Asia

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  12 February 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Free medical assistance and home visits for patients in Okara and Sahiwal Okara (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 11 February the 26th World Day of the Sick was celebrated all over the world. In Pakistan the event was particularly felt in the two districts of Okara and Sahiwal, diocese of Islamabad, ...
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  12 February 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Desecrators of a statue of Mary "condemned" to memorize verses from the Quran’s Al-Omran surah on the Mother of Jesus Akkar (Agenzia Fides) - A Lebanese judge ordered two Muslim young men who insulted Christianity to memorize verses from the Quran’s Al-Omran surah which glorifies Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. The sentence, ordered by ...
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  12 February 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops on the future of India: "No to religious nationalism, it is urgent to defend life" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic faith came to India thanks to great saints and apostles such as St. Thomas and St. Francis Xavier, and "India is what it is today, thanks to Christianity". Today the nation is cal ...
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  12 February 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians remember Asma Jahangir, voice for human rights and religious freedom Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Pakistan is mourning: Asma Jilani Jahangir, a well-known Muslim lawyer and Pakistani activist, committed to the protection of human rights, died yesterday, 11 February in Lahore following a cardi ...
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  12 February 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Attack on a church: is extremism threatening Christians? Yogyakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Fear and consternation in the Indonesian Catholic community after the attack suffered yesterday, 11 February, during Sunday Mass in the church of San Lidwina, in the district of Selman, near ...
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  9 February 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Arshad: "My dream for Pakistan: peace and harmony" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "My dream for the Church and for all of Pakistan is that people can live in peace, harmony and hope. Peace and hope are the words of my episcopal motto: these are two essential and necessary v ...
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  9 February 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian Bishops are on the Dalits side Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian Bishops, gathered in Bangalore for the assembly of the Indian Bishops' Conference (which brings together the Pastors of the Latin, Syro-Malabar and Syro-Malankara rites) have reaffi ...
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  30 January 2018
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Early elections to end political impasse: the people appreciate Dili (Agenzia Fides) - Early elections in East Timor is the solution announced by the President of the Republic, Francisco Guterres, to end the political impasse in the country. Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, in fact, was ...
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  30 January 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Civil society: "The government must stop hate crimes against minorities" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Deep concern for the continuous episodes of senseless violence in the country, especially those that target minorities", and also "for the weak response of law enforcement agencies and instit ...
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  29 January 2018
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A school for Rohingya refugee children Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The Rohingya live in small shelters in refugee camps made of bamboo canes and pieces of plastic; drinking water and food are still scarce. There are more than 500,000 children, who yearn for a fu ...
• 29 January 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Ahmedabad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father has appointed the rev. Athanasius Rethna Swamy Swamiadian, of the clergy of Ahmedabad, currently Rector of the Interdiocesan Major Seminary Vianney Vihar, in Baroda, ...
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  29 January 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Souraya Bechealany appointed Acting Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches has appointed Professor Souraya Bechealany as Acting Secretary General of the ecumenical body. Souraya Bechealany takes the place of ...
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  29 January 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishop Travas to young people: "Be close to Jesus in the Eucharist" Multan (Agenzia Fides) - "I encourage you all to remain in close contact with the Lord Eucharistic and to always be present at the Eucharistic Adoration. It is the best moment and place to experience the relationship wit ...
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  29 January 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian Papua faces health emergency Agats (Agenzia Fides) - The health crisis which broke out in mid-January 2018 has affected hundreds of families in the province of Agats, capital of Asmat district, in the Indonesian province of Papua, where more than 80 ...
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  26 January 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Peace between India and Pakistan: Christians united in prayer Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A prayer addressed to God, a prayerful silence, a common song to invoke the gift of peace, calling for "mutual respect and the promotion of harmony and development between Pakistan and India": is ...