Asia

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  24 June 2019
  ASIA/CHINA - Mgr. Stefano Li Side, Bishop of Tianjin: an authentic witness of the Gospel of Christ Tianjin (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of Pentecost, June 8, 2019, at 11 am, His Exc. Mgr. Stefano Li Side, Bishop of the Diocese of Tianjin (Mainland China) passed away. He suffered from a chronic illness for many years, ...
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  21 June 2019
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Seventy years of "Pontifical Mission", at the service of "Israelis and Palestinians" Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The "Pontifical Mission" in the Holy Land turns 70, and redefines its field of action on the occasion of its anniversary. The organization, founded in 1949 on the initiative of Pope Pius XI ...
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  21 June 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal of civil society: Need to implement the protection of minority rights Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Need to implement the order of the Supreme Court for the protection of minority rights, issued on June 19, 2014 and has remained a dead letter: is the appeal launched during a conference of ...
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  19 June 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Prayers for peace among the ruins of the ancient church in the area of Karbala Karbala (Agenzia Fides) - Prayers and Christian hymns along with the reading of verses from the Koran echoed among the ruins of the church of Al Aqiser, in the area of Karbala, the holy city of Shiite Islam. All this too ...
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  19 June 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Interreligious dialogue to overcome prejudices and live human fraternity Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "The Year of interreligious dialogue, promoted by the Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines in 2020, in preparation for 2021, a special moment of celebration of the 500th anniversary of the ...
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  18 June 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Project to reform Islamic schools: Christians approve Islamabad (Agenzia Fides): "Updating and reforming the education system in Islamic schools (madrasas) is a good step of the government of Pakistan. It is a new path to fight extremism, fundamentalism and terrorism in the ...
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  17 June 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - Luys TV inaugurated, first Turkish-Armenian TV station launched in Turkey Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Luys in Armenian means "light". "Luys TV" is the first television channel in Armenian and Turkish, inaugurated in recent days in Turkey. Turkish Armenian journalist Aram Kuran, the station’s c ...
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  14 June 2019
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - The Minister of tolerance presides over the official opening of the Christian archaeological site of Sir Bani Yas Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - The oldest Christian archaeological site of the island of Sir Bani Yas, 200 km west of the city of Abu Dhabi, was opened on Thursday, June 13 following extensive improvements to the site that ...
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  14 June 2019
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Sri Lankan government establishes a Council for reconciliation between religions Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Sri Lankan government has announced that it will establish a special "Council for reconciliation between religions", with the aim of building interreligious coexistence in society and avoid ...
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  14 June 2019
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Caritas launches sustainable agriculture project: it will provide livelihood and professional training Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "The construction of the two greenhouses in Almaty and Talgar has been completed. This means that we are about to start the operational phase of the sustainable agriculture project. The first asp ...
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  13 June 2019
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Heads of the Churches of Jerusalem: Ateret Cohanim's real estate operations in the Old City threaten coexistence among monotheistic faiths Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Heads of Churches and ecclesial communities present in Jerusalem express "great surprise" at the speed with which the Supreme Court of Israel expressed itself in favor of the Jewish Ateret ...
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  13 June 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Bishop in Flores: "The boom in vocations arises from faith lived in the family" Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "Our local Church today is a missionary Church. We have over 500 priests and religious sent as missionaries to Indonesia and the world. We are a Church blessed by the Lord with many vocations to ...
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  12 June 2019
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Impressive figures on the decline of the Christian presence in the cities of the West Bank Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - In the Arab city of Jenin, 26 km north of Nablus, out of 70 thousand inhabitants there are only 130 Christians, almost all Catholics of the Latin rite. In Tubas, another Arab town in the northe ...
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  12 June 2019
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Caritas Kyrgyzstan joins the Caritas Internationalis family: "Mission is service to the needy" Biskek (Agenzia Fides) - "The official recognition of Caritas Kyrgyzstan within Caritas Internationalis means very much to us, because it makes us feel part of a large family and offers us more opportunities to serve the ...
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  11 June 2019
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Bishops of Myanmar: it is urgent to stop the dam on the River Irrawaddy, a harbinger of a catastrophe Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We Catholic Bishops of Myanmar, representing the Catholic Christians of 16 dioceses, earnestly request all the stakeholders to seriously reconsider the ill-conceived conception regarding Myitson ...