The Catholic leader saddened by the violence committed by Jewish settlers and extremists right in the middle of the harvest season. A fresh appeal comes from Taybeh’s parish priest, who voices deep concern. The Israeli government protects the attackers and blocks volunteers. Elections in the West Bank and Gaza are at risk.
More than 23,000 Union police personnel have been mobilised and transport restrictions imposed ahead of tomorrow’s rally. Police denied the youth group Cockroach Janta Party the right to gather. For its part, the Conference of Religious India (CRI) said that it “cannot be silent spectators”.
The Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations is visiting from 8 to 10 October. He is the highest-ranking Vatican diplomat in the Asian country, much to the delight of the local Church. The visit marks the 75th anniversary of bilateral relations. The contribution of Catholics to the nation.
Retail sales are not growing as much as Beijing would like. Employees currently work an average of 48.2 hours a week, but without a significant increase in income. So, during the recent public holidays, a call not to use days off for shopping went viral on Weibo before being censored.
Today’s headlines: Vietnam wants to end to begging from tourists; Personal debt amongst young people in Thailand is on the rise;. The Houthis step up missile campaign against Saudi Arabia.
In today’s session of the Vatican meeting marking the tenth anniversary of Amoris Laetitia, the Indian cardinal and FABC president described the transformations the continent is facing amid economic instability and religious polarisation. For the prelate, “we ask not what families are missing, but what God is already doing in their midst.”
The deaths of Abia, aged 6, and Waqar, aged 4, have reignited fears over dog bites, which reached 285,000 in 2025. At least 37 deaths in 2026: the most vulnerable are the hardest hit. Pakistan Medical Association: urgent action is needed, as if it were a ‘wartime emergency’. Calls are being made for vaccines and control of the dog population.
The combined GDP of the region’s five countries has grown by almost 2.5 times over the last eight years, whilst mutual investment has increased 5.6-fold. But even beyond the economic sphere, questions are mounting as to what unites these peoples, what they can achieve together in the face of today’s challenges, and what kind of future they envisage.
Raised from childhood to value conformity and the same outcome, people in China today follow a precise standard when taking pictures to share on social media. This trend is fuelled by the boom in things like "photo-tourism" in traditional clothing, meant to "perform" a specific ideal of Chinese beauty.
At a reception for the 115th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China, Ambassador Anthony C. Y. Ho highlighted the values Taiwan and the Holy See share. These values have been put into practice through the HOPE initiative, with aid already provided to more than 50,000 people in need across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
An economic and financial system operates in Jeddah which, whilst bringing together 57 countries, does not rely on large-scale globalised flows. At the end of September, it approved loans totalling 938 million dollars for Uzbekistan, Tunisia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria and Kyrgyzstan. Beyond the recycling of petrodollars, this is a complex and evolving mechanism.
The Mangkunegaran Palace hosted a celebration that also served as an act of thanksgiving for the presence of Catholics in local society, Father Herman noted. In this very public venue Christmas Mass was held in 1957, with the permission of the then-ruler of the local Islamic principality. Now Catholics can look to the future while preserving their roots and the past.
Washington is seeking to consolidate its presence in the South Caucasus as a counterweight to Russia, Iran and China. It is doing so through action in three areas: the economic sphere, via trade corridors and control of resources; the geopolitical sphere, through the supply of arms; and digital cooperation at an institutional level.
Today’s headlines: Fighter jets and military vehicles deployed to new Chinese military base in Laos; In Malaysia, some schools close due to poor air quality; Indonesia’s former anti-corruption prosecutor on trial for corruption.
Starting today, every Monday, AsiaNews will feature voices, stories, and in-depth reports to explore, step by step, the South Korea that will welcome young people for World Youth Day (WYD) next August. The perspective will be one of “memory and hope” focused on the mission, an approach suggested today by Pope Leo XIV to South Korean priests and religious sisters living in Rome.
Grappling with collapsing real estate revenues, local governments are delaying payments to businesses, which is reverberating along the supply chain to small suppliers. Beijing is trying to contain the problem but, without new resources, there is a risk of simply shifting losses from one entity to another.
For this year's World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Pope Leo XIV focused on the situation of migrant children. A South Korean Catholic weekly heeded the call, focusing on the issue of children unregistered at birth because they are foreign, consequently deprived of essential rights like healthcare and education.
Each summer the French Dominican friar and official at the Dicastery for Christian Unity completes a new stage of an uninterrupted pilgrimage on foot that has now taken him from Rome all the way to Antioch. He reflects on the pilgrimage as a synthesis of life, the hospitality received in monasteries and mosques, and the encounters along the way. “Patriarch Bartholomew told me: ‘Go all the way to Jerusalem’.”
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