Asia

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  22 September 2026
  100 YEARS SINCE THE ORDINATION OF THE FIRST SIX CHINESE BISHOPS/1 - Odorico Cheng Hede and the Diocese of Puchi One hundred years after the ordination of the first six Chinese bishops of the modern era (October 28, 1926), Fides News Agency is dedicating a series of documentary profiles on these Successors of the Apostles and the d ...
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  21 September 2026
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - New Constitution confirms ban on death penalty: “Human dignity is inviolable” Astana (Fides News Agency) – Kazakhstan is a country where no one is put to death and where the inalienable dignity of every human being is upheld. This is enshrined in Kazakhstan’s new Constitution, approved by refe ...
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  19 September 2026
  The BRICS between “global governance” challenges and the growing role of African countries by Cosimo Graziani New Delhi (Fides News Agency) – The 18th BRICS summit was held in New Delhi on Saturday, Sept. 13, and Sunday, Sept. 14, with India hosting and chairing the group’s proceedings. The BRICS now br ...
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  18 September 2026
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The “journey” towards the Diocesan Assembly on Synodality begins Hong Kong (Fides News Agency) – In view of the Diocesan Assembly on Synodality, scheduled for February 2027, the Diocese of Hong Kong will officially launch its “synodal journey” on Saturday, 19 September. Accordin ...
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  17 September 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop Bernardino Ne Ne: “We listen to the people and stand alongside the displaced. Peace is imperative” Taungngu (Fides News Agency) – “We are experiencing widespread displacement, but pastoral ministry continues despite the difficulties. Priests remain in the parishes and care for families; they listen to them and off ...
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  16 September 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian children, “apostles and missionaries” amid discrimination and poverty Islamabad (Fides News Agency) – In a national context where children face serious challenges, including discrimination, exploitation through child labour, abuse and denial of their right to education, Catholic children ...
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  16 September 2026
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Celebration of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the “Legion of Mary” by Marta Zhao Hong Kong (Fides News Agency) – In December 1948, the Catholic association Legio Mariae, founded in Dublin on September 7, 1921, on the eve of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was ...
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  16 September 2026
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Second International Preparatory Conference for “WYD Seoul 2027” underway by Pascale Rizk Seoul (Fides News Agency) – A Mass in English was celebrated at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, September 16, at Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul, presided over by Archbishop Peter Soon-taick Chung, on the occasio ...
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  15 September 2026
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Three Christian civilians killed in Papua, Franciscans: “There is an urgent need to protect the population and open dialogue” Jayapura (Fides News Agency) – “Following yet another massacre, there is an urgent need to protect civilians, respect international humanitarian law and reduce the presence of Indonesian army troops. At the same time ...
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  14 September 2026
  The Centenary of the consecration of Six Chinese Bishops and the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China by Paul Han* Shijiazhuang (Fides News Agency) –Fides News Agency publishes this article by Chinese priest Paul Han as a contribution to reflection and further study in view of the forthcoming Centenary of the episco ...
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  14 September 2026
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Violence mars first parliamentary elections in Bangsamoro Cotabato (Fides News Agency) – A decisive moment for the people of the southern Philippines has been marred by violence and death. Violent clashes disrupted the first parliamentary elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomou ...
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  11 September 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - New “anti-conversion law” in Maharashtra: impact on the lives of Christians Poona (Fides News Agency) – In the Indian state of Maharashtra, in west-central India, the local Catholic community is having to carry out its pastoral life and its evangelizing mission while dealing with the "Maharash ...
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  10 September 2026
  Cardinal Tagle celebrates his father’s funeral Mass in Imus: “Eternal Life is to remain close to Jesus” Imus (Fides News Agency) – This morning, at ten o’clock, the bells of the Cathedral of Imus rang for a funeral and for a family. In the first diocese entrusted to the episcopal ministry of Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim ...
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  10 September 2026
  ASIA/NEPAL - Father Bogati: “Humanitarian aid and consolation for the displaced” Kathmandu (Fides News Agency) – “I have just visited one of the main areas where many people were swept away by the water; among them was a school with 300 students. We are still shocked, and people are traumatized. ...
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  10 September 2026
  One hundred years later. The long journey of China’s first Bishops to receive Episcopal Ordination from the Successor of Peter by Peter Zhao Jianmin* Shanghai (Fides News Agency) – Exactly one hundred years ago today, on September 10, 1926, the long blast of the ship’s sirens in the port of Shanghai announced the departure of the ship car ...