Asia

• 13 January 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Karwar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Duming Dias, of the clergy of the diocese of Shimoga, until now director of the Sannidhi Pastoral Renewal Centre of Shimoga, as bishop of Karwar, ...
• 13 January 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Meerut Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Bhaskar Jesuraj, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Agra, until now deputy secretary of the Agra Regional Bishops’ Council and head of Saint Cla ...
• 13 January 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Kuzhithurai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Albert George Alexander Anastas, of the clergy of the diocese of Kottar, until now professor at Saint Paul’s Seminary, diocese of Tiruchirappalli ...
• 13 January 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Kumbakonam, Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Kumbakonam, India, presented by Bishop Antonisamy Francis. The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend ...
• 13 January 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Jabalpur Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Jabalpur, India, presented by Bishop Gerald Almeida. The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Valan ...
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  13 January 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Six new bishops for India by Gianni Valente Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Six new Catholic bishops for India, all appointed on the same day by Pope Francis. This took place today, Saturday, January 13, as reported in the daily bulletin of the ...
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  12 January 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Embracing diversity and celebrating unity in a single spirit: Family Day celebrated in the Cathedral Awali (Agenzia Fides) - Today, January 12, 2024, the Church in Bahrain celebrates the Patronal Feast of Our Lady of Arabia and Family Day. "This is one of the most important events that takes place on the grounds of the ...
• 11 January 2024
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - A year of prayer and blessing among the faithful of Borneo, in preparation for the Jubilee Sibu (Agenzia Fides) - Being diligent in listening to the Word of God and in prayer and, filled with God's grace, being a blessing for others: this is the mission of the baptized in the diocese of Sibu, in the Malaysian ...
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  10 January 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Church services in the forest and help for refugees: Priests are close to the people Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - Two years of civil war, which has gradually intensified, have shaped the face and pastoral approach of priests, consecrated persons, catechists and pastoral workers in many dioceses of Myanmar, e ...
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  9 January 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Make me an instrument of your peace”: Catholics in the North and South recite the prayer for reconciliation together Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - As the world looks with concern at the political and military tensions between North and South Korea that have increased in recent days, the Catholic faithful gathered today in Seoul and Pyongyang ...
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  9 January 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - New churches to bear witness to Christ in the new Churches in neighborhoods and Suburbs of Chinese metropolises Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The new church dedicated to St. John, just inaugurated in Beijing, well represents the concern with which Chinese Catholic communities work to bear witness to Jesus even in the heart of the ne ...
• 8 January 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Awami League wins elections; a Rohingya integration plan is urgently needed Chittagong (Agenzia Fides) - "For about six years, Bangladesh has welcomed more than a million Rohingyas. These displaced people found refuge in the camps of Cox's Bazar but, six years after the exodus, no lasting soluti ...
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  8 January 2024
  ASIA/QATAR - A sign of hope and unity for the Catholic community celebrated in the first Christian place of worship in the Country Doha (Agenzia Fides) - "The solemn Mass celebrated by the Catholic Church in Qatar on January 1, 2024 is intended to be a sign of hope and unity for the Catholic community, bringing together people of different ethnic gr ...
• 5 January 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - "The secular politics of the Awami League is the key to popular consensus", notes a priest on the eve of the vote Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her party, the Awami League, seem to enjoy broad popular support." This is what Father Redon Robert Hadima, a Bangladeshi priest, involved in the field of ...
• 5 January 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Aurangabad Vatican City (Agenzi Fides) - The Holy Father appointed the Reverend Bernard Lancy Pinto, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Bombay, until now parish priest of Saint Michael and dean of the deanery of North Mumbai in In ...