Asia

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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 ...
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  7 July 2025
  ASIA/NEPAL - New School Law: Catholics demand guarantee of the right to education Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – Nepal's new education law, currently being approved, has sparked intense public debate and protests by teachers. The Nepal Teachers’ Federation has threatened to launch a fresh protest if ...
• 5 July 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of archbishop of Madurai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu of Palayamkottai and apostolic administrator of Madurai, as archbishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Madurai, India. Bishop ...
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  3 July 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “One life is more precious than the whole world”. The Korean work of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd for women in need by Pascale Rizk
  Chuncheon (Agenzia Fides) - For more than 50 years, the Sisters of Our Lady of the Good Shepherd in Chuncheon, Seoul, and Jeju, South Korea, have prayed and ...
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  3 July 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Chemical factory explosion: Catholic Church calls for transparency and protection of workers' dignity Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - "The explosion at a chemical factory in the state of Telangana once again raises the serious problem of exploitation and disregard for the dignity of workers. The victims are mostly poor peopl ...
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  2 July 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholics on the island of Sulawesi: inspired by "Nostra Aetate" and the visit of Pope Francis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We walk together with the Muslim population on the paths of dialogue and mercy. As Catholics, we live in an area of Indonesia where we are a small minority in society. This does not discou ...
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  1 July 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - On the 100th anniversary of the beatification of the Korean martyrs, a report on the persecutions of Gihae and Byeong-o Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – A report to learn about the data of the persecutions that struck Catholics on the Korean peninsula in the 19th century. The centenary of the Eucharistic liturgy celebrated on July 5, 1925, in St ...
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  1 July 2025
  ASIA/THAILAND - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies on the suspension of the Prime Minister: "We proceed according to the rule of law" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "The street protests lasted one day, and now calm has returned to Bangkok. I believe that the process of replacing the Prime Minister will continue in accordance with the rule of law and the rul ...
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  1 July 2025
  ASIA/SYRIA - A new time of uncertainty and martyrdom: Archbishop Tobji on the present situation of Syrian Christians by Gianni Valente Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Nine days have passed since the massacre of at least 25 Christians who were killed while attending Mass at the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Elias, in Damascus. This massacre ...
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  30 June 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Forty new priests in Vietnam during the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Vietnam continues to flourish in priestly vocations. In June 2025, the month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and traditionally reserved for priestly ordi ...
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  30 June 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The People of God in China accompany the priests in their “Jubilee of Hope” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – With a 24-hour Eucharistic adoration and prayers to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Chinese Catholics celebrated the days before and after the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the spirit of po ...
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  30 June 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Coadjutor of the Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh: "An important step for the Catholic Church in Cambodia" Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - In 1975, the young Cambodian priest Joseph Chmar Salas was appointed coadjutor of the Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh by Pope Paul VI. He was the first Cambodian bishop in history. Cambodia and ...
• 28 June 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Appointment of coadjutor vicar apostolic of Phnom-Penh Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Pierre Suon Hangly, of the clergy of the apostolic vicariate of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia, until now prefect apostolic of Kompong-Cham, as coadjutor vi ...