Asia

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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 ...
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  23 July 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Senate approves abolition of death penalty for two crimes; Father Feroz calls for "a reflection also on the blasphemy law" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The Pakistani Senate has approved a bill abolishing the death penalty for two crimes: assault and public spoliation of a woman; and aiding the hijacking of an airplane or other public vehicl ...
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  22 July 2025
  ASIA/TURKEY - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: In the attack on the Church in Gaza, those seeking refuge in this time of trial and tribulation were hit by Nikos Tzoitis Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Christian unity is based on shared baptism. It is not uniformity, and it draws from the source of the one truth to be shared, that of the Gospel. With these words, the Ecume ...
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  22 July 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Catholic arrested on false blasphemy charges Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Amir Joseph Paul, a 60-year-old Pakistani Catholic, is the latest innocent victim of blasphemy accusations. "His case once again demonstrates the manipulation of the law, used for private vendett ...
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  22 July 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - New St. Joseph Church inaugurated for the Bunong Montagnards Kompong Cham (Agenzia Fides) – The Keo Seima area, in the province of Mondulkiri, in eastern Cambodia, is known as a "wildlife sanctuary," as it is a natural forest reserve that extends over 290,000 hectares. An ideal ...
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  22 July 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Like a hidden treasure. Korean Catholics treasure the memory of their martyrs
  by Pascale Rizk Seoul (Fides Agency) - “If we follow the example of the martyrs and believe in the word of the Lord, then we will understand the sublime freedom and joy with whi ...
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  21 July 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A thousand young Koreans in Rome for the Jubilee Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – More than a thousand young Koreans have departed for Rome to participate in the Jubilee of Youth. The Catholic community of Seoul greeted the young pilgrims with the Mass for “1004 Project,” ...
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  21 July 2025
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Jubilee of the Youth: more than just a trip, it is a journey of faith Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) – A group of 90 faithful from across the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia (AVOSA) are traveling to Italy for a two-week pilgrimage that includes several spiritual stops before arriving i ...
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  19 July 2025
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Political and social tensions as the country heads toward general elections Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Clashes between supporters of political parties have once again created social instability in Bangladesh. Tensions have flared in recent days in the city of Gopalganj, south of Dhaka, where member ...
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  18 July 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - "Vincentian Tea," relief for the body and soul for those who work in Zhejiang's scorching summer Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) – Saint Vincent de Paul bore witness to Christ's charity by offering food to the hungry and care for the sick in 17th-century France. Today, following in his footsteps, the parishioners of the Lo ...
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  18 July 2025
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Following the Israeli attack on the parish, Pope Leo telephones the Patriarchs of Jerusalem during their visit to Gaza Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In the aftermath of the grievous strike on the Holy Family Church compound in Gaza, which left three dead and at least nine wounded (see Fides, 17/7/2025), His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista ...
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  18 July 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A commission of inquiry to stop the “blasphemy business” Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – To curb the serious phenomenon of the “blasphemy business,” the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered the government to create a special commission to investigate the growing number of ...