Asia

• 1 July 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appointment of the Bishop of Faisalabad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On June 29, 2019 the Holy Father appointed the rev. Indrias Rehmat, of the clergy of Faisalabad, currently Dean of the National Catholic Institute of Theology (N.C.I.T.) in Karachi, as Bi ...
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  28 June 2019
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Barnabite in Kabul: "Let us entrust negotiations between the US and the Taliban to the Sacred Heart of Jesus" Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "Tomorrow, June 29, a seventh round of negotiations will begin between the United States and the Taliban. We all hope that an agreement can be reached that puts an end to an 18-year war. We want t ...
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  27 June 2019
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - Procedures have begun to authorize the construction of 17 Christian places of worship Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - There are 19 non-Muslim places of worship for communities residing in Abu Dhabi for over 33 years, for which authorization procedures are underway, according to the rules of the Emirate. This ...
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  27 June 2019
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Prayer and fraternity: the faithful of Samarcanda celebrate St. John the Baptist Samarcanda (Agenzia Fides) - "The community of Samarcanda gathered in recent days to celebrate St. John the Baptist, a saint to whom the parish of the city is dedicated. We all prayed together and lived immediately after ...
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  26 June 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Municipality of Hadath: no to the sale of real estate of Christians to Muslim buyers Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In the municipality of Hadath, situated in the urban district of Baabda, part of the southern suburbs of Beirut, the local authorities confirm the administrative provisions aimed at preventing th ...
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  26 June 2019
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholics pray for peace in the Korean peninsula Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A heartfelt prayer for peace was held by the Korean Catholic community gathered in Imjingak on June 25, Day which marks the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 and a Eucharist is celebrated with th ...
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  26 June 2019
  ASIA/NEPAL - Nepal's Christian youths commit to combat AIDS Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Nepal's Christian youths commit to combat HIV and AIDS. As Agenzia Fides learns, a specific training course was organized by the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) and hosted by the National ...
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  25 June 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - Controversy over a Docu-film dedicated to the "Islamized" Armenians after the 1915 massacres Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The documentary "The hidden Cross", produced by the two journalists Altan Sancar and Serhat Temel, which traces the life of the "Islamized" Armenians after the 1915 massacres in the Diyarbakir ...
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  25 June 2019
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Caritas commitment to society to reduce poverty and educate young people Jalalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "The projects carried out by the Caritas of Kyrgyzstan are many and can be summarized in two large areas: charity and education. Every year, for example, we create annual summer rehabilitation ...
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  24 June 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Melkite Church launches an extensive program of study and dissemination of the Abu Dhabi Document Ain Traz (Agenzia Fides) – The Greek-Melkite Catholic Church is preparing to dedicate ample space to its pastoral planning to the dissemination and deepening of the Document on Human Brotherhood for World Peace and Com ...
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  24 June 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Proclaiming the Gospel with courage, as a family: the path of "Couples for Christ" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Proclaiming the Gospel with courage, as families living faith: this is the invitation addressed to the ecclesial movement "Couples for Christ", CFC by Mgr. Broderick S. Pabillo, Auxiliary Bishop ...
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  24 June 2019
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Prayer as the focus of attention of the lives of the faithful Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "As every year, in June we had a meeting with all the Catholics of Uzbekistan in our church in Tashkent. The meeting was led by Bishop Clemens Pickel, of the Russian diocese of Saratov, who mad ...
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  24 June 2019
  ASIA/CHINA - Mgr. Stefano Li Side, Bishop of Tianjin: an authentic witness of the Gospel of Christ Tianjin (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of Pentecost, June 8, 2019, at 11 am, His Exc. Mgr. Stefano Li Side, Bishop of the Diocese of Tianjin (Mainland China) passed away. He suffered from a chronic illness for many years, ...
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  21 June 2019
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Seventy years of "Pontifical Mission", at the service of "Israelis and Palestinians" Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The "Pontifical Mission" in the Holy Land turns 70, and redefines its field of action on the occasion of its anniversary. The organization, founded in 1949 on the initiative of Pope Pius XI ...
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  21 June 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal of civil society: Need to implement the protection of minority rights Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Need to implement the order of the Supreme Court for the protection of minority rights, issued on June 19, 2014 and has remained a dead letter: is the appeal launched during a conference of ...