Asia

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  7 May 2022
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The survivors of the Easter attacks: "United in faith, awaiting truth and justice" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We will not stop demanding truth and justice for the attacks of 2019. The authorities must commit themselves to finding the perpetrators and instigators of the massacres. It is necessary to establ ...
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  7 May 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Care of leprosy patients: work of the Church on a mission Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In her missionary work, the Church has a long tradition of assisting lepers, often abandoned even by their own families. She has always offered them concrete possibilities of healing and reintegrat ...
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  7 May 2022
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - A path of fraternity for the Bishops of Central Asia Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - The first meeting of the newly formed Bishops' Conference of Central Asia, held from April 26 to 30 in Nursultan, Kazakhstan, was an opportunity to plan the future, but also to experience a mom ...
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  6 May 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Young Catholics as Messengers of the Gospel in Society Nadiad (Agenzia Fides) - Young Indian Catholics are messengers of the Gospel in society and are actively involved in bringing Christ's gaze to issues such as human dignity, poverty, addictions, youth problems, hostilitie ...
• 6 May 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Khrist Premalaya" Regional Theologate Seminary" in the Archdiocese of Bhopal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 1, 2022, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Francis Scaria, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Bhopal as ...
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  5 May 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - General election: Maronite bishops demand conditions for peaceful process Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the Lebanese institutions and political parties are called to ensure that the parliamentary elections on May 15th take place peacefully, so that voters can exercise their constitu ...
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  5 May 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH COREA - Archdiocese of Seoul sends priests to the mission Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul regularly sends priests who will offer their pastoral ministry ad gentes in foreign lands at the service of the universal Church, under the sign of preaching the ...
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  4 May 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Haifa, a praying multitude of thousands of people participate in the procession in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Haifa (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of Christians took part in the traditional procession in Haifa in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on the afternoon of Sunday, May 1, popularly known as Taalat al-Adra, the "Ascent of t ...
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  4 May 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The synodal assembly of Melaka-Johor: young people, future missionaries Melaka (Agenzia Fides) - Integrating youth and women in the work of evangelization of the Church is the fundamental orientation adopted by the diocesan synodal assembly of the Church of Melaka-Johor. As Fides learned, t ...
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  4 May 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - The diocesan Seminary of Beijing opens the Marian Month: "Like Mary, we bring grace and joy freely received to all" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "In this difficult time, let us learn from the Blessed Virgin Mary silent meditation, obedience and joy.... Like Mary, let us trust in the Holy Spirit to guide us in the face of what is incompre ...
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  3 May 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Bishops express the desire to get the first missionaries beatified Thai Binh (Agenzia Fides) - The Vietnamese bishops, during their recent Plenary Assembly in Thai Binh, expressed the desire to open a beatification process for the two bishops, François Pallu MEP (1626-1684) and Pierre ...
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  3 May 2022
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - First communions of children, new hope for the Churches of Iraq and Syria Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - "The land that was attacked a few years ago by the militants of the Islamic State, who wanted to eliminate Christians, today rejoices aloud. Our faith and our Cross have won". Father Karam Sham ...
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  2 May 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Raï's appeal to the Lebanese: if you really love your country, participate en masse in the elections Harissa (Agenzia Fides) - If the Lebanese really want to protect their right to self-determination and distance the future of the country from the groups that intend to cause the collapse of Lebanon and erase its histori ...
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  2 May 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - End of Ramadan: Christians stand in solidarity with Muslims Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Indonesia expressed full and authentic solidarity to the Muslim faithful who celebrate the conclusion of the holy month of Ramadan on May 2. According to tradition, some logistical ...
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  2 May 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Deepening and living the charism on the synodal journey: China's first indigenous female religious congregation celebrates 150 years Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Retracing history, deepening and reviving the charism of the founder by embarking on the synodal path: these are the objectives of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the ...