Asia

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  7 March 2018
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Msgr. Paul Bui Van Doc was a Pastor who "brought the joy of the Gospel to all" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The sudden and tragic death of Msgr. Paul Bui Van Doc, Archbishop of Hochiminh Ville (formerly Saigon), during the course of the ad limina visit trip in Rome, has deeply struck us. The pro ...
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  7 March 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Sexual abuse on minors: it is urgent to break the taboo and adopt preventive measures Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - There is an alarming increase in sexual abuse on minors in Pakistan: with this awareness the "Cecil & Iris Chaudhry Foundation" (CICF), led by the Catholic Michelle Chaudhry, has launched a progr ...
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  7 March 2018
  ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic community devoted to Saint Joseph, Patron of China Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The fervent devotion to St. Joseph, Patron of China, which has been handed down for several generations among Chinese Catholics, is rediscovered every year with further enthusiasm in March, the ...
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  6 March 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - The new evangelization in the Indian context, between secularization and communalism Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The new evangelization in the Indian context: this will be the theme which Bishops, experts, theologians, delegates from India and the Vatican will discuss, in the national symposium organized ...
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  6 March 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Record of blasphemy cases in Punjab: it is urgent to listen to the cry of the innocent Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Punjab and Lahore district are areas in which there has been an extraordinary incidence of blasphemy cases in Pakistan in the last three decades: this is what the NGO "Center for Social Justice", ...
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  5 March 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A new History of the Catholic Church translated into Urdu Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The edition of the "New Short History of the Catholic Church, 2011", written by English Jesuit, Fr. Norman Tanner SJ, has been completed and published in Urdu. The text, already translated i ...
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  5 March 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - A statue dedicated to the Virgin Mary destroyed: the faithful forgive the vandals Bhubaneswar (India) - The grotto dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in the complex of the homonymous church in the town of Aligonda, of the diocese of Berhampur (Indian state of Orissa), was destroyed by unidentifie ...
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  5 March 2018
  ASIA/SYRIA - Violence started from Goutha, the rebel district: appeal by the Trappist nuns for the end of the war Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "When will weapons be silent? We, who live in Syria, are sickened by the general indignation that arises to condemn those who defend their lives and their land. We went to Damascus several time ...
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  3 March 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - New violence and harassment against Christians in Orissa Cuttack (Agenzia Fides) - New violence and atrocious harassment are recorded against Indian Christians in Orissa, a state of central-eastern India. As Agenzia Fides learns, in the village of Tangaguda, which is located i ...
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  3 March 2018
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Priesthood in Pakistan: challenges to proclaim and live the Gospel Lent and Easter Season a busy season for Catholic Priests in Pakistan. Presence of the Priest is highly demanded in all the programs, gathering and festivals besides the Eucharistic Celebration, the main service of the P ...
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  3 March 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians protest against the abuse of blasphemy laws in Lahore Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – To condemn vitiated inquiry, torture and inhumane treatment against young Christians Patras Masih and Sajid Masih; ask for concrete measures to stop the abuse of the blasphemy law, especially a ...
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  2 March 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The educational system promotes intolerance and discrimination: the new "Faith and a Future" Report Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Textbooks, educational programs and the education system in Pakistan fuel the promotion of intolerance and discrimination against religious minorities. The State, with a Muslim majority, has c ...
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  2 March 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi religious leaders: a law is needed to punish fanaticism that instigates hatred Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Heads of religious communities in Iraq will ask the Iraqi parliament to pass a law to punish forms of religious propaganda that instigate hatred and violence. This is what was reported by the Pa ...
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  2 March 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary: "It is time for a new law for the common good in Mindanao" Marawi (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace in Mindanao is possible only if we educate everyone to consider themselves as brothers and sisters": says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Sebastiano D'Ambra, missionary of the Pontifical Institute fo ...
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  1 March 2018
  ASIA/CHINA - "Year of the Youth" in the Archdiocese of TaiYuan: the young Chinese people towards the Synod Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Year of the Youth opened in the Archdiocese of Tai Yuan, in the province of Shanxi, in the northern part of the People's Republic of China. As Agenzia Fides learns from "Faith", over two tho ...