Asia

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  3 November 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Police have freed the 13-year-old Catholic Arzoo after a forced marriage Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are grateful to God that, on orders from the Provincial Supreme Court, the Sindh Police rescued 13-year-old Catholic Arzoo Raja, who was kidnapped on October 13th, 2020. It is a great result ...
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  31 October 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: Islamist atrocities require more collaboration between Christians and Muslims Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the inhuman ferocity of those who behead innocent people under the insulting invocation of the name of God, it is urgently necessary to avoid the climate of "conflict between religion ...
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  31 October 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Human rights violations: civil and church organizations call for international investigation Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Our ultimate goal is that the international community conduct an independent and impartial investigation into human rights violations in the Philippines. But for now this is not the case and thi ...
• 31 October 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the Saint Francis Xavier Regional Philosophical Seminary in Agra Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 February 2020, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Joseph Francis D'Souza, of the diocesan clergy of Allahabad ...
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  30 October 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - A 4th century church put up for sale as a tourist hostel Mardin (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian Orthodox church of Mor Yuhanon (St. John), which dates back to the 4th century in a suburb of the Turkish city of Mardin, has been put up for sale and could be used for tourist accommo ...
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  30 October 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Justice and Peace Commission: Religious minorities face growing intolerance Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Following the recent kidnapping, forced marriage and conversion of 13-year-old Arzoo in Karachi, the National Justice and Peace Commission (NCJP) expresses its regret at the growing intolerance ...
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  29 October 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Bethlehem: Christians and Muslims together against Mohammed cartoons Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - "Bethlehem deplores the cartoons which in France offend Mohammed and Islam". This is what a group of Christians and Muslims from the Holy Land wrote on their placards and banners, gathered yes ...
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  29 October 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A court approves the kidnapping of the Catholic minor: vibrant protests by the Church and civil society Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We call on the authorities of the Sindh government, police officers and the judiciary for justice and a fair trial, as well as severe measures to be taken to stop the growing wave of kidnapping ...
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  28 October 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - In Mosul, young Muslims restore the church of Mar Toma. But the "return" of Christians remains weak Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Young volunteers, who mostly belong to the Muslim community in Mosul, have been supporting the cleaning and restoration work of the Syrian Catholic church of Mar Toma (St. Thomas) over the past fe ...
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  28 October 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Servants of the Poor: restoring dignity to the destitute who "hide out of shame" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "In San Pedro, where our house was built, there was a mountain of garbage, but around the landfill there were the houses where the poor who work with garbage live. They are the 'scavengers', the ...
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  28 October 2020
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - "New" mandate for a President in power for about thirty years and without opposition Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - "Following the Tajik presidential elections on 11 October, President Emomali Rahmon was elected for the sixth time with more than 90% of the votes, which means that in this Central Asian countr ...
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  27 October 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate denies rumors of the Pope's “opening” to marriage for homosexual couples Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - It is completely false to say that Pope Francis expressed his approval for same-sex marriage, modifying the doctrine of the Catholic Church. The Chaldean Patriarchate, led by the Patriarch Cardi ...
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  27 October 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Violence and tensions in Chin and Rakhine States: food emergency and elections at risk Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – More than 60,000 civilians in the Burmese State of Chin are currently facing a severe food shortage due to the ongoing fighting between the national army and the Arakan Army rebels. This is wha ...
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  27 October 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The work of a missionary for street children in Manila, in times of pandemic Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Giving back a future to the street children of Manila: this is the commitment of the "ANAK-Tnk" Foundation, a Catholic organization led by Fr. Matthieu Dauchez, French missionari, which seeks, ac ...
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  26 October 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Youth night of prayer for health workers and victims of Covid-19 Sabah (Agenzia Fides) - Offer full empathy and solidarity and all the material, human and spiritual support to doctors, operators and health professionals who are at the forefront of the Covid-19 pandemic, as the alarmin ...