Rubric Wednesday Papal audience

Editor's choices
 
The lights of Easter Vigil illuminated a community marked by suffering. After three years, some faithful returned to the Church of Christ the King. It had been occupied by the Myanmar military, forcing the local population to flee. Bishop Celso Ba Shwe ...
| 07/04/2026
| MYANMAR
 
by Alessandra De Poli
In the hills south of Hebron, in the Palestinian village of Umm al-Khair, marked by increasingly frequent Israeli settler attacks, a small music project called Sotna (Our Voice) is trying to carve out some room for normalcy. Two activists, Amalia Kelter ...
| 06/04/2026
| ISRAEL – PALESTINE
 
by Gianni Criveller
The Easter message from the editorial director of AsiaNews: ‘From Lebanon to Myanmar, and to the streets of Hong Kong, a long ordeal of suffering. May the spirit of the Risen Jesus, present in our time and in our world, bring comfort and grant ...
| 05/04/2026
| EDITORIAL
 
The thousands of people employed on large ships, mostly Filipinos, Indians, and Indonesians, are unable to disembark or be repatriated, while those who were set to leave have suddenly been left without work. Psychological pressure and uncertainty are ...
| 03/04/2026
| PHILIPPINES – MIDDLE EAST
 
During Holy Week, Korea’s bishops announced a major step in the cause of Father Thomas Choi Yang-up (1821-1861), a companion in the seminary of the martyred Saint Andrew Kim. For 12 years, he was the first priest to minister in Korea, visiting ...
| 02/04/2026
| SOUTH KOREA
 
by Giorgio Bernardelli
After yesterday's muddled affair, an agreement was reached for Easter celebrations at the Holy Sepulchre: While the basilica remains closed, Israeli police will guarantee access to the building for Church representatives to livestream the liturgies. ...
| 30/03/2026
| HOLY LAND
 
A source in China reinterprets for AsiaNews the suffering of the Catholic communities of the People's Republic in light of the words of the Prophet Isaiah heard in the liturgies of this period, from the deep wound caused today by the increasingly ...
| 29/03/2026
| ECCLESIA IN ASIA
 
by Dario Salvi
In AsiaNews, Fr Ielpo describes the run-up to Easter amidst the war in the Gulf and the closure of the holy sites. He condemns the violence perpetrated by settlers in the West Bank: “Serious acts against people who want to live in peace”. ...
| 24/03/2026
| GATEWAY TO THE EAST
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