Asia

• 30 November 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Bombay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop John Rodrigues as coadjutor archbishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Bombay, India, transferring him from the diocese of Poona. Archbishop-elect J ...
• 
  30 November 2024
  ASIA/SYRIA- Churches in the rebel-held city of Aleppo remain open for services: “City in limbo” Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "After three days of attacks, the so-called opposition militias have taken over the city. Now everything is quiet. The city is in limbo. And nobody tells us anything," said the Maronite Archbisho ...
• 
  30 November 2024
  ASIA/JAPAN - The Pope remembers the hidden Christians: “They have passed on the precious treasure of the faith as a legacy from generation to generation” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The Japanese people are a noble people”, and their history is also marked by the “living testimony to the fidelity of so many Japanese Christians who passed on the precious treasur ...
• 
  30 November 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic communities study and spread the Papal Bull “Spes non confundit” in preparation for the Jubilee Sanyuan (Agenzia Fides) – Sharing and spreading the message of faith, hope and charity condensed by the Pope in the Bull “Spes non confundit” to begin together the synodal journey towards the Jubilee. With this spi ...
• 
  30 November 2024
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Jubilee Year in the company of Mary and the Cambodian martyrs Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Cambodia is preparing for the Jubilee Year 2025, which will be accompanied in particular by the Virgin Mary in Cambodian communities. As part of the Holy Year celebrati ...
• 29 November 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Record number of landmine victims: children and civilians among the most affected Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Myanmar has become the country with the highest mortality rate in the world from landmines and unexploded ordnance, with more than 1,000 victims recorded in 2023 alone. According to studies carri ...
• 
  29 November 2024
  ASIA/SYRIA - The humanitarian crisis in Aleppo worsens, once again under siege by jihadists Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Aleppo is facing a new and fierce offensive that is plunging its population into an alarming humanitarian crisis. A jihadist attack of rare intensity, which began in recent days, h ...
• 
  28 November 2024
  ASIA/OMAN - Major Archbishop Thattil visits Syro-Malabar communities in the Arabian Peninsula Muscat (Agenzia Fides) – After completing his visit to the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia, the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, Raphael Thattil, who took up his post at the beginning of this year, h ...
• 28 November 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Protests suspended: situation in Islamabad remains tense Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Calm seems to have returned, the protests of Imran Khan's supporters have been suspended, but fear and tension are still felt among the people of Islamabad. It is like a fire smoldering under ...
• 
  27 November 2024
  VATICAN - The Pope's General Audience will also be in Chinese starting on Wednesday, December 4 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Chinese language will also resonate between the columns of St. Peter's Square or under the vaults of the Paul VI Hall on Wednesday mornings. Pope Francis has announced that starting fro ...
• 27 November 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Advincula's appeal: Prayer and sobriety to face political tensions Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A heartfelt appeal for prayer and moderation in a political and social phase marked by tensions that could lead to a "political storm" in the Philippines comes today, November 27, from the Archbi ...
• 
  26 November 2024
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako appeals to all the "heirs" of the Church of the East: "Unity is the only way to face the current challenges" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "Even if we are facing different waves, we are all in the same boat," said the Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, in a renewed call for unity to the four Eastern Chu ...
• 
  26 November 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Choir of Lea and war orphans: "Singing is our prayer for peace" by Gianluca Frinchillucci Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Lea Akoury, widow of a soldier who died in 2007 during an anti-terrorism operation, has transformed her grief into strength and charity and founded an association t ...
• 25 November 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Students still take to the streets: Notre Dame Catholic University tells how it has managed the protest Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Students have taken to the streets again in Bangladesh. Students from several colleges in the capital, Dhaka, have vandalized the Government Shahid Suhrawardy College to protest the death of a med ...
• 
  25 November 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - In the community of Anhui: priests' retreats on synodality and a total of 70 adults receive the sacrament of confirmation on the Solemnity of Christ the King Bengbu (Agenzia Fides) - "Walk courageously on the path of faith, assume your missionary responsibility, be courageous witnesses of the resurrection of Christ," said Joseph Liu Xinhong, Bishop of the diocese of Bengbu/An ...