November 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Vasai, Thomas D'Souza Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Thomas D’Souza, of the clergy of Vasai, India, until now parish priest of Holy Spirit in Nandakhal, as bishop of the same diocese of Vasai. Msg ...
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  8 November 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Zhan Silu on his participation in the Synod of Bishops: “The Pope was very benevolent towards us”
  Mindong (Agenzia Fides) - The Pope "wanted us two bishops to go to his private chapel to concelebrate. Halfway through the Mass, he asked me to read the Gospel of the day in Chinese" ...
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  8 November 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Another step towards the beatification of Akash Bashir: "spiritual miracles of conversion" are taking place Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in Pakistan is delighted that the Vatican Dicastery for the Causes of Saints has confirmed the validity of the diocesan investigation for the beatification and canonization ...
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  7 November 2024
  MIDDLE EAST/LEBANON - Maronite bishops call for an end to Israeli aggression Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite bishops gathered in Bkerké for their monthly meeting chaired by Patriarch Béchara Raï. The meeting discussed several topics, including the humanitarian consequences of the ongoin ...
• 7 November 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Air pollution: religious communities launch initiatives to protect the "common home" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Religious communities of all faiths want to actively contribute to combating the problem of air pollution and smog. With air pollution reaching extremely high levels (three times higher than the ...
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  6 November 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The population of Indonesian Papua opposes the new "Transmigrasi" Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - The indigenous population of West Papua rejects the plan of the new Indonesian government to resume the program of internal migration of people from Indonesian islands (mainly Java) to Papua. T ...
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  5 November 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Search continues for victims of Lewotobi volcano eruption: a nun from the monastery of St. Gabriel among the dead Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Nikolin Padjo, Missionary Servant of the Holy Spirit (SSpS), is one of the victims of the serious eruption of the Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano that occurred without warning in the middle of ...
• 4 November 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Madurai in India, presented by Archbishop Antony Pappusamy. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 4/11/ ...
• 4 November 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian edition of the encyclical 'Dilexit nos' presented, which inspires compassion New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian edition of Pope Francis' new encyclical "Dilexit Nos", published on October 24, aims to bring the message of Christ closer to Catholics in India and "enrich the spiritual journey of ...
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  4 November 2024
  ASIA/AZERBAIJAN - COP29 in Baku and major international meetings for economic and geopolitical issues by Cosimo Graziani Baku (Agenzia Fides) - From 11 to 22 November the annual Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will take place, in its 29th edition. This year ...
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  2 November 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Shanghai, 230 participants in the seminar to strengthen pastoral activities in the diocese Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - "The love of Christ for the Church" and "the fidelity of the Church to Christ". These were the words of the Bishop of Shanghai, Joseph Shen Bin, in his homily at the opening of the Seminar orga ...
• 2 November 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Seoul launches measures to combat increasing loneliness Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - In a metropolis like the South Korean capital Seoul, where life is hectic and everything revolves around individual success, loneliness is an issue that affects thousands of people, often the elde ...
• 1 November 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - New church inaugurated in the diocese of Ningbo: the church dedicated to Saint Paul was built with the support of the parishioners Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) - "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith," writes Saint Paul in his second letter to Timothy. The parishioners of the newly inaugurated church in the diocese ...
• 1 November 2024
  ASIA/LAOS - President of the Bishops of Laos and Cambodia: The life of the Church in Laos ‘is a small miracle’ Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In Laos there are great difficulties in communicating with the outside world. Even for me, as President of the Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia (CELAC), it is very complicated to get in t ...