Asia

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  14 July 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians accused of blasphemy continue to seek justice Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Asif Pervaiz, a 42-year-old Pakistani Christian, has been in prison for 12 years after being sentenced to death for blasphemy by a Lahore court in 2020. This is just one of many cases in which th ...
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  14 July 2025
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Jacques Mourad: Jesus wants His Church to remain in Syria by Gianni Valente Homs (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Jacques Mourad returned just a few days ago from participating in the Synod of Bishops of the Syriac Catholic Church in Rome. And he had a lot to do after his retur ...
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  13 July 2025
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Young people happy to follow their vocation: the Major Seminary in Dili celebrates its first 25 years Dili (Agenzia Fides) – Young people happy to live their vocation by following Christ and serving the Church every day. This is the reality that is lived at the Saints Peter and Paul Major Seminary in Dili in East Timor ...
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  12 July 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The Word of God at the center of the formation meetings of 168 lay people from four dioceses Hangzhou (Agenzia Fides) - Reading and deepening one's understanding of Sacred Scripture "is the source of our faith": this was the theme of Father Lv Shoude, lecturer at the Sheshan Seminary of the Diocese of Shanghai a ...
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  12 July 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Online gambling is a "public health crisis that destroys society": Bishops call for it to be declared illegal Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In the gambling addiction treatment centers run by Caritas, Catholic organizations, and communities in the Philippines, the number of cases of online gambling addiction is increasing, a trend fue ...
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  11 July 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Three Bishops of war-torn regions address the faithful in a joint pastoral letter: "Do not let your hearts be troubled" Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - In the face of terrible events such as the bloody civil war and the earthquake that devastated central Myanmar, the three bishops of the Burmese dioceses of Myitkyina, Banmaw, and Lashio (in n ...
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  11 July 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Summer training courses for Vietnamese catechists are on the rise by Andrew Doan Thanh Phong Bac Ninh (Agenzia Fides) - In Vietnam, all pupils across the country have a 3-month summer vacation from June to August, and catechism classes are also on summer vacation. Therefore, catech ...
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  10 July 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Camillian Mission on the Island of Flores celebrates the feast of the Order's founder Maumere (Agenzia Fides) – The Camillian mission in Indonesia experiences the feast of Saint Camillus of Lellis, patron saint of the sick and healthcare workers and founder of the Order of the Sick, with great joy and g ...
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  9 July 2025
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Israeli settlers attacks threaten the Christian village of Taybeh Taybeh (Agenzia Fides) - "From that day on, they were determined to kill him. Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but withdrew from there to the region near the desert, to a town called Ephraim. There he stayed ...
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  9 July 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops address social issues and call for a shared commitment to fair wages and human dignity Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "We are aware of the difficult situation of workers in our country: the wages they receive are far below the minimum wage that allows them to provide for their needs and support their families," ...
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  9 July 2025
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Catholic community at the Book Fair, an opportunity to proclaim the Gospel Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – This year too, the Catholic community of Hong Kong will take advantage of the upcoming Book Fair as an opportunity to proclaim the Gospel and bear witness to the newness of the Christian exp ...
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  8 July 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Mission among migrants: The Parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Cixi celebrates its 100th anniversary Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) - In his homily at the solemn Mass that opened the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the parish of Hushan, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1925-2025), Bishop Francis Xavier Jin Yang ...
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  8 July 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A priest: "Positive impact" of the government's child nutrition program Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "I hear mostly positive things about the nutrition and free meals program for children, launched by the Indonesian government last January, in various parts of Indonesia. It is having an impact ...
• 8 July 2025
  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Seoul. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Matthew Kwang-Hee Choi, until now director of the Department of Culture and Communication and spokesperson for the metropolitan archdiocese of Seo ...
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  7 July 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The Bishop of Beijing confers the missionary mandate to newly graduated seminarians Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Joseph Li Shan, Bishop of the diocese of Beijing, on Sunday, July 6, during the solemn closing ceremony of the 2024/2025 academic year, conferred the missionary mandate (for pastoral internshi ...