Asia

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  2 August 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - US sanctions against two Turkish ministries for the "Brunson case" Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The US Treasury Department will implement "targeted" sanctions against two senior Turkish ministries, that of Justice - led by Abdulhamit Gul - and that of Interior - led by Minister Suleyman Soy ...
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  2 August 2018
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Astana's first 20 years, the smart city attentive to the coexistence of religions Astana (Agenzia Fides) - Religious tolerance, nuclear disarmament and environmental sustainability are the three cornerstones that forged the economic-social strategy implemented by Nazarbaev and also the city of Astana. ...
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  1 August 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - The cave monastery of Saint Marone re-opens for liturgies and pilgrimages Baalbek (Agenzia Fides) - The cave monastery of Saint Marone, a place dear to the historical and spiritual memory of the Maronite Christians, re-opens to liturgical celebrations, devotional practices and pilgrimages, aft ...
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  31 July 2018
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Camillians in Lotung to "look after and evangelize" Lotung (Agenzia Fides) - In 1952, when the Camillians who worked in China since 1946 were expelled, a group of them decided to head for Thailand, another group to Taiwan. Already in China they had adopted this motto to d ...
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  31 July 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean patriarch to politicians: a "strong coalition government" to remove weapons from sectarian militias is needed Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The disastrous situation that Iraq is facing makes the formation of a "strong coalition government" urgent, before "it is too late". And the future rulers will have to immediately face the emerg ...
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  28 July 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - Pastor Brunson moved to house arrest. But on his case the US-Turkey clash reignites Izmir (Agenzia Fides) - US evangelical Christian pastor Andrew Craig Brunson, arrested and tried in Turkey for alleged complicity with forces accused of terrorist acts and anti-Turkish subversive plots (see Fides 9/5/201 ...
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  27 July 2018
  ASIA/KOREA - The support of the Korean Church to the victims of the dam collapse in Laos Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Following the sudden collapse of dam in southernmost Attapeu province in Laos, Cardinal Andrew Soo-jung YEOM, Archbishop of Seoul, sent a message of condolence to the victims of the tragic disaste ...
• 26 July 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Asif John Khokhar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On May 24, 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Asif John Khokhar as National Director of the Pontifical Mi ...
• 25 July 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the Saint Joseph Interdiocesan Seminary in Alwaye Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 12 April 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Chacko Puthenpuracka, of the clergy of the diocese of Vijayapuram as ...
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  25 July 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The new autonomous region for Muslims is born in the south of the country Davao (Agenzia Fides) - The House of Representatives of the Philippines yesterday ratified the final version of the law establishing the new "Bangsamoro Autonomous Region", a specific territorial entity for the Islamic c ...
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  24 July 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - General, free and fair elections: the Church supports democracy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of the general elections, scheduled for July 25, the National Commission for "Justice and Peace" (NCJP) of the Pakistani Bishops' Conference, issued a statement, sent to Agenzia Fides ...
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  23 July 2018
  ASIA/JAPAN - Caritas: urges people to volunteer to help flood-affected survivors, while the heat wave hinders relief efforts Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Japan, organ of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan, has launched an appeal to find volunteers who are willing to work for relief and rehabilitation programme in the aftermath of mass ...
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  20 July 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: "A government is needed!" Beirut (Agenzia fides) - National appeals are repeated asking the Lebanese political forces to urgently form a government to allow the country to concentrate its efforts and allow it to face the economic and regional cha ...
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  19 July 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - "Come and see": Jesus' invitation inspires the first international convention of young Syriac Catholics Faytrun (Agenzia Fides) - The "method" used by Christ to draw men and women of all times to him is always what he used in his gatherings with the first apostles: "Come and see" (Jn 1, 39) . And the words of Jesus' invita ...
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  19 July 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - New Evangelization to remain rooted in Christ Manila (Agenzia Fides) - To provide a gripping experience of Jesus, a gripping experience of the community called the Church, and a gripping experience of the mission, the calling, motivated only by the love of Christ, a ...