Asia

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  18 September 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Third inter-Korean summit: "Hope and confidence increase" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Our hope and the hope for all Koreans is increasing. This third summit is an event that I would define as extraordinary. Concrete steps are being taken towards peace and reconciliation. Today we ...
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  18 September 2018
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Christian communities renew their commitment to education Kota Kinabalu (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian communities in Malaysia, also the Catholic Church, renew their commitment in the field of education, to teach the Christian virtues of discipline, diligence, charity, compass ...
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  18 September 2018
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Gaza, the parish sports center destroyed during the last war re-opens Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - "Children must be able to play, study and grow in a peaceful environment", repeats Pope Francis. In the next few months a small contribution will be offered to children living in Gaza, in order to ...
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  17 September 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Pilgrimage to Korean Catholic sites: "A milestone for the Church" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "I believe that today's recognition given by the Holy See to the Catholic pilgrimage routes of Seoul as an 'international pilgrimage destination' will be a milestone for the Churches in Asia. Thes ...
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  17 September 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Mufti Shiite proposes a joint Committee with the Maronite Church to resolve confessional conflicts over land ownership Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanese Sheikh Ahmad Kabalan, Mufti Shiite of the Jafaarita school, has suggested creating a joint Committee between the Supreme Shiite Council and the Maronite Patriarchate charged with facing ...
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  14 September 2018
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Church opens an Institute to train young people to leadership Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Myanmar, in collaboration with the Jesuits of Myanmar, has set up a new institute to train young people in leadership skills and make them the agents of transformation of society. T ...
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  14 September 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - Supreme Court rejects the request to open Ayasofya to Islamic cult Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The ancient Byzantine basilica of Saint Sofia (Ayasofya) in Istanbul remains for the time being a museum. The Turkish Supreme Court yesterday, Thursday 13 September, rejected the request presen ...
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  13 September 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Muslim-Christian dialogue: a Muslim university awards a Jesuit theologian Aligarh (Agenzia Fides) - The Aligarh Muslim University, a Muslim university in Aligarh, a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, has awarded German Jesuit theologian Fr. Christian W. Troll the "Sir Syed Excellence A ...
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  13 September 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishop Mesiona: "Church and government must work together for the common good" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church's relationship with President Duterte is not easy: issues such as extrajudicial killings, which continue in the 'campaign against drugs', and respect for the environmen ...
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  12 September 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church recalls the "Christian martyrs" who gave their lives for the nation in the armed forces Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Numerous Pakistani citizens of Christian religion served the nation with honor and pride in the armed forces, giving the nation the gift of their life. Recalling their precious contribution, the ...
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  12 September 2018
  ASIA/SYRIA - Christian schools re-open in Qamishli after the "suspension" imposed by Kurdish autonomists Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - Schools in the Syrian province of Hassaké affiliated with churches and Christian communities re-open after the temporary suspension of educational activities imposed by the politico-military f ...
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  11 September 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Leaders and youth on pilgrimage to the shrines of the Korean martyrs to draw from the sources of faith Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "As descendants of martyrs who have been forced to suffer persecution and suffering, and as members of the Asian Church, we invite all the faithful of the universal Church to follow the itinerary ...
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  11 September 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A priest: "It is important to promote religious tolerance before the general elections" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "It is important that the Indonesian government continues to tirelessly promote religious tolerance in view of the national elections scheduled for April 2019": this is what Fr. Markus Yumartana ...
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  10 September 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Basra in flames. The Chaldean Archbishop describes the "social catastrophe" of the city Bassora (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to pray for the protesters killed and for "those oppressed and deprived of the most elementary human rights" has been spread in the last hours by Habib al Naufali, Chaldean Archbishop ...
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  10 September 2018
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Peace building starts again with young people, through social media Kabulk (Agenzia Fides) - The Helmand Peace Movement, an organization for the promotion of peace born after a suicide attack in Lashkargah, which took place last March, "is certainly a positive experience because it revea ...