Asia

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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 ...
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  15 July 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Collaboration between religious leaders and civil authorities averts violence in alleged blasphemy case Karachi (Fides News Agency) – The fruitful collaboration between Muslim and Christian religious leaders, civil authorities and security forces prevented an outbreak of sectarian violence, ensuring that a highly sensiti ...
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  14 July 2026
  In Beijing, thirty-six Superiors General of Chinese women’s religious congregations attend annual formation course at the National Seminary by Marta Zhao Beijing (Fides News Agency) – “Be the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Be like a ‘city set on a mountain’.” With these words of gratitude, Bishop Joseph Li Shan addressed the 36 Su ...
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  14 July 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - Salesian Sisters face intimidation in West Bengal; Catholic Community calls for protection Barasat (Fides News Agency) – The Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CCBI, which brings together the Indian bishops of the Latin rite), has expressed its "deep concern" over the intimidation suffered by the Salesia ...
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  13 July 2026
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Bishop Tudu: "The future of the Church lies in the tribal peoples. In Dinajpur, over a thousand new baptisms are celebrated every year" by Paolo Affatato Dinajpur (Fides News Agency) – “The hope of the Church in Bangladesh lies in the tribal peoples. Therein lies the future of the Church,” Bishop Sebastian Tudu of Dinajpur emphasized in an inter ...
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  13 July 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - “Running for the Lord”: second edition of the “Synodal Half Marathon” of the Archdiocese of Beijing Beijing (Fides News Agency) – “Running for the Lord” on the path of proclaiming the Gospel and bearing witness to the faith. This is the motto of the second edition of the “Synodal Half Marathon,” entitled “P ...
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  11 July 2026
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Father Sebastiano D'Ambra: "Dialogue comes from God and leads to God. It has been the guiding thread of my entire missionary life" Zamboanga (Fides News Agency) – “It is not easy to take stock of 60 years of missionary life. I can only say what is in my heart, what the Lord has allowed me to experience. I can say what the commitment and the path ...