Asia

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  13 February 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Syriac Orthodox monk Sefer Bileçen indicted as "terrorist supporter" Mardin (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish authorities have formally charged Syriac Orthodox monk Sefer Bileçen for complicity with terrorist organizations and activities. The monk was arrested last January 9 by Turkish secur ...
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  13 February 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A kidnapped Christian girl reunites with her family Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – At present we can consider it a story with a happy ending, but it remains a rare case. Sneha, 14, a Christian girl from a family who lives in the "colony" of Bahar, Lahore, who had been kidnapp ...
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  13 February 2020
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Coronavirus: public Masses and Ash Wednesday liturgy suspended Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - In the fight against the spread of the coronavirus, the diocese in Hong Kong has decided to suspend all public Masses for two weeks. "The next two weeks will be a crucial time to suppress the ...
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  12 February 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Happiness and sadness together", after the cancellation of the accusations against the bishops Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "I am both happy and sad", said Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, at the head of the diocese of Caloocan, north of Manila, to Agenzia Fides, who welcomed the prosecutors decision to drop "sedition" ch ...
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  12 February 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Inter-ethnic clashes: the Church prays for the victims and calls for peace Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray for all those who have suffered, for those who still suffer, for the deceased and hospitalized. We pray and hope that the spirit of reconciliation among the inhabitants of these populati ...
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  8 February 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A missionary: "To bring the Gospel of Christ into society" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Bangladesh is called to give greater emphasis and responsibility to lay Catholics, trying to make understood that the apostolate is not only the ecclesial service, in the context of ...
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  8 February 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Safeguarding creation and social responsibility among the objectives of Caritas in the new year Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "A new year has began: for Caritas Kazakhstan it is a new beginning made up of many challenges, many emotions, new initiatives and old and new friends. We thank all those who joined us in 2019 an ...
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  31 January 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: Trump's "Plan" for the Holy Land is "a sign of war and hatred" Bkerkè (Agenzia Fides) - Calling U.S. President Donald Trump’s Peace-to-Prosperity plan a “unilateral initiative,” church leaders in the Holy Land said it did not give “dignity and rights” to the Palestinians. ...
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  31 January 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Oratio imperata" to ask God for protection from the coronovirus outbreak Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "God our Father we come to You in our need to ask Your protection against the N-coronavirus that has claimed lives and has affected many. We pray for Your grace for the people tasked with studyi ...
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  30 January 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - 42 Christians have been released, accused of "riots" after attacks on the Churches of Lahore Lahore (Agenzia Fides): "Justice prevailed and hope was restored, thank God. We appreciate the work of the special anti-terrorist Court of Lahore for their decision to release 42 Christian prisoners accused of participat ...
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  30 January 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle: "To be a gift for the other, following the example of Christ" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Welcoming the other as a gift. Being ourselves a gift for the other, following the example of Jesus Christ who is a gift for humanity. He is the greatest gift we have received, and that gift bea ...
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  29 January 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Heads of Churches: no to street violence. Support for the new Lebanese government Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Openness and encouragement towards the new government, denunciation of the scourge of corruption, together with the warning that the legitimate right to demonstrate cannot be invoked to justify ...
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  29 January 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Evangelization, faith, dialogue: the Church of Manila in assembly Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Between "religious devotion" and "authentic faith" there can be great distance. Attendance at Sunday mass and the sacraments can only be considered "an optional" by many baptized. For this reason ...
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  28 January 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle personally thanks and greets the faithful: "Do everything in the name of Christ" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Every action you do is a Eucharistic action. Your life is an endless Eucharist. Everything is done in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to thank him for his call, his goodness, his mercy". With ...
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  27 January 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Nessuna notizia sui 4 membri di SOS Chrétiens d’Orient scomparsi a Baghdad Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Four men working in Iraq for SOS Chretiens d'Orient (SOS Eastern Christians), a French Christian charity, have been missing since Monday 20 January in Baghdad. The missing workers were in Baghda ...