Asia

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  15 January 2018
  ASIA/IRAN - Confirmation of the ordination of a deaconess in the Armenian Apostolic Church Teheran (Agenzia Fides) - Twenty-four year old Ani-Kristi Manvelian, an anesthesiologist by profession, was ordained as deaconess in the Cathedral of St. Gregory the Illuminator of Tehran last September by Archbishop Seb ...
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  15 January 2018
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Christians committed to promoting religious harmony Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Sri Lanka is strongly committed to promoting religious harmony and to building a peaceful and reconciled society, after the wounds of the civil war. Christians try to be present in ...
• 15 January 2018
  ASIA/JAPAN - Appointment of the Rector of the interdiocesan Seminary "Japan Catholic Seminary" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano, of the diocesan clergy of Kagoshima, as Rector of ...
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  12 January 2018
  ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - The Oblate Sáez Martín: "The Catholic community grows with enthusiasm" Ashgabat (Agenzia Fides) - "The period spent in Turkmenistan was a very positive experience. The participation in the catechesis held in the church of Ashgabat was very high: the entire community of the capital was prese ...
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  12 January 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: the government must approve policies for the protection of children Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The whole nation cries for this sin. It is a sin that makes us feel ashamed. Let us try to find the courage to take all the necessary measures and to protect the lives of our children in every p ...
• 12 January 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the Interdiocesan Seminary "Papal Seminary" in Poona Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 21 July 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Bhausaheb Sansare of the Society of Jesus (SJ) as Rector of the Interd ...
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  11 January 2018
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - The new year dedicated to evangelization and charity Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - "In 2018, with the help of God, we hope to extend our presence in other cities of Tajikistan and to undertake new charitable projects in favor of the population". This is what Fr. Pedro Ramiro ...
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  11 January 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Child abuse: it is urgent to end impunity Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The issue of sexual abuse and crimes against minors is a big problem in Pakistani society. We are all involved in questioning the roots and possible solutions. A strong signal from the governmen ...
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  11 January 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - The US allocates funds for the reconstruction of towns and villages in the province of Nineveh Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The United States has decided to allocate at least 75 million dollars to support the reconstruction of villages and infrastructures of the regions freed from the control of the Islamic State, an ...
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  10 January 2018
  ASIA/PAKSTAN - Christians mobilize to help those injured by the attack on Quetta, the government is absent Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal not to forget the victims of the recent attack on the Methodist church of Quetta - devastated by a terrorist attack on December 17 - and a fundraising to help the affected brothers: th ...
• 10 January 2018
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Rodon Robert Hadima Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 July 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Rodon Robert Hadima, of the diocesan clergy of Mymensingh, as ...
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  9 January 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - An open letter from a Catholic priest: "Should Christians worship India as a Hindu goddess?" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Should Indian Christians worship the goddess India and offer Hindu rites in their churches or institutions?": This is the provocative question Catholic priest Fr. Anand Muttungal, theologian, ...
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  9 January 2018
  ASIA/SYRIA - Damascus, mortar shells on the Old City. Two churches hit Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A mortar shell hit the Bab Tuma area on Monday, January 8, in the old city of Damascus where several churches are concentrated, causing massive damage to the Latin Catholic parish of the Conver ...
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  9 January 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Shaw: "It is urgent to promote peace and harmony in Pakistan" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us light the candle of peace, together with the hope to illuminate darkness and grow in faith. Let us pray so that this year may be full of peace, tolerance and solidarity among all religion ...
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  8 January 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Pinto: "The commitment of lay Catholics is the flagship for the Church in Pakistan" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic community in Pakistan is multilingual and multicultural, includes people from various tribes, ethnic groups, nations and cultures. The main challenge we face is the shortage of pri ...