Asia

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  13 March 2026
  Catholic Bishops: March 26th, prayer and fasting for peace in the Middle East and Myanmar Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – A special day of penance, prayer, and fasting, to invoke the gift of peace not only in their homeland, but also in the Middle East, once again in flames following the Israeli-American attack on ...
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  13 March 2026
  ASIA/KUWAIT - Pastoral activities, online schooling, and teleworking suspended. The Ministry of the Interior urges continuous monitoring of security Kuwait City (Agenzia Fides) – A few days before the end of Ramadan, scheduled for the evening of March 19, Kuwait's Ministry of the Interior announced that it has decided to ban public gatherings, theatrical performanc ...
• 13 March 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 6, 2026, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches) confirmed Rev. Fr. Jeremi ...
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  12 March 2026
  ASIA/NEPAL - L'Amministratore apostolico Bogati: dopo le elezioni "il Paese vive un nuovo inizio" ASIA/NEPAL - Apostolic Administrator Bogati: After the elections, "the country is experiencing a new beginning" Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation in Nepal after the elections is calm. The people have cast th ...
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  11 March 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Zhen Xuebin to seminarians: we are called to bear witness to the Word of God with our lives Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Bearing witness to the Word of God with our lives. This is the invitation that Matthew Zhen Xuebin, Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Beijing, addressed to seminarians at the beginning of the ...
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  10 March 2026
  ASIA/LEBANON - After the death of Father al-Raï: Christians in the south caught between evacuation pressure and the desire to stay Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – In peacetime, it was rightly included by tour operators in lists of the “most beautiful Lebanese villages.” This morning, Alma al Chaab saw her families, all Christians, get into their cars ...
• 10 March 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Quetta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M., until now metropolitan of Lahore, as vicar apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan. Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M. ...
• 10 March 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Lahore Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap., until now vicar apostolic of Quetta, as metropolitan archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan. Archbishop-elect Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. ...
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  9 March 2026
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite priest killed in Israeli attack in southern Lebanon Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – Just hours before his murder, he had reaffirmed his firm resolve – his own and that of his community – not to abandon his village to the maelstrom of the war tearing through the Middle East ...
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  9 March 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic communities express their gratitude to women on their feast day Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Following in the footsteps of the great female figures present in the Sacred Scripture, Catholic women continue to play an indispensable role in the life of the Church, the family, and society ...
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  9 March 2026
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa urges "to leave churches open for the spiritual support of the faithful" Manama (Agenzia Fides) – "Last night there were several explosions and injuries have been reported. This morning, warning sirens are sounding and loud detonations can be heard," the Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia, ...
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  7 March 2026
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - In 2026, the Church's commitment to education will increase Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – “The year 2026 is a year full of hope for the education sector of the Vicariate of Phnom Penh,” Bishop Olivier Schmitthäusler MEP, Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh, told Fides, outlining ...
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  6 March 2026
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies: "moments of interreligious dialogue and common prayer for peace" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Interreligious dialogue between Christians and Muslims is taking place in people's everyday lives, in parishes and local communities. In Indonesia, we are experiencing a genuine, everyday dialo ...
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  6 March 2026
  ASIA/VIETNAM - A hidden treasure of faith and charity: the work of Vietnamese nuns among lepers by Andrew Doan Thanh Phong Thái Bình (Agenzia Fides) – 38 is the number of leprosy cases detected in 2025 in Vietnam marking the lowest annual number of cases ever recorded, The number of cases has decreased sharp ...
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  6 March 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - People from different religions gather: “Let us pray with the Pope for peace in the Middle East and Pakistan” Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - An atmosphere of interreligious harmony characterized the meeting organized on 5 March in Lahore by Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora, Minister for Minorities in the provincial government of Punjab, to c ...