Asia

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  31 August 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - To implement equal rights for all citizens, including minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The government should give political priority to strengthening minority rights by adopting a series of legal, political and administrative measures to meet the needs and challenges of minority c ...
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  30 August 2019
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Rohingyas have been in Bangladesh for two years: repatriation is difficult Cox's Bazar (Agenzia Fides) - There is sadness and growing desperation among the 1.1 million Rohingya refugees who are currently camped in 34 refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, a Bangladeshi locality on the border with Mynama ...
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  30 August 2019
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Church of the Holy Land intensifies preparations for the extraordinary missionary Month Haifa (Agenzia Fides) - The third meeting of the working group set up to adequately prepare for the celebration of the extraordinary missionary Month in the Holy Land is scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday 31 August, at the ...
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  29 August 2019
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Inauguration of the new website of the Middle East Council of Churches Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - " Throughout the confrontations of our times, remain the signs of hope. Indeed, we, Churches, communities and believers, men and women, we see hope and life making their way among humans and soci ...
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  29 August 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church in Pakistan: the extraordinary missionary Month is a time to announce and live the love of God Dhalwal (Agenzia Fides): "We are called to love others as Jesus our Savior loved us. The love and joy that come from a missionary become viral and soon infect other people around us. We must remain open to receiving insp ...
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  28 August 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch denounces the incursion of Israeli drones into Lebanese territory Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai deplored the Israeli drone attacks that fell on the night between Saturday and Sunday in the southern suburbs of Beirut, which are mainly home to the Shiite ...
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  28 August 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Filipino female Jesuit volunteer killed: the Church thanks her for the testimony of love and service Cagayan De Oro City (Agenzia Fides) - The killing of a Jesuit volunteer woman "was an execrable act, which we condemn: we ask for justice, while we pray for her and her family", Jesuit Father Jason Dy told Fides, Chaplai ...
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  27 August 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Syro-Malabar priests and nuns begin their mission to serve the Chaldean communities Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - They arrived in Iraq a few days ago and have already begun their mission at the service of different dioceses and communities of the Chaldean Church: they are Indian priests and nuns of the Syr ...
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  27 August 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - "God shows his mercy": prayer and memory on the anniversary of anti-Christian violence in Orissa Phulbani (Agenzia Fides) - "Life in Christ casts a seed of love that continues to transform individuals and communities. The history of the faith of the Christians of Kandhamal can be clearly seen. Every prayer at this t ...
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  27 August 2019
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - A home for needy children on Issyk-Kul Lake Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - "The work carried out at the 'Center for the rehabilitation and spirituality of children' is undoubtedly the largest pastoral and charitable work of the Catholic Church in Kyrgyzstan: it is, in ...
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  26 August 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Hundreds of participants in the "Youth Meeting" organized by the Chaldean Church Ankawa (Agenzia Fides) - The "2019 Youth Meeting" organized by the Chaldean Church in Ankawa - a suburb of Erbil, in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, ended on August, 24 with a solemn mass and then a moment of c ...
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  26 August 2019
  ASIA - Franciscans in South Asia: together to serve the "lepers of our time" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscans of South Asia reaffirm their evangelical commitment to care for the marginalized, for the protection of creation and for interreligious harmony: a note sent to Agenzia Fides by F ...
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  24 August 2019
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Winds of peace: young pilgrims in the demilitarized zone Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Young Koreans want to be peacemakers and protagonists of reconciliation on the Korean peninsula: it is with this spirit and this desire that the World Youth Pilgrimage for Peace organized by the A ...
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  23 August 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops of Pakistan: in Kashmir the only path is dialogue Lahore (Agenzia Fides): "I urge the leadership of Pakistan and India to work to resolve conflicts through dialogue and to work hard to build peace. In the climate of growing political intolerance between India and Pakist ...
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  23 August 2019
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Caritas launches a multi-year plan to meet the needs of the homeless, the disabled, the elderly Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - "Caritas Tajikistan team carried out a review of its strategic plan for the 2016-2019 period. We are in the last months of the three-year period and this review has had the purpose of assessing ...