Asia

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  3 February 2025
  RUSSIA - Jesuit Stephan Lipke consecrated bishop in Novosibirsk: "To do the good that is possible here and now" by Chiara Dommarco Novosibirsk (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 2 February, the German Jesuit Father Stephan Lipke was ordained bishop in the Cathedral of the Transfiguration in Novosibirsk. Pope Francis appointed the Jes ...
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  1 February 2025
  ASIA/LAOS - Farewell to Father Titus Banchong: "It was Jesus who was interested in me, not me in him" by Paolo Affatato Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - "I am ready for Jesus and will be his martyr if I am worthy and if he wants me. I now believe that the time is very close," wrote the Laotian priest Titus Banchong Thopan ...
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  1 February 2025
  AFRICA/DJIBOUTI - Sister Anna on her work in the mission in Djibouti Ali Sabieh (Agenzia Fides) - "I like to see how the Lord works in people; it is He who called me to be a missionary, in the mission among non-Christians, and I am here to give hope," says Consolata Missionary Sister Anna ...
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  31 January 2025
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Homs: The new era is full of mysteries by Gianni Valente Homs (Agenzia Fides) - "A new era has begun for Syria. And it is a difficult time again," said Archbishop Jacques Mourad. The monk of the Deir Mar Musa community, spiritual son of Father Paolo Dall' ...
• 31 January 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Four years after the coup: prayer and charity in the face of violence, hunger and displacement Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Catholics hope that the state of emergency will not be extended and pray for justice and peace," Joseph Kung, a Catholic from Yangon who works in the National Human Rights Commission, told Fides ...
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  30 January 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy law becomes a trap and a business: accusations organized for the purpose of blackmail and extortion Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - There is a criminal group that makes a business out of framing innocent people with false accusations of blasphemy. The organization uses the blasphemy law as a trap and as a business for blac ...
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  29 January 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishop of Manipur: "The situation is polarized: we need peacemakers" Imphal (Agenzia Fides) - "There is less violence in Manipur today than a year ago, thanks to the massive presence of the Indian armed forces: more than 70,000 soldiers are deployed in all the buffer zones that separate t ...
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  28 January 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - A missionary community in times of war: the Church of Yangon in synod, with its eyes turned towards suffering humanity Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Building an authentically synodal community, which walks with Christ towards wounded humanity, and authentically missionary, capable of proclaiming the Gospel and bringing consolation in the diff ...
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  27 January 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A cap on the price of rice: the government's measure to prevent speculation Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In an effort to curb the rise in rice prices, the Manila government has set a limit of 58 pesos per kilogram for imported rice, after carrying out "extensive consultations" with importers, retail ...
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  27 January 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The Lunar New Year of Chinese Catholic communities: Blessing for families, visits to hospitals, works of charity Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The great “ChunYun army”, the endless crowd of people who travel across China to celebrate the Chinese New Year with their loved ones, marks one of the most significant moments of the year. ...
• 25 January 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Erection of the diocese of Mindat, Myanmar, and appointment of first bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has erected the new diocese of Mindat, Myanmar, with territory taken from the diocese of Hakha, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan archdiocese of Mandalay. The Holy ...
• 25 January 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and succession of metropolitan archbishop of Bombay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Bombay, India, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Oswald Gracias. He is succeeded by ...
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  25 January 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Negotiations to end the violence: dialogue and humanitarian aid are a priority Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The priority in Myanmar is dialogue with the aim of building peace. This is what the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United Nations have confirmed, in ligh ...
• 24 January 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - The Jubilee Year in Tamil Nadu: giving new hope to the Dalits Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - “For the Dalits, the Jubilee means hoping for the recognition of their human dignity; it means breaking the spiral of discrimination and exclusion. The Jubilee period is a time of hope for t ...
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  23 January 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Joseph Cai Bingrui transferred from the diocese of Xiamen to the episcopal see of Fuzhou by Gianni Valente and Marta Zhao Fuzhou (Agenzia Fides) – The episcopal see of Fuzhou has a new bishop: Joseph Cai Bingrui, currently Bishop of the diocese of Xiamen. Pope Francis - reports the Daily Bulletin of ...