Asia

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  7 October 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - From south India's coastal plains to the Himalayan foothills: the missionary path of Bishop Edward Baretto of Darjeeling by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Darjeeling (Fides News Agency) – When Pope Leo XIV appointed Fr. Edward Baretto coadjutor bishop of Darjeeling on 29 November 2025, he confirmed a journey spanning four decades and the lengt ...
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  7 October 2026
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - “Spiritual diplomacy” in the face of global challenges: ethics, artificial intelligence and climate change by Paolo Affatato Astana (Fides News Agency) – The 24th meeting of the Secretariat of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, taking place today, October 7, at the Palace of Peace and Reconciliat ...
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  6 October 2026
  ASIA/QATAR - The Inauguration of the Holy Childhood society: a joyful day for the Church in the country Doha (Fides News Agency) – On Saturday, September 26, 2026, a historic chapter was written in the annals of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia. After two years of dedicated preparatory work and promotional miss ...
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  5 October 2026
  100 YEARS SINCE THE ORDINATION OF THE FIRST SIX CHINESE BISHOPS - Bishop Aloysius Chen Guodi and the Diocese of Fenyang One hundred years since the ordination of the first six Chinese Bishops consecrated in modern times (October 28, 1926), Fides News Agency is dedicating a series of documentary profiles on these Successors of the Apostles ...
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  3 October 2026
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Repatriation of the Rohingya to Myanmar: Malaysia and Bangladesh take different approaches Kuala Lumpur (Fides News Agency) – The repatriation of the Rohingya to Myanmar is once again attracting international attention. In Malaysia, an initial operation to repatriate around 1,500 Myanmar nationals began on S ...
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  2 October 2026
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Bishop of Larantuka after the earthquake: “We are experiencing great solidarity and remain united”. “Vocations in Flores: a gift for the whole Church” by Paolo Affatato Larantuka (Fides News Agency) – “The situation in my diocese is still marked by suffering and uncertainty, but we are experiencing great solidarity, and this moves and encourages us.” Yohanes H ...
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  2 October 2026
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Care as a language of peace: religions in dialogue on the dignity of vulnerable children Astana (Fides News Agency) – Caring for children with incurable illnesses, safeguarding their dignity, and exploring the contribution religions can make in responding to human vulnerability are at the heart of the Seco ...
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  1 October 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - In Mariamabad, the memory of Capuchin missionary Father Frank Van Butsele, who gave his life for the Gospel Lahore (Fides News Agency) – As the feast of St. Francis of Assisi approaches, during the eighth centenary of his death (1226–2026), the Catholic community of Mariamabad village, in Pakistan’s Punjab Province, is l ...
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  1 October 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Franciscan family marks the 800th anniversary of the Transitus of St. Francis in a spirit of dialogue and peace Islamabad (Fides News Agency) – Franciscan fraternities in Pakistan are marking the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi (1226–2026), ahead of the liturgical feast of St Francis on October 4, renewi ...
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  30 September 2026
  The Gospel bears fruit among mountainous ethnic minorities in Northern Vietnam by Andrew Doan Thanh Phong Păc Năm (Fides News Agency) – Rather than waiting for the local people to come, the priest actively entered their lives. Initially, he went to the local market to converse, build up the ...
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  30 September 2026
  The Heaven opened, the Bishop’s Mission, and the Grace of being a little flock by Cardinal Giorgio Marengo* Rome (Fides news Agency) – On September 29, Anthony James Corcoran, SJ, was ordained a bishop beneath the vaults of Rome’s Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls. Cardinal Giorgio Mar ...
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  30 September 2026
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - In the tribal area of Joypurhat, Bishop Gomes: “the new diocese between poverty and hope” by Paolo Affatato Joypurhat (Fides News Agency) – “In poverty and weakness, there is God’s Providence; there is his Spirit accompanying us and bringing us gifts that surprise us. We experience this every day in ...
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  29 September 2026
  Bishop Martinelli at the Inter-Christian Symposium in Thessaloniki: Migrants have made the Arabian Peninsula a “Laboratory of an Intercultural Church” Thessaloniki (Fides News Agency) – The global migration flows that characterize the present age intersect, in surprising and mysterious ways, with the paths of apostolic ministry. In recent decades, the large number ...
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  29 September 2026
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - “The fate of the flock is my fate”: Bishop Anthony Corcoran’s missionary road by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Biškek (Fides News Agency) – On September 29, Cardinal Giorgio Marengo will lay his hands on the head of Father Anthony Corcoran, an American-born Jesuit, who will become a bishop that day. ...
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  28 September 2026
  100 YEARS SINCE THE ORDINATION OF THE FIRST SIX CHINESE BISHOPS/II - Bishop Melchior Sun Dezhen and the Diocese of Anguo One hundred years after the ordination of the first six Chinese bishops consecrated in modern times (October 28, 1926), Fides News Agency is publishing a series of documentary profiles on these Successors of the Apostles ...