Asia

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  1 August 2025
  ASIA/KUWAIT - The Church of Our Lady of Arabia in Ahmadi has been elevated to a Minor Basilica: the first of its kind in the Arabian Peninsula Ahmadi (Agenzia Fides) – “This historic recognition by the Holy See is not only a great honor for our Vicariate, but a profound affirmation of the living faith of our people in the Arabian Peninsula.” Bishop Aldo B ...
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  31 July 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Countering misinformation and spreading messages of love, tolerance, and courage: Cambodian and Thai youth united in harmony Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – “We ask every man and woman, every child and elderly person with a good heart, to overcome conflict and choose the path of humility, wisdom, and dialogue.” This is what was said in the ...
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  30 July 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian bishops appeal to government over attacks on nuns and promised "rewards" for those who attack priests New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The nation's constitutional rights must be protected and guaranteed. This is what the Indian bishops are asking for in an appeal to the government in the face of "the growing climate of host ...
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  30 July 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The adventure “accompanied by small prayers” of Junho Chu, “digital missionary”
  by Pascale Rizk Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – “Now I know. After all, even the Fathers of the Church, Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas Aquinas, repeated this simple phrase: to be ha ...
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  30 July 2025
  Wars that annihilate peoples and the “Tranquillitas Ordinis” of Saint Augustine by Cardinal Dominique Joseph Mathieu OFMConv* Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - More than a month has passed since the ceasefire came into effect, and we are still far from a peace agreement. Everything suggests that, instead ...
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  29 July 2025
  ASIA/THAILAND - Ceasefire violated: the Diocese of Ubon Ratchathani welcomes displaced people in emergency shelters Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – Clashes on the border between Thailand and Cambodia continue, despite the ceasefire signed less than 24 hours ago. The Thai military has accused Cambodia of violating the agreement, claiming t ...
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  28 July 2025
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - The young people of the Vicariate of Northern Arabia at the Jubilee of Youth, “full of hope to be able to share Christ’s love with others” Awali (Agenzia Fides) – “We are ready to join other young people from different parts of the world on this pilgrimage, full of hope in the mission of sharing Christ’s love, especially with our peers. We have hope, ...
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  28 July 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Sister Ester and the real challenge of "digital missionaries"
  by Pascale Rizk Daejon (Agenzia Fides) - "Every Christian can be a missionary by virtue of baptism: even if they do not leave their country, they can proclaim the love of Jesus th ...
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  26 July 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - At the Christian Study Centre, interreligious dialogue through music Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) – Music is a powerful tool for interreligious dialogue, capable of promoting understanding and human and spiritual bonds between people of different faiths. Through shared musical experiences ...
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  26 July 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh: during Sunday Masses, let's implore the miracle of peace between Thailand and Cambodia Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The sudden border conflict that broke out between Thailand and Cambodia is also a fragment of the ‘third world war in pieces’ as the late Pope Francis repeatedly stated during his pontifi ...
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  25 July 2025
  ASIA/THAILAND - Thai missionary in Cambodia: "Economic and political reasons are fueling the border war; let us pray for peace" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Clashes on the border between Thailand and Cambodia continued today for the second consecutive day, with artillery fire from the armed forces of both countries. Clashes were reported in the prov ...
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  25 July 2025
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Tensions between the Israeli government and U.S. Christian Zionists, the largest group of supporters of the Jewish state Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – A diplomatic incident was nearly triggered between Israel and the United States due to the refusal to grant entry visas to to US evangelical organizations wanting to visit the Holy Land. ...
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  25 July 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - "Vietnamese Catholic medical staff admired by the people and praised by the Vietnamese State" by Andrew Doan Thanh Phong Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Right before the mass, the priest was asked to celebrate the mass as quickly as possible, due to the health of the patients from the Oncology Hospital who are attendi ...
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  24 July 2025
  ASIA/SYRIA - Father Paolo Dall'Oglio's prophecy resonates in a still-wounded Syria by Gianni Valente Homs (Agenzia Fides) - In post-Assad Syria, still bloodied by sectarian violence and terror, Father Paolo Dall'Oglio's prophecy of coexistence echoes once again, 12 years after his mysterious and uns ...
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  24 July 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Apostolic Prefect Figaredo: “We are living the nightmare of a war with Thailand; UN mediation is needed” Battambang (Agenzia Fides) – “We have woken up to the nightmare of a war. Military clashes have broken out again on the border between Cambodia and Thailand, and the situation is very tense and worrying, with the use ...