Asia

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  21 May 2025
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - What the EU summit means for Central Asia by Cosimo Graziani Samarkand (Agenzia Fides) - The recent meeting between the leaders of the European Union and those of the Central Asian countries, held in Samarkand on April 4, likely marks a new beginning in relati ...
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  20 May 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The Diocese of Fuzhou commemorates the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Jesuit Giulio Aleni, the "Confucius of the West," who came to tell “the story of Jesus” Fuzhou (Agenzia Fides) – It has been 400 years since the Jesuit Giulio Aleni, known as the "Confucius of the West," landed in Fuzhou (now the capital of Fujian Province) to tell "the story of Jesus." Today, the Diocese ...
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  20 May 2025
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Time wasted between betrayed promises of peace and massacres of innocents by Father Ibrahim Faltas, ofm* Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "In Gaza, children, families, and the surviving elderly are reduced to starvation." With these words, Pope Leo XIV recalled the suffering in Gaza during Sund ...
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  20 May 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Cardinal Coutts: "We are brothers and sisters, we are children of one Mother" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In a time of tension, we can only call for prayer for peace between India and Pakistan. We must rediscover our roots: we are brothers and sisters because we are children of one Mother, as Mahatma ...
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  19 May 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Gracias: "It is time for peace between India and Pakistan" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time for peace. It is time to put an end to old resentments. We wholeheartedly call for peace in Kashmir. We hope for a complete and definitive agreement, which would be important not only f ...
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  19 May 2025
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal Chow: Pope Leo has been to China several times and is familiar with Chinese culture and reality Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Before becoming Successor of Peter, Robert Francis Prevost “visited China several times and got to know the Chinese culture and reality.” This is what Jesuit Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-ya ...
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  19 May 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Diocese of Timika has a new bishop: He is the second indigenous bishop Timika (Agenzia Fides) – As part of a week of prayer and celebration, the Diocese of Timika welcomed the arrival of the new Bishop, Bernardus Bofitwos Baru, who took possession of his diocese with a solemn Mass in the ...
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  17 May 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The hope of Vietnamese Catholics: "We look forward to welcoming Pope Leo XIV in Vietnam" Ho Chi Minh City (Fides) - "Pope Leo XIV should visit Vietnam, fulfilling Pope Francis's wish," headlines a Vietnamese Catholic online newspaper. It is an example of how the Vietnamese Catholic and secular press has also ...
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  16 May 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Marian Pilgrimage of the Diocese of Shanghai: With Pope Leo XVI, we ask Our Lady of Sheshan for the gift of peace Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - Prayer, for the intercession of the Virgin Mary and the gift of peace in the world, is the focus of the pilgrimage of the Diocese of Shanghai to the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Sheshan. Ye ...
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  15 May 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The opening of new churches in China: a sign of perseverance on the path of faith Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The opening of new churches in the People's Republic of China is a concrete sign of the perseverance of Chinese Catholic communities on the path of faith that continues under the varied circumst ...
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  15 May 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Between Kashmir and Baluchistan: “Now is the time for unity and peace” Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – “Now is the time for unity and peace. I would like to recall the words of Pope Leo XIV: Peace be with you. We address this message to India, to our Indian brothers, with whom we are called t ...
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  14 May 2025
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Meetings of the Women Program of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia on the "Theology of the Body" inspired by John Paul II Manama (Agenzia Fides) - "Theology of the Body (TOB): A Transformative Journey of Hope, Healing & Human Dignity" represents a further step forward made by the Women Program (WP) of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Ara ...
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  14 May 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Burmese people hope for Pope Leo's support and ask for help after the earthquake Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - "Now we must rebuild hope in our communities, already affected by war and hardship. We renew an urgent appeal: help us rebuild our ecclesial communities in Mandalay," Father Peter Kyi Maung, Se ...
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  13 May 2025
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Bishop Berardi: Pope Leo XIV, a sign of hope and communion that strengthens our unity with the universal Church Manama (Agenzia Fides) - "For the Church in the Arabian Peninsula, this moment is an encouragement to continue to live and bear witness to the Gospel, often in silent or hidden ways," said Bishop Aldo Berardi O.SS.T., Ap ...
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  13 May 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Rodrigo Duterte is once again mayor of Davao Davao (Agenzia Fides) - Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, indicted for crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court, has been elected mayor of Davao, the city on the island of M ...