Asia

• 29 March 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of the Bishop of Loikaw, Celso Ba Shwe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Celso Ba Shwe, of the clergy of Loikaw, currently Diocesan Administrator as Bishop of the Diocese of Loikaw (Myanmar). His Exc. Msgr. Celso Ba S ...
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  29 March 2023
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - New details on the intervention of armed agents in the Catholic church of Talas Talas (Agenzia Fides) - In the last few hours, new details have emerged that clarify the dynamics and scope of the events that took place on Sunday March 26 in the Catholic parish of Saint Nicholas in Talas, Kyrgyzstan ( ...
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  28 March 2023
  ASIA/JORDAN - First Solemn Mass of Nuncio Dal Toso in Amman Amman (Agenzia Fides) - On the evening of Monday, March 27, in the Church of the Virgin of Nazareth in Amman, Archbishop Giampietro Dal Toso presided over the first solemn Eucharistic liturgy concelebrated in Jordan afte ...
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  28 March 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Apostolate and Pastoral Service in the Central Highlands of Vietnam: "Being and Making Community" Ban Me Thuot (Agenzia Fides) - The evangelizing mission and pastoral service are not easy in the mountainous regions of the central highlands of Vietnam, where a patient work of weaving between different indigenous reali ...
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  28 March 2023
  ASIA/IRAQ - New electoral rules approved amid controversy, which also affect the distribution of seats reserved for Christian candidates Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi Parliament has approved a series of controversial amendments to the electoral system, with changes that are causing heated political controversy and also affect how seats reserved for ...
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  28 March 2023
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Police officers in the Catholic church in Talas during Mass. Slovak nun fined Talas (Agenzia Fides) - During the evening Eucharistic celebration on Sunday, 26 March, some police officers and the State Committee for National Security entered the Catholic parish church in Talas (St. Nicholas parish) ...
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  27 March 2023
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Children's almsgiving, cleaning in homes for the elderly: concrete works of Lenten charity in the diocese of Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Once again this year, the fundraising committee of the Lenten Movement of the diocese of Hong Kong has proposed simple and concrete gestures to practice the works of charity that traditionally ...
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  27 March 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Displaced families and the urban poor: the solidarity commitment of Catholic communities Manila (Agenzia Fides) - About 300 displaced families have lost their homes because, in recent days, the Department of Public Works of MetroManila has started the demolition of illegally built housing structures in the c ...
• 27 March 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Cân Tho, Peter Le Tan Loi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 25, 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed the Reverend Peter Le Tan Loi, of the clergy of Cân Tho, Viêt Nam, until now professor and dean of studies in the Saint Pierre Doan Co ...
• 27 March 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of bishop of Phât Diêm, Peter Kieu Cong Tung Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 25, 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed the Reverend Peter Kieu Cong Tung, of the clergy of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Hôchiminh Ville, until now chancellor and lecturer at Sa ...
• 27 March 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of bishop of Hà Tinh, Louis Nguyên Anh Tuán Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 25, 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed Bishop Louis Nguyên Anh Tuán, until now titular of Catrum and auxiliary of the archdiocese of Thành-Phô Hô Chi Minh, Hôchiminh Vil ...
• 27 March 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Poona Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 25, 2023, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Poona, India, presented by Bishop Thomas Dabre. The Holy Father has appointed Bishop J ...
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  25 March 2023
  ASIA/LEBANON - Annunciation, national holiday. Lebanese Christians and Muslims together invoke Mary in the country besieged by the crisis Kornet Chehwan (Agenzia Fides) - In a Lebanon shaken by a devastating economic crisis and yet another paralysis of the political system, on the Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord Christians and Muslims are once again ...
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  25 March 2023
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Sisters on a Lenten "pilgrimage/retreat". To give thanks for Creation and remember their founder Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - A pilgrimage is like "a spiritual retreat in motion". For this reason, the Taiwanese community of the Missionary Sisters of the Congregation of the Sacred Side and of Our Lady of Sorrows has chos ...
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  24 March 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Free medical care and scholarships for children from poor families: Charity Lent led by Chinese Catholic communities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Throughout the world, prayer, fasting and almsgiving are the good works that the Catholic Church recommends and offers to her sons and daughters during Lent, the time of penance that precedes th ...