Asia

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  11 March 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Maronite Bishop of Damascus: Syrian Christian communities are getting older and older Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian population lives in an undetermined condition, without "peace or war". An uncertain and difficult situation, which is becoming unsustainable for the weakest, and which sees an impres ...
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  11 March 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - The enemies are hunger and disease: Lenten campaign of Caritas India Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - The enemies to be defeated in India are hunger and diseases: with this approach Caritas India, the humanitarian arm of the Indian Bishops' Conference, is focusing its Lenten campaign this year ...
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  8 March 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Orthodox priest: negotiations under way in Baghuz for the release of Archbishop Mar Gregorios Baghuz (Agenzia Fides) - Syrian Orthodox priest Samuel Gümüs, engaged in the pastoral care of the Syrian Orthodox communities present in Germany, declared that the Orthodox Syrian Metropolitan of Aleppo, Mar Gregorios ...
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  8 March 2019
  ASIA - Joint appeal of the Directors of the PMS of India and Pakistan: "Dialogue is urgently needed for the common good of our peoples" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The rulers of India and Pakistan must sit down at a negotiating table and start dialogue sessions to address and resolve the long-standing issue of Kashmir. We are aware that it is an anci ...
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  8 March 2019
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - The community of baptized people increases in a climate of dialogue and peaceful coexistence Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "If I were to take stock of the last 10 years, I would say that the Uzbek church has not grown in number but in the composition of people, because many have emigrated and at the same time new g ...
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  7 March 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders: peace between India and Pakistan, in the name of Francis of Assisi Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Peace between India and Pakistan "is necessary and it is the only viable way, because both countries cannot afford a war, while peace is the only way to prosper and make progress". As Agenzia Fid ...
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  7 March 2019
  ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - Promoting inter-religious dialogue, respect and good relations between Christians and Muslims Ashgabat (Agenzia Fides) - "To dialogue, share, witness, are all attitudes that bear fruit. Conflicts do not help, we must instead work on common points. This is what I learned in my 25 years in a post-Soviet and Muslim ...
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  6 March 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Syrian Catholic Archbishop writes to the Premier: stop to new urban settlements in the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - In the Nineveh Plain, a region of historical roots of the indigenous Christian communities in the territories of present-day Iraq, urbanistic and real estate strategies are underway that run the s ...
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  6 March 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Jubilee for the Marian Shrine in Orissa. Christians: "We entrust our suffering to Mary" Kandhamal (Agenzia Fides) - More than 45,000 people attended the Jubilee celebration of the Marian shrine of Partama, in Orissa, in eastern India on March 5. Archbishop John Barwa, at the head of the diocese of Cuttack-B ...
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  6 March 2019
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - The journey of a small community with faith “inherited by their grandparents” Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church in Kyrgyzstan has been rooted for a very long time, but has undergone great changes throughout history: present in the country for at least 150 years, the Catholic community ...
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  5 March 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - National Day of Migrants: appeal of the Church for stateless persons Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Help for stateless persons, victims of a "disturbing global phenomenon" affecting thousands of Filipino children: this is the appeal launched by the Catholic Episcopal Commission for the Pastor ...
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  5 March 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA- The Cardinal President of Caritas Internationalis in Damascus Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, President of Caritas Internationalis, took part in the opening of the Council of the Patriarchs and Heads of Catholic Churches in Syria, which began on Monday 4 Mar ...
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  4 March 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Lebanese press and Kurdish sources: there is also Dall'Oglio among the jihadist hostages in Baghuz Baghuz (Agenzia Fides) - There are still civilians held hostage by the militiamen of the Islamic State (Daesh) in the last pocket of territory controlled by the jihadists in the south-east of Syria. And among them, accor ...
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  4 March 2019
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Korean Church: "Resume dialogue with the North as soon as possible" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Even if the summit between the US and North Korea did not generate a satisfactory mutual agreement, we hope that the dialogues between South Korea, North Korea and the United States will resume a ...
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  4 March 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Prayer, love, fasting: the youth road map for peace between India and Pakistan Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The youth movement "Jesus Youth Pakistan" has launched the "Pray, Love, Fast for Peace" campaign which sees the participation of thousands of young people in Pakistan and in various parts of the ...