Asia

• 22 June 2024
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Afghan girls have been without school for a thousand days Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - Afghan girls have not been to school for a thousand days. More than 1,000 days have passed since the Taliban banned secondary education for girls in Afghanistan. Millions of Afghan women and girls ...
• 21 June 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Man lynched after accusation of blasphemy: an "influencer" campaign aims to promote rule of law and peace Madyan (Agenzia Fides) - A violent mob lynched a man accused of insulting the Koran in the hilly town of Madyan, in the Swat district, in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The man was a Pakistani citizen of M ...
• 20 June 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Through creation we reach the Creator": Caring for the common home on the island of Flores Ruteng (Agenzia Fides) - Promoting respect, protection and love for creation is a way of getting in touch with the Creator, in the spirit of Francis of Assisi, in the spirit of the encyclical "Laudato Sì", said the Pres ...
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  19 June 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Analysis and comments by the Lebanese media on the imminent visit of Cardinal Parolin Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - A pastoral visit to a country marked by a stagnant institutional and economic crisis and threatened by the growing risk of an expansion of the conflict that is tearing the Middle East, is how the ...
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  19 June 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Tensions between North and South Korea: Catholics pray for reconciliation and national unity Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Since 1965, the Korean Church has celebrated June 25 as the Day of Prayer for Reconciliation and National Unity. It is a special moment in which the entire Korean Catholic community gathers in pra ...
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  19 June 2024
  ASIA/KUWAIT - Five hundred parishioners, associations and community groups in Salmiya welcome Saint Aretha Salmiya (Agenzia Fides) - "It was one of the most beautiful events in the Church of Salmiya, involving all faith communities," a parishioner of the Church of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, in the heart of the Indian ...
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  19 June 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - New church dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua has been consecrated, and is the result of the commitment of the entire community Xilin Gol League (Agenzia Fides) - Today "we have inaugurated a place of worship, but we must also build a spiritual temple in our hearts," said the Archbishop of Hohhot, Paul Meng Qinglu, in the Chinese province of Inn ...
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  18 June 2024
  VATICAN - New book on the figure of Cardinal Celso Costantini: "Bridge builder” with China
  By Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Especially towards the Chinese, I thought it appropriate not to confirm in any way the suspicion that the Catholic religion is under the protect ...
• 18 June 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Economy recovers: poverty rate remains high, population calls for new presidential elections Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The economic situation in Sri Lanka is beginning to recover after the two-year economic crisis that followed the default declared in April 2022 and the four-year bailout package through loans fr ...
• 17 June 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Pope Francis and invites him to visit India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "I met Pope Francis on the sidelines of the G7 Summit. I admire his commitment to serving people and improving our planet. I also invited him to visit India," said India's Prime Minister Naren ...
• 15 June 2024
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Cardinal Francis: “In an ‘Asian microcosm’ we experience the interaction of differences” Penang (Agenzia Fides) - "It is the pluralism of cultures and ethnic groups that makes Malaysia a 'miniature Asia'. The coexistence of different components allows the Catholic community to experience the interaction of d ...
• 14 June 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Violence and poverty in a never-ending conflict Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Myanmar is the most violent place in the world, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED). The international, non-profit and independent organization collects, class ...
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  14 June 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Where does the great devotion of Chinese Catholics to the Sacred Heart of Jesus come from? by Marta Zhao Shijiazhuang (Agenzia Fides) - According to the "Guide to the Catholic Church in China" edited by the great French missionary Jean Charbonnier (1932-2023), there are over 200 parishes, churches and chap ...
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  13 June 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - "Smile and the world will smile at you": World Children's Day celebrated for the first time in Bahrain Awali (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 children of different nationalities took part in World Children's Day, celebrated for the first time in the Catholic community of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia. "It ...
• 13 June 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Fraternity and mercy, the words that express the meaning of the Pope's visit to Indonesia Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The importance of Pope Francis' visit to Indonesia will be marked by the two terms that will also be the leitmotif of his presence in the Asian archipelago: fraternity and mercy. This is what th ...