Asia

• 1 February 2019
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Appointment of the Rector of the interdiocesan Seminary "Maria Mater Ecclesiae" in Karaganda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 20 July 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Pawel Martyniuk, of the clergy of the diocese of Zamosc-Lubac ...
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  31 January 2019
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Fr. Moretti: "The democratically elected government cannot be cut out from an agreement" Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "With regard to the recent agreement announced between the United States and the Taliban, I can only agree with the position of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani: in a situation concerning a specific ...
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  31 January 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians: Asia Bibi’s acquittal is "a milestone in the history of the nation" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Pakistan appreciate the Supreme Court’s decision and recite prayers of thanksgiving for the acquittal and definitive freedom granted to Asia Bibi, the woman sentenced to death ...
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  31 January 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: one million Iraqi Christians have emigrated in recent years Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In recent years, with the migratory flows of the Iraqi population to other countries, about a million indigenous Christians have left Iraq. Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako recalls this in ...
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  30 January 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Orthodox Patriarch Yohanna flies to Moscow and thanks Russia for supporting the reconstruction of Syrian sanctuaries Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, Yohanna X, thanked Russia once again for its contribution to the fight against armed groups, and the Patriarchate of Moscow for the support offered to the ...
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  30 January 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bomb in mosque, while the Week for inter-religious harmony is approaching Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "There are various reasons behind the recent terrorist attacks: a mix of political problems and misunderstanding of religion by some groups, in particular for the attack in Jolo, where threats ...
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  29 January 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - The "return" of Christians in the Nineveh Plain remains uncertain Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - 85 percent of the population who fled from the Nineveh Plain when that territory was conquered by the jihadists of the "Islamic State" (Daesh) is not yet ready to return to their region of origin, ...
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  29 January 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishops: "Respond to evil with good" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to fight the "cycle of hatred" that is taking place in society: this is what the Filipino Bishops say at the conclusion of their 118th Plenary Assembly held in Manila from 26 to 28 J ...
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  29 January 2019
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "No to the dam that deprives us of 'our mother', Irrawaddy" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We the people of Myanmar, with tears in our eyes, our hearts shaken by fear and sorrow, knock at the doors of our rulers and the international community. Faced with the sad prospect of losing ...
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  29 January 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Supreme Court rejects a petition to review their previous decision: Asia Bibi is free Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Pakistan today rejected the request to review the verdict, presented against the acquittal of Asia Bibi, the Christian woman sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy in 20 ...
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  28 January 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Cardinal Zenari: Christians represent only 2% of the Syrian population Budapest (Agenzia Fides) - After the conflict that tore Syria apart for 7 years, the Christian component of the Syrian population probably has fallen to around 2 percent. And the Christian presence in the Middle East run ...
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  28 January 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Terrorist attack on the cathedral in Jolo: the Church condemns violence and calls for justice Jolo (Agenzia Fides) - Firm condemnation of violence, solidarity with the victims, proximity to the population of the South of the Philippines: this is what the Catholic Bishops of the Philippines expressed, in the after ...
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  28 January 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The case of Asia Bibi towards the definitive conclusion Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistani Supreme Court has set a hearing date for the petition to review the acquittal of Asia Bibi, on the morning of 29 January. President Asif Saeed Khosa will preside over a jury c ...
• 28 January 2019
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Resignation of the Auxiliary of Hà Nôi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 26, 2019, the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam, presented by H.E. Msgr. Laurent Chu Văn Minh, ...
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  25 January 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako calls for a vital "new birth" for Mosul, where Christian homes have become landfills Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi metropolis of Mosul struggles to return to the situation prior to the jihadist occupation, and the difficulties particularly affect the Christian component. The hoped-for return of the C ...