Asia

• 27 December 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Yangon, Myanmar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Raymond Wai Lin Htun, of the clergy of the diocese of Hpa-An, until now professor of canon law and economics and Saint Joseph’s Major Seminary i ...
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  27 December 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Christmas in a cave for refugees from Loikaw Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - The celebration of Christmas took place this year in an extraordinary setting for the faithful Catholic refugees in the diocese of Loikaw, in eastern Myanmar. Gathered in the shelter of a cave in ...
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  27 December 2024
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Martyr and pastor, Father Diep gives his life with joy Bac Lieu (Agenzia Fides) - Since the 1980s, groups of pilgrims from all over Vietnam have come to the church of Tac Say, in the Mekong Delta, the southernmost area of the country. Their visit is motivated by devotion and ...
• 23 December 2024
  ASIA/LAOS - Resignation and Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Vientiane Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V. ...
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  23 December 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Education denied due to war: the contribution of Catholic nuns to ensure education to children Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Almost four years after the coup and the outbreak of the civil war, in addition to economic hardship and displacement, another problem is causing serious concerns for the future of the country: m ...
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  20 December 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Advent of charity from Bangladeshi Catholics, to share the joy of Christmas Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "I have received a gift from the Catholic community. I am grateful. I will share it at Christmas with my grandchildren," says Maria Gomes, a 65-year-old widow, one of the beneficiaries of the Holy ...
• 20 December 2024
  ASIA/THAILAND - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Thailand Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 6, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for the first Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed, Father Pe ...
• 19 December 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Fear and displacement: Christmas marked by conflict by Paolo Affatato Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We are preparing for Christmas, we are preparing for the Holy Year, but the joy among the faithful is no longer the same as in the past. The wounds of the civil war, the su ...
• 19 December 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), on November 13, 2024, appointed Fr. Stephen C ...
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  18 December 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Expansion of the Catholic Hospital in Hyderabad: at the service of the unborn and the terminally ill Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - Faithful to its mission of serving the unborn and the terminally ill through palliative care and pain relief, the Catholic Hospital of St. Elizabeth, which legally belongs to the Catholic Dioc ...
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  17 December 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Papua: Bishop of Jayapura calls for displaced people to return for Christmas Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the Christmas celebrations on December 25, the Bishop of Jayapura, Yanuarius Teofilus Matopai You, calls for an end to the measures that prevent displaced Papuans from returning home ...
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  17 December 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese academics deepen their studies on the history of local Catholic dioceses Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - The "Primum Concilium Sinense", the fundamental assembly of the Catholic Church in China, held in Shanghai in 1924 under the leadership of the Pontifical Delegate Costantini (see Fides, 21/5/2 ...
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  16 December 2024
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarch Yohanna X and the new Syria: "We Christians are not ‘guests’ in this land" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "We are here in Damascus, on the street of Al-Marymiya, next to the Umayyad Mosque, and we tell the world that we, as Christians, come from the land of the Levant and the cedars of Lebanon... f ...
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  16 December 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Metropolitan Antonij Sevryuk visits the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia: “Symbol of hospitality and love” Manama (Agenzia Fides) – “Dialogue and cooperation are essential to building a more harmonious and peaceful world,” said the Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of ...
• 16 December 2024
  ASIA/THAILAND - Ceasefire and peace in Myanmar: "ASEAN must play a key role in resolving the crisis in Myanmar" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Thailand will host two regional meetings on the current situation in Myanmar, one of which will also include representatives of the ruling military junta in Myanmar: the official announcement by ...