Asia

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  8 May 2025
  ASIA - Cardinals and faithful from India and Pakistan united in prayer for peace Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias and Pakistani Cardinal Joseph Coutts left St. Peter's Basilica together yesterday, May 7, after the conclusion of the Mass "pro eligendo Romano Pontifice." Ca ...
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  7 May 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Marian Month: Pilgrimages to Marian Shrines and Prayers for the Conclave Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - As every year during the Marian month of May, many Beijing Catholics gather at the Marian Shrine of Housangyu in the Mentougou District, on the outskirts of the capital, to celebrate Marian devo ...
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  6 May 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The new Bishop of Mindat and the 17th diocese: a gift of divine mercy Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – The episcopal ordination of Msgr. Augustine Thang Zawm Hung and the erection of the new Diocese of Mindat in the Burmese state of Chin, in northwestern Myanmar, were considered a gift of divine ...
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  6 May 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The Jubilee journey of the Archdiocese of Taiyuan continues Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “Born from Hope, Looking towards Hope”: was the motto of the meeting promoted by the Archdiocese of Taiyuan, in the Chinese province of Shanxi, as part of its Jubilee journey in communion wi ...
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  5 May 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence in Kashmir: Christians launch an appeal for dialogue and peace Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "In Pakistan, people are concerned about the growing tensions with India. The elderly remember the war. There is a certain fear among the population, given the escalation on the border, the firef ...
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  3 May 2025
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The 167 Catholics killed in the Easter massacre to be included in the list of “Witnesses of Faith” Colombo ( Fides Agency) - The 167 Catholics killed in churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019, will be included in the List of “Witnesses of Faith” of the 21st century compiled by the Dicastery for the ...
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  2 May 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Representatives of various Christian denominations: “Pope Francis' empathy is a strong appeal to our common humanity” Faisalabad (Fides Agency) - “Pope Francis was a promoter of peace and solidarity everywhere and in all circumstances; in Pakistan we remember him with great respect and affection. His voice, which he always raised in f ...
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  2 May 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - At the beginning of the month dedicated to Mary, Chinese Catholics pray for the late Pope Francis and the conclave Beijing (Fides Agency) - A day of community and gratitude for the gifts of grace. This is how many Chinese Catholics celebrated the feast of St. Joseph, patron saint of workers, on May 1, the beginning of the month of Ma ...
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  1 May 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Mercy and fraternity: Pope Francis' legacy in Cambodia Phnom Penh ( Fides Agency) - Being “apostles of mercy and of the heart of Christ”; being and living the Church “as a space of reconciliation for all.” These are some of the evangelical seeds planted by Pope Franc ...
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  30 April 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishop in Madhya Pradesh: “Pope Francis' welcoming approach has improved interreligious coexistence” Indore (Fides Agency) - “What surprised us positively is like a surprise from the Holy Spirit: so many people, so many non-Christians, who spontaneously appreciate Pope Francis as a man of dialogue, welcome, and compas ...
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  29 April 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Kashmir: Catholics pray for peace between India and Pakistan Jammu (Fides Agency) - “The Catholic faithful of Kashmir are praying incessantly for peace in Kashmir. They pray in churches and homes. And they are marching the streets alongside other people of good will, carrying li ...
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  28 April 2025
  ASIA - “We must go to Asia.” What prompted Pope Francis to look East? by Paolo Affatato (Fides Agency) - Universality, inculturation, mercy, and reference to the Sacraments: throughout his pontificate, Pope Francis has recognized in the dynamic spread and living of the Gospel in Asian c ...
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  28 April 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Tension between India and Pakistan after attack in Kashmir: a Catholic among the victims Srinagar (Fides Agency) - The Parliament of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir passed a resolution today, April 28, expressing its dismay at the terrorist attack on April 22 in Pahalgam (Kashmir), which killed 26 peop ...
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  25 April 2025
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - “Humility, courage, justice, and love. Pope Francis has been a tireless messenger of peace” by Aldo Berardi*, O.SS.T. Manama (Fides Agency) - How can we begin to describe the life of this extraordinary pastor? Letters are pouring in from all over the world praising his witness: a witness of humility, courage ...
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  25 April 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The nation remembers Pope Francis with gratitude, “a man of peace and reconciliation” Loikaw (Fides Agency) - In a refugee camp in Kayah State, in the Diocese of Loikaw - one of the areas affected by the ongoing civil war in Myanmar - Catholic faithful gathered for a prayer vigil according to the traditio ...