Asia

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  13 December 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Violation of human rights on the indigenous of Papua Manokwari (Agenzia Fides) - A pastoral delegation composed of three members of the Asian Christian Conference (ACC) recently concluded a visit to the Indonesian province of West Papua, listening to stories about serious ...
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  13 December 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - The Indian government praises the service of the Church to the poor New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian government has praised the service rendered by the Catholic Church towards the poor, the marginalized and the needy in India. As Fides learns, on December 12 Indian Vice President V ...
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  12 December 2017
  ASIA/JORDAN - The Heads of Churches: "silent procession" against the US decision on Jerusalem Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Bishops and Heads of Churches present in the Hascemite Kingdom of Jordan have invited their fellow citizens to take part in a silent procession with candles to publicly express the common disappro ...
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  12 December 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Christian leaders: "Indonesia risks division" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "At the moment we are worried. Our unity as an Indonesian nation is in danger of breaking. Restlessness and worry have been felt more and more in recent years. There are those who, vaguely or sh ...
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  12 December 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - After the war years, the monastery of Deir Mar Musa flourishes again Nebek (Fides Agency) - There is still no news about the fate of the Roman Jesuit Paolo Dall'Oglio, kidnapped at the end of July 2013 while he was in Raqqa. But the monks and nuns of the monastic community of Khalil Allah ...
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  12 December 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence against Christians in Tamil Nadu Chennai (Agenzia Fides) - Four people, including the local leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), are in custody in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, after the violence and vandalism committed in a Christian prayer hall on De ...
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  11 December 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Armenian Catholicos Aram I also deplores Trump's decisions on Jerusalem Antelias (Agenzia Fides) - The choice of the US Administration to transfer the US embassy to Jerusalem in Israel has "negative repercussions" on the already unstable Middle Eastern scenario, and risks jeopardizing the en ...
• 11 December 2017
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Resignation of the Auxiliary of Hwalien Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today the Holy Father accepted the resignation of His Exc. Mgr. John Baptist Tseng Chien-Tsi, titular Bishop of Sululi, from the office of auxiliary Bishop of the diocese of Hwalien (Taiwan ...
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  11 December 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Christians celebrate the feast of Mar Behnam, in the shrine devastated by jihadists Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 10 December hundreds of Iraqi Christians were able to take part in the celebrations for the feast of Mar Behnam (San Behnam) at the Shrine-Monastery where the relics of the Saint ar ...
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  11 December 2017
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - "The new frontier of the mission is the dialogue of life" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The difficulties and inner conquests of Catholics in Afghanistan are the mirror of those experienced by the communities in our Western world. Obliged to recover the essential of Christian ...
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  9 December 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Year of the Eucharist "to live the fullness of faith in Pakistan" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Pakistani Christians have to face multiple challenges. Every new day challenges increase, of a social, cultural and religious nature for the small community of faithful in Pakistan. In this fra ...
• 7 December 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Bishop Coadjutor of Alleppey Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today the Holy Father has appointed the Rev. Msgr. James Raphael Anaparambil, of the clergy of Alleppey, as coadjutor of the diocese of Alleppey, India. The new Bishop was born on 7 March ...
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  7 December 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Ten activists killed: Christians protest against Duterte Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Killing a human being means violating his inviolable and inalienable right to life. Killing a priest who is a consecrated person and preventing him from continuing his apostolate in favor of the ...
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  7 December 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians, Hindus and Muslims last farewell to priest, first Pakistani minor friar Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – An emotional crowd of priests, religious and faithful, hundreds of former students, many of whom Hindus and Muslims, attended the funeral mass held yesterday, December 6, in the Cathedral of S ...
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  6 December 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholics: "After the Pope's visit, it is up to us to build peace and justice" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The journey of Pope Francis now leaves a clearer role and responsibility to the Catholic community in Myanmar: to give, in the spirit of the Gospel, a contribution to peace, justice, development ...