Asia

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  12 November 2018
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - A priest: "The nation needs a strong and stable democracy" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The people of Sri Lanka need a strong and stable democracy": says Father Shankar Pereira, a Catholic priest and human rights activist, to Agenzia Fides, while in the country there is a politica ...
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  9 November 2018
  ASIA/ISRAEL - US Churches write to Pompey: no to Israeli law on the confiscation of ecclesiastical properties Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Dozens of heads of churches in the United States sent a letter to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressing concern over the 'Properties Bill,' which has recently been advanced in the Knes ...
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  8 November 2018
  ASIA/SYRIA- The Syrian Orthodox Patriarch inaugurates the Syrian University of Antioch Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The newly inaugurated university in the village of Maarat Saidnaya (27 km north of Damascus) on the initiative of the Syrian Orthodox Church and its Patriarch, Mor Ignatius Aphrem II is called ...
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  8 November 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi is out of jail, in a safe place Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Asia Bibi, the Christian woman condemned to death for blasphemy and acquitted by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on October 31, has been released from prison and is in a safe and secure place. P ...
• 8 November 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Adrian Loza, OFM Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 September 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Adrian Loza, OFM as National Director of the Pontifical M ...
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  8 November 2018
  ASIA/CHINA - The elderly, a precious resource for the Church Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The elderly teach faith and are masters of evangelization, thanks to their experience of life: with this spirit of gratitude towards the elderly, for their zeal and contribution to the life of t ...
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  7 November 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Pontifical Mission Societies pro Asia Bibi Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies are involved in prayer and in raising awareness on the case of Asia Bibi. "Missio Aachen", directorate of the PMS in Aachen, asks the faithful for a special praye ...
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  7 November 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom: "I will accompany Pope Francis if he goes to North Korea" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "We will welcome a possible visit of the Pope to Pyongyang", said Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul, and Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Pyongyang. "If the Pope visits N ...
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  7 November 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - The man who murdered Don Andrea Santoro has been wounded Bodrum (Agenzia Fides) - Oguzhan Akdin, the 28-year-old man who in 2006 killed the Italian priest fidei donum don Andrea Santoro, was wounded, with his brother Alparslan Akdin, by gunshots following a fight with two peop ...
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  6 November 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Islamic religious leaders: "We defend the Prophet, but Asia Bibi is innocent" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "No one tolerates a blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad and we are ready to sacrifice our lives for him. But how can the Court ever punish a defendant when there is solid evidence of her innoc ...
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  6 November 2018
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The spiritual and structural growth of the small Catholic community Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "A mission can grow from different points of view, not only numerically: I believe that the Church of Kazakhstan in recent years is affected by a process of development that touches many aspects, ...
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  5 November 2018
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Towards the general elections: everyone's commitment to the common good is urgent Dhaka (Agenzia FIdes) - "We must pray and commit ourselves in order to ensure that the next general elections are just, peaceful and credible": says Anita Haldar, a Catholic, a social worker who works in the Bengali Cath ...
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  5 November 2018
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Fr. Scalese: "The path of dialogue is the only path for the future of the country" Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "The future of Afghanistan is entrusted to a hope: that the forces in question are willing to carry out a targeted negotiation, on the one hand, to the renunciation of the use of Taliban force, on ...
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  31 October 2018
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Bishops on the political crisis: "wisdom and balance prevail" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "Everyone should keep in mind that, if there is instability in the country, it is the people who suffer, so we sincerely appeal to all political parties to put aside their interests and respect ...
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  31 October 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi has been acquitted: "A victory for all of Pakistan" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Asia Bibi has been acquitted. In the hearing on October 31st which began at 9 am, a three-member panel of Supreme Court justices, led by the President of the same Court, Judge Mian Saqib Nisar ...