Asia

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  25 January 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Week of prayer for Christian unity: the Council of the traditional Kazakh Church is born Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - The Kazakh Catholic Church, together with the Russian Orthodox Church and the Lutheran Church present in Kazakhstan, gave birth to the "Council of the traditional Christian Church of Kazakhstan". ...
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  25 January 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - "Fratelli Project": Lasallians and Marists together to help Syrian and Iraqi children Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The cooperation of the religious "Fratelli De La Salle" and "Fratelli Marists" bears fruit in Lebanon: the "Fratelli Project", promoted jointly by the two religious institutes, is a sure point of ...
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  25 January 2020
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics remember a young Chinese priest and missionary of Tibetan ethnicity, who devoted his life for the Gospel Di Qing (Agenzia Fides) - Everyone remembers him as a holy man and as an ardent missionary: on the night of January 17, the feast of St Anthony Abate, a hermit, a man of solitary life and prayer, Fr. Joseph Ma Zha Xi, wh ...
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  25 January 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Human rights abuses, sectarian violence and discrimination in society: a new Report Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The standard of respect for human rights in Pakistan is worrying, especially for those who live in poverty, are of lower social status or belong to ethnic or religious minorities: this is what ...
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  24 January 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Caritas project for children with disabilities: new collaboration with the state and with companies Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - In 2020, the project dedicated to children with down syndrome carried out by Caritas Kazakhstan will grow, thanks to new partnerships in the public and private sector. This is what the National D ...
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  24 January 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - 10 Christians and 7 Muslims (4 Shiites and 3 Sunnis) among the ministers of the next Lebanese government Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Almost three months after the resignation of the government led by Saad Hariri, in a political and social climate still marked by unresolved tensions, Lebanon is preparing to have a new governmen ...
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  23 January 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Human promotion and solidarity: Caritas Malaysia set up Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Being more present in Malaysian society with initiatives of charity, human promotion, solidarity development, a sign of closeness to every man and a powerful sign of God's love: with this s ...
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  23 January 2020
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Prayer and mission: Ignatian spiritual exercises on the banks of Lake Issyk-kul Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) – To live a week of spirituality, according to the charism of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, and propose this experience of immersion and closeness to God as a form of evangelization, in a nation whe ...
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  22 January 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi's lawyer: "Too many religious pressures for cases of blasphemy" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In Pakistan, lawyers who defend cases of blasphemy are severely attacked, abandoned and isolated. Although the Qur'an defends those who are wrongfully convicted of false accusations, the mentality ...
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  22 January 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Prayer and adoration after the profanation of the Blessed Sacrament in Bangalore Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - On 24 January the entire diocesan community of Bangalore "is called to do penance and reparation in churches and religious houses for this sacrilegious and ignominious deed", says Archbishop P ...
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  20 January 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The celebrations for the 800th anniversary of the encounter between St. Francis and the Sultan comes to an end: a peace commitment in Pakistan Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - With a joint reading of passages from the Holy Bible and the Koran, the closing ceremony of the celebrations commemorating the 800 years since the conversation between St. Francis of Assisi and S ...
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  18 January 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Patriarch Sahak II denies criticism of the Armenian diaspora attributed to him by Turkish media Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Sahak II Masalyan, the new Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople elected on December 11, wanted to at least partially deny the critical statements towards the Armenian diaspora communities scatt ...
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  17 January 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Bishop of Myitkyina: "Stop violence, which slows down development" Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - The bloodshed that continues in some parts of Myanmar "is a cause for concern for all, is a brake on development, blocks the construction of a sustainable future": says Bishop Francis Daw Tang ...
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  16 January 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Syriac Orthodox monk accused of complicity with the PKK has been released Mardin (Agenzia Fides) – Although released from prison, Syriac Orthodox monk Sefer Bileçen, arrested last January 9 by Turkish security forces on charges of offering help and coverage to PKK militants, the Kurdish wor ...
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  16 January 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Formation and interreligious dialogue: the priorities of the diocese of Khulna   Khulna (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing formation of the Catholic faithful and interreligious dialogue are the priorities of the pastoral plan of the diocese of Khulna for 2020. "Our people need human development and promot ...