Asia

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  15 March 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Rewriting the history of India: a dangerous move for religious minorities New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Hindu nationalist organizations are trying to rewrite the history of India: a dangerous move for religious minorities such as Christians and Muslims. The ongoing effort is being promoted ...
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  15 March 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - Turkey demands life sentence for the evangelical pastor accused of belonging to Gülen’s "network" Izmir (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish Prosecutor of the Court of Izmir has formally demanded a life sentence for American evangelical pastor Andrew Craig Brunson, who was arrested in Turkey in autumn 2016. He is charged i ...
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  14 March 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Filipino government: divorce law before Easter Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Government of the Philippines led by President Rodrigo Duterte intends to approve the bill of divorce in Parliament before Easter. As confirmed by Senate spokesperson Pantaleon Alvarez, a fin ...
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  12 March 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Declaration of religious belief on official documents: a hard blow for religious minorities Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The High Court of Islamabad has sentenced that citizens must declare their religion before applying for jobs in the state administration, civil service, armed forces, or the judiciary. The C ...
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  12 March 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The local government repairs damaged church in Palembang Palembang (Agenzia Fides) - In a mainly Muslim area the local government, composed of Muslim administrators has allotted funds to repair a Catholic chapel dedicated to Saint Zacharias, damaged by vandals during the ni ...
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  12 March 2018
  ASIA/SYRIA - In Ghuta, evacuation of civilians begins. Bishop Khazen says: the method used for Aleppo can work there too. Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – At least 52 civilians, including 26 children, were evacuated during Sunday 1 March from east Ghuta, an enclave east of Damascus controlled by anti-Assad militia and under siege by the Syria ...
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  9 March 2018
  ASIA/CHINA - "24 Hours for the Lord": Chinese Catholics join the Pope and the universal Church Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Despite being a working day, the parish of the Holy Trinity, in the city of Jiu Jiang, Jiang Xi province, in mainland China, is crowded with faithful of all ages since this morning, March 9th: n ...
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  9 March 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Patriarchate: "to vote is a duty" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – The participation in the upcoming political elections, scheduled for May 12, represents "a national and moral duty" and an opportunity to advance Iraq on the path of democracy, stability and j ...
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  9 March 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Women entrepreneurs increase with the help of Caritas Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Accompanying Pakistani women along the path of forming an entrepreneurial mindset and starting their own small or medium-sized enterprises: this is the goal of Caritas Pakistan which in Karachi ...
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  9 March 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Msgr. Dal Toso: "the primacy of the mission consists in listening to the Word of God" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot proclaim the Word of God if we do not first receive it with an open heart. For this reason, even for us today, the first commandment is, “Listen Israel”, as we heard in the Gosp ...
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  8 March 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Acts of vandalism on a newly inaugurated Catholic chapel in Sumatra Palembang (Agenzia Fides) - The chapel dedicated to St. Zaccaria, recently inaugurated in the diocese of Palembang, in the South of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, was attacked on the night between 7 and 8 March by som ...
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  8 March 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Msgr. Dal Toso: India offers many promises for the future of the Church Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - "I thank you for this invitation that brings me for the first time in my life in India, in a country that offers many promises for the future of the Church. It has been my desire to come here ...
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  8 March 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Bishops: no interference of security services in political elections Bkerke (Agenzia Fides) - The electoral process that will lead Lebanon to vote on 6 May to renew the composition of the national parliamentary assembly must guarantee free and independent elections, and must be defended a ...
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  8 March 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Christians: a renewed commitment to peace in the Korean peninsula Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Religious leaders, social workers, human rights activists, leaders of civil society organizations renew their commitment to peace in the Korean peninsula: this is one of the messages underlined at ...
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  7 March 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - The State Council overturns decision on expropriation of Armenian church in Diyarbakir Diyarbakir (Agenzia Fides) - The decree of the Turkish government, which two years ago had ordered the expropriation of St Giragos church, in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir, was repealed by the State Council. The pronoun ...