Asia

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  30 November 2018
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Local bishop encourages people "let us enhance the spiritual life of our Church in Dili "" ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Local bishop encourages his people "let us enhance the spiritual life of our Church in Dili " Dili (Agenzia FIdes) - "We must enhance the spiritual life of our Church in Dili " the Salesian Bishop V ...
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  30 November 2018
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Grand Mufti denounces Israeli occupation of church property Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – Sheikh Mohammad Ahmad Husayn, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem has publicly denounced the recent occupation of land belonging to the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, by the Israeli army describing ...
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  29 November 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - President of Iraq informs Patriarchs: I have invited the Pope to pray together in memory of Abraham Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – The principle of citizenship is for “all people to live in a land of all peoples”, in a nation whose citizens are all equal, free of any discrimination cultural, ethnic or religious. A l ...
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  29 November 2018
  ASIA/KAZAKISTAN - Arc Village, oasis for Kazak children Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - “As we watch our young people teaching new young arrivals here in Arc Village we think : how lovely it would be if their real mothers could be with them. But this is their story and we bec ...
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  29 November 2018
  ASIA/INDIA -Victims of Orissa massacres confirm and celebrate: “Christ the King of peace, truth, love and brotherhood” Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) – A touching profession of faith reaches us from Indian Christians in Kandhamal district, Orissa State, where repeated massacres committed by Hindu extremists since 2008, crimes of authe ...
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  26 November 2018
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The memory of the Vietnamese martyrs nurtures faith in the present Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The memory of the Vietnamese martyrs nurtures faith in the present: with this spirit the Church in Vietnam celebrated a special Jubilee for the 30th anniversary of the canonization of the 117 Viet ...
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  26 November 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church of the Philippines launches the Year of Youth Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in the Philippines inaugurated the Year of Youth on the Solemnity of Christ the King, and announced the National Youth Day 2019. The Episcopal Conference has officially announced that 20 ...
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  24 November 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Islamist party leader who organized the protest against Asia Bibi has been arrested: "The rule of law prevails" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Police in Pakistan have arrested Khadim Hussain Rizvi, leader of the Islamic radical Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan party (TLP) who organized the violent protest, which paralyzed the nation, in th ...
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  24 November 2018
  ASIA - Toward the ad limina apostolorum visit of the Bishops of Central Asia: a missionary impulse is urgently needed Astana (Agenzia Fides) - It will be an important moment of confrontation and growth: with this spirit the Bishops of the Catholic Church in Central Asia will meet again next March 1st in Rome for the ad limina apostoloru ...
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  23 November 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Catholic Patriarchs in Baghdad to meet young people and celebrate martyrs Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako - who was President delegate during the recent Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church entitled "Youth, faith and vocational discernment" - will host the 26 ...
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  23 November 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - South Korean missionaries bring medical care and hope to the poor Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Bringing the announcement of God's love, giving a word of comfort and hope and practical help to the poor and marginalized in the Philippines: with this spirit, 26 Catholic lay missionaries, nurs ...
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  23 November 2018
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The devotion of the inhabitants of the Pescadores islands for Our Lady of Health Lotung (Agenzia Fides) - Every year on November 16, the Camillians in the world celebrate with solemnity the feast of "Our Lady of Health", invoked as the patroness of the sick. "The teachings that St. Camillus left us ...
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  22 November 2018
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Catholic Patriarch Ignace Youssif III Younan visits Syrian President Assad Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Syrians "have the strength and determination to rebuild their Country, and in this delicate phase every authentic lover and friend of Syria can offer an important contribution to getting the co ...
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  22 November 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Escalation of anti-Christian attacks in the state of Uttar Pradesh New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in India, especially in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, fear new attacks by Hindu extremist groups. In a document sent to Agenzia Fides, the Commission for Religious Fre ...
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  21 November 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy law: campaign to punish false accusers is increasing Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Police must arrest Qari Mohammad Salim and the two Muslim women who invented false accusations of blasphemy against Asia Bibi, an innocent Christian who spent 9 years in prison": says to Agen ...