Asia

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  4 May 2026
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - A new church in Phnom Penh, a new Salesian priest and deacon Phnom Penh (Fides News Agency) – The Cambodian Catholic community celebrated the consecration of a new church in the Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh: the Church of St. Joseph the Worker, consecrated and opened for wo ...
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  2 May 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - Data on the generous participation of Chinese Catholic Communities in the 2026 national Collection Shijiazhuang (Fides News Agency) – According to data collected up to Thursday, April 30, 2026, the tenth annual National Collection Day of the Chinese Catholic community, held every year on Palm Sunday, raised a total ...
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  1 May 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - For Chinese Catholic communities, the Marian month has already begun Wenzhou (Fides News Agency) – United with the Successor of Peter, Chinese Catholic faithful have launched numerous initiatives for Marian devotion in May, the month the universal Church dedicates to the veneration of t ...
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  30 April 2026
  "As one Body in Christ": Churches in the Emirates pray together for peace in Dubai Dubai (Fides News Agency) - Praying for peace "as one body in Christ," in a time and a region plagued by war and the bloodshed of women, men, and children. This was the experience shared on the evening of Wednesday, Apri ...
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  30 April 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - Zhengzhou Diocese Annual Assembly: Synodality on the common path of proclaiming the Gospel Zhengzhou (Fides News Agency) – “Synodality: working together for a better future for the Diocese”: Bishop Thaddeus Wang Yuesheng of Zhengzhou, Henan Province, addressed this theme during the annual diocesan assemb ...
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  28 April 2026
  The silent massacre of humanitarian workers by Cosimo Graziani The crises of the international order and the weakening of multilateralism, on the margins of major humanitarian catastrophes, take the form of a silent massacre: that of humanitarian workers. ...
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  27 April 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - The Day of Prayer for Vocations celebrated with fervor by Chinese Catholic communities Shijiazhuang (Fides News Agency) – “All of us can become guardians and promoters of vocations, cultivating together the fertile ground of the call, so that more and more people may hear the invitation ‘Come and fol ...
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  27 April 2026
  Free medical check-ups for all: Church community and health authorities are working together to safeguard the health of the Vietnamese people by Andrew Doan Thanh Phong Ho Chi Minh City (Fides News Agency) – Ho Chi Minh City, the largest and most populous city in Southern Vietnam, aims to provide free annual health examinations for 15 million people betwe ...
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  26 April 2026
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Five “Patron Saints” for World Youth Day “Seoul 2027” Seoul (Fides News Agency) - Saint John Paul II (1920–2005), Saint Andrew Kim Taegon (1821–1846) and companions, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850–1917), Saint Josephine Bakhita (1869–1947), and Saint Carlo Acuti ...
• 25 April 2026
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - On April 25, 2026, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Father Sean ...
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  24 April 2026
  ASIA/HONG KONG - To be open to the Holy Spirit: Cardinal Chow's encouragement to the first seven catechists sent according to the indications of "Antiquum ministerium" Hong Kong (Fides News Agency) – “Be open to the Holy Spirit and give the mission of catechists a new, multifaceted, and profound meaning,” said Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan, Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong, in ...
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  24 April 2026
  ASIA/THAILAND - Catholic community of Surat Thani: "A beacon of hope and compassion in the region" Surat Thani (Fides News Agency) – "The effects of the devastating floods are still being felt in the diocese. As a local church, after providing emergency relief, we are now in a phase of long-term support, assisting p ...
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  23 April 2026
   ASIA/LAOS - The Church welcomes two new Laotian priests. Apostolic Vicar of Vientane:" an immense gift from God that instills hope" Thakhek (Fides News Agency) - It is a gift that instills hope for the future: the small Catholic Church in Laos (53,000 faithful throughout the country) has two new priests who, with their service, will be able to contri ...
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  23 April 2026
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Resumption of Sudanese airstrikes on Kordofan Khartoum (Fides News Agency) – The Sudanese air force has resumed bombing operations in Kordofan using piloted aircraft after a months-long hiatus. On Wednesday, April 22, Sudanese military aircraft flew over Kordofa ...
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  22 April 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian cemetery desecrated in Lahore Lahore (Fides News Agency) - A Christian cemetery was desecrated and several faithful, both men and women, were brutally attacked in Lahore. According to Aneeqa Maria Anthony, a lawyer of the organiztion ‘The Voice Soc ...