Asia

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  31 October 2017
  ASIA/JORDAN - Women's religious congregations mobilize to face the water emergency Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The German Foundation for International Cooperation (GIZ, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) and the Jordanian Government, with representatives of the Catholic women's relig ...
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  31 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian philosophers: "Pluralism and Inclusion in Indian Society" Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - "The diversity and pluralism of cultures and religions in India are not a problem, but an opportunity. Even those who live in the suburbs or are minority groups have a role and to allow them to ...
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  31 October 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Withdrawal of the Kurdish Peshmerga militia from the Christian villages of the Nineveh Plain Telkaif (Agenzia Fides) - The Kurdish Peshmerga militia is preparing to withdraw from the areas of Nineveh Plain still under their control, according to an agreement that in the next few hours will see Iraqi troops in th ...
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  30 October 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Muslims and Christians together for respect, tolerance and coexistence Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "In Indonesia, Muslims and Christians actively collaborate in building a social and cultural fabric of respect and coexistence through education, particularly in family life", says to Agenzia Fi ...
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  30 October 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian marriage: progress is being made regarding the law on civil recognition Islamabad (Agenzia FIdes) - The legislative law which aims at regulating the institution of Christian marriage in Pakistan and making it officially recognized by the state, so that it can be registered civilly, is making ...
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  30 October 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Kurdish President Barzani announces his resignation; Church concerned over the controversy around the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate and the Chaldean Patriarchate expressed their concern for the recent events registered in the Nineveh Plain, the area of traditional roots of Christian communities ...
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  27 October 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - New law to counteract and dissolve radical groups: "A step for the common good" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Indonesia has approved a new law that authorizes the government to dissolve mass organizations that threaten Pancasila's ideology (the five principles at the basis of the nation) and the nationa ...
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  27 October 2017
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Mission "in defense of Christians" for US Vice President Mike Pence Washington (Agenzia Fides) - US Vice President Mike Pence will visit Israel and Egypt at the end of December, at the request of President Donald Trump, and his mission will also be aimed at strongly affirming that in the ...
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  26 October 2017
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - A new parish and a new hospital for the mission of the Jesuits Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The mission of the Jesuits in East Timor makes progress: as Fides learns, a historic mission of the religious has become a parish church and a new medical center has also been opened, which in part ...
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  26 October 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Tensions on the Nineveh Plain: new appeal of the Iraqi Bishops for dialogue Telkaif (Agenzia Fides) - The "Babylonian Brigades" have attributed to the Kurdish Peshmerga troops the responsibility of military operations that in the evening and night of Tuesday, October 24, pushed the inhabitants o ...
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  26 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian Leaders to the Government: "Need to enforce the Supreme Court ruling to reopen cases and indemnify the Christians of Orissa" Cuttack (Agenzia Fides) – The state government must urgently enforce the Supreme Court ruling on the reopening of investigations and compensation for Christians in Orissa (or Odisha), victims of anti-Christian violence ...
• 25 October 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Resignation of the Archbishop of Tokyo and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Tokyo, Japan, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Peter Takeo Okada. The Pope appointed His Exc. Mg ...
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  25 October 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishop: "We mourn for two Catholic students, but Marawi will be re-built" Marawi (Agenzia Fides) - "Today we have mixed feelings. We are happy for the end of the conflict in Marawi, because a new era of hope opens up. We are mourning for the deaths of two Catholic students who were taken hosta ...
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  25 October 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - New threats of war on the Nineveh Plain. Christians still forced to flee Telkaif (Agenzia Fides) - In the late evening of Tuesday, 24 October, the Christians of Telkaif, an Iraqi town located in the Nineveh Plain, abandoned their homes and moved to Qosh and other neighboring villages. Peshmer ...
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  25 October 2017
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - A nation on the path between rapid development and fight against poverty for 27 years Astana (Agenzia Fides) - The Republic of Kazakhstan celebrates the 27th anniversary of the proclamation of national sovereignty: it was October 25, 1990, when the passage of the administration of all natural and economic ...