Asia

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  27 September 2019
  ASIA/MACAO - The Claretians: proclamation and distribution of the Gospel for the "Extraordinary Missionary Month" Macao (Agenzia Fides) - The Claretian priests in the Diocese of Macao have begun to spread copies of the Gospels among non-Christians, encouraging reading, reflection and confrontation, on the occasion of the Extraordina ...
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  26 September 2019
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Prayer as an instrument of peace in a scenario of new tensions Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "In recent centuries they have tried to convince us that religion was one of the main causes of division and lack of peace, and that it was therefore necessary to put it aside. Where can we go to ...
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  25 September 2019
  ASIA/THAILAND - Thai Catholics eager to meet Pope Francis Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Thailand are looking forward to Pope Francis' visit to the Country. Pope Francis will make a three-day visit to Thailand in November, ahead of an already announced trip to Japan fro ...
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  24 September 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Lynching of tribal people who eat beef: condemnation of civil society Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - Human rights activists, NGOs and Christian communities, civil society organizations condemn the case of the lynching of three members of a tribal community, one of them a Catholic, killed on Sept ...
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  24 September 2019
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - The commitment of the Catholic community to the protection of Creation, also with the "culture of recycling" Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic community of Tajikistan is constantly committed to promoting and disseminating practices for the safeguarding of Creation, for sustainable development and for the common good. An ...
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  23 September 2019
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - "Friday For Future" in Kabul: "We are fighting to give hope to future generations" Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "There are many problems in Afghanistan, linked to the fear of war and explosions. But, during our marches, we think: we young people are fighting for a better future, to give the next generation ...
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  23 September 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - More than 200 cases of violence against Christians in India in 2019 New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - There are over 200 episodes of violence against Christians reported in India in 2019: this is the data sent to Agenzia Fides by the NGO "Alliance Defending Freedom" (ADF) based in New Delhi. I ...
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  23 September 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - Apostolic Armenian Bishops: candidates resident abroad are not excluded from the election of the new Patriarch Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Exponents of the Commission of the Armenian Apostolic Patriarchate of Constantinople in charge of coordinating and accompanying the entire process for the election of the new Patriarch have exp ...
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  20 September 2019
  ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdallah II donates a minibus to the home for orphans in Anjara, promoted by the religious family of the Incarnate Word Anjara (Agenzia Fides) – As from yesterday the House of the Virgin Mary of Hope in Anjara, created to welcome and care for orphaned children and young people or those who come from problematic family situations, can ta ...
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  20 September 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops: No to bills on divorce, anti-constitutional and anti-family Manila - (Agenzia Fides) - "Divorce is, first of all, unconstitutional, it is anti-family, anti-marriage and anti-children". This is what was stated in a message sent to Agenzia Fides by Father Jerome Secillano, executiv ...
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  19 September 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarchs of the Middle East: the "Holy Valley" of Qadisha is the common heritage of all Christians Diman (Agenzia Fides) - The "Holy Valley" of Qadisha represents a living heritage of spirituality and faith not only for Lebanese Christians but for Christians all over the world. For this reason the Lebanese political a ...
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  19 September 2019
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Kyrgyz children at the discovery of the Sky Jalalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "In September, we prepare ourselves for the second year of our educational project", says to Agenzia Fides Sher Abdugapirov, deputy director of Kyrgyzstan Caritas at the headquarters of Jalala ...
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  19 September 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Pakistani Church trains animators for the extraordinary Missionary Month Multan (Agenzia Fides): "In order to be good disciples of Jesus Christ, we must always keep our eyes on Jesus. We must give up everything like the disciples to follow Jesus. This extraordinary missionary Month October 20 ...
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  18 September 2019
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - National Caritas defines priorities: communication and collaboration Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "If I have to briefly express the priorities of the national Caritas in this period, I would choose two words: communication and collaboration. The first for us is particularly valuable for the g ...
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  18 September 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Younan criticizes the exclusion of Syrian Christians from public functions and administrative positions Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In Lebanon - a country where the distribution of political and institutional offices follows criteria of division based on religious affiliation - Christians belonging to the Syro-Orthodox and Sy ...