Asia

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  24 July 2026
  ASIA/LEBANON - The beatification of Patriarch Hoyek in Lebanon's new time of trial by Pascale Rizk Dimane (Fides News Agency) – On Saturday, July 25, 2026, the Maronite Church and the whole of Lebanon celebrate the beatification of Patriarch Elias Hoyek. The beatification liturgy, presided over by ...
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  23 July 2026
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Summer Camps open across parishes in the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia: Bishop Martinelli, “Let us prepare young people to face the future with hope and courage” Abu Dhabi (Fides News Agency) – With the end of the school year, parishes across the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia are holding summer camps for Catholic children and young people in the UAE, Oman and Yemen (AV ...
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  23 July 2026
  Cardinal Tagle urges Asian Churches to recognize everyday life as the horizon of Christian experience: "Marvel at what Christ is accomplishing in silence" by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Jakarta (Fides News Agency) –True Christian hope is not built upon grand institutional programs, but upon a quiet, attentive awareness of God’s gentle action in the ordinary moments of dai ...
• 22 July 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of bishop of Chifeng Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - Today, Wednesday 22 July 2026, the Reverend Joseph Chang Yanfeng received episcopal ordination. The Holy Father appointed him bishop of Chifeng (Province of Inner Mongolia, China) on 15 ...
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  22 July 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - Father Joseph Chang Yanfeng ordained Bishop of Chifeng by Marta Zhao Chifeng (Fides News Agency) – More than 400 bishops, priests, women religious and lay faithful attended the episcopal ordination of Father Joseph Chang Yanfeng as Bishop of Chifeng, a diocese located i ...
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  22 July 2026
  Cardinal Tagle to the Churches of Asia: “Walking Together”: Learning from the First Steps of a Child Jakarta (Fides News Agency) – Speaking at the 12th Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) taking place at Hotel Mulia in Jakarta, Indonesia, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Pro-Prefect o ...
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  21 July 2026
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The Church is speaking more and more Kazakh. Frather Jocher: "The Future of the Church lies with Kazakhs seeking Christ" by Paolo Affatato Astana (Fides News Agency) – The Catholic Church in Kazakhstan is experiencing a phase of profound transformation: it is no longer simply the Church of former Polish, German or Ukrainian deportees, ...
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  20 July 2026
  "You will see greater things": FABC opens its 12th Plenary Assembly in Jakarta Jakarta (Fides News Agency) – The Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) today opened its 12th Plenary Assembly in Jakarta, describing the gathering as a significant step forward in the Church's synodal and mi ...
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  20 July 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - Following devastating tornadoes and floods, Catholic Community provides timely and generous relief to hardest-hit areas Shijiazhuang (Fides News Agency) – In the wake of the devastating tornadoes and floods that struck southeastern Chinese provinces in July, particularly Guangxi and Hubei, China's Catholic community has responded prompt ...
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  17 July 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - No one convicted: defendants acquitted in lynching of Christian couple Islamabad (Fides News Agency) – No one has been held responsible. The 2014 murder of a Christian couple in Pakistan's Punjab Province will remain unpunished after the country's Supreme Court brought the case to a close ...
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  17 July 2026
  South Sudan's post-independence ordeal: fifteen years of conflict, political instability and humanitarian crises Juba (Fides News Agency) – South Sudan is the world's youngest State. It is also one of the most troubled. These days mark the fifteenth anniversary of its independence, achieved in 2011 following a referendum. Indepe ...
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  17 July 2026
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Apostolic Prefect Figaredo: "The new slaves of the scam cities and the displaced are the hidden face of the crisis" by Paolo Affatato Phnom Penh (Fides News Agency) – "Cambodia is facing a dual humanitarian emergency. On the one hand, there are the people displaced by the conflict along the border with Thailand; on the other, the ...
• 16 July 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Guwahati Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Albert Hemrom, hitherto of Dibrugarh, as coadjutor archbishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Guwahati, India. Bishop Albert Hemrom was born on ...
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  16 July 2026
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - First Assembly of “Catholic digital missionaries” in Asia to be held in September Manila (Fides News Agency) – "It marks the beginning of a continental network of Catholic digital missionaries committed to evangelization, collaboration and mutual support." This is how Father John Mi Shen, Executive ...
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  16 July 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop in Chin State: "Dialogue based on justice and equality can end the war" by Paolo Affatato Mindat (Fides News Agency) – "In the name of God, our appeal is for reconciliation. We ask that this war, which is causing immense suffering to our people, be brought to an end. If genuine dialogue ...