Asia

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  19 February 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - The United Arab Emirates (with UNESCO patronage) finance the reconstruction of the church of St Thomas in Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The works of reconstruction and restoration of the church of St Thomas in Mosul will begin by April, devastated - but not completely destroyed - in the time when the Iraqi metropolis was under the ...
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  19 February 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Peace, love and faith: cornerstones of a harmonious society Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the state of Sarawak, part of Malaysian Borneo, is constantly committed to promoting interreligious harmony in society. As Fides learns, in recent days Archbishop Simon Po ...
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  19 February 2020
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - School for Down children: the mission of the nuns in Kabul Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "The work of the nuns in Kabul continues tirelessly. We know that in a few days the school year should start again after one month of delay. On returning from the winter holidays, in fact, the sno ...
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  18 February 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The innocent seven of Kandhamal, witnesses of faith Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - They spoke of their experience and witnessed their faith in Christ before the Indian Bishops: the seven innocent men - involved in the story of the anti-Christian massacres that took place in ...
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  18 February 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Evangelization through calligraphy Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Art and calligraphy can be a means of evangelization in Pakistan: Father Arthur Charles is convinced of this to the point that he has started placing banners with verses from the Bible, in beaut ...
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  17 February 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The Apostolic Nuncio: "To announce the Gospel of mercy in daily life" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The first mission of Bishops and faithful in India is "to announce and live the Gospel in situations of daily life": said Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro, Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal ...
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  15 February 2020
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Coronavirus: Masses and meetings suspended indefinitely in the Archdiocese of Singapore Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - In the fight against the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19), the Archdiocese of Singapore has decided to suspend the celebration of all Masses on Sunday and weekdays from February 15th until ...
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  14 February 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Aid to religious minorities and Dalits from the government of Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The government of the state of Orissa, led by Prime Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik, has allocated 16 million Indian rupees (over 200 thousand euros) as a special contribution to religious and ...
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  14 February 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church renews its commitment to dialogue for social harmony Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in India is committed and will continue to commit itself to promoting dialogue and social harmony, also and above all in the midst of conflicts or social and political crises: says ...
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  14 February 2020
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Syrian Parliament recognizes and condemns the Armenian Genocide Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Assembly of the Syrian people, in the session of Thursday 13 February, unanimously approved a resolution that recognizes as "Genocide" the historical tragedy of the massacres of Armenians p ...
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  13 February 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Syriac Orthodox monk Sefer Bileçen indicted as "terrorist supporter" Mardin (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish authorities have formally charged Syriac Orthodox monk Sefer Bileçen for complicity with terrorist organizations and activities. The monk was arrested last January 9 by Turkish secur ...
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  13 February 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A kidnapped Christian girl reunites with her family Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – At present we can consider it a story with a happy ending, but it remains a rare case. Sneha, 14, a Christian girl from a family who lives in the "colony" of Bahar, Lahore, who had been kidnapp ...
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  13 February 2020
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Coronavirus: public Masses and Ash Wednesday liturgy suspended Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - In the fight against the spread of the coronavirus, the diocese in Hong Kong has decided to suspend all public Masses for two weeks. "The next two weeks will be a crucial time to suppress the ...
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  12 February 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Happiness and sadness together", after the cancellation of the accusations against the bishops Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "I am both happy and sad", said Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, at the head of the diocese of Caloocan, north of Manila, to Agenzia Fides, who welcomed the prosecutors decision to drop "sedition" ch ...
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  12 February 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Inter-ethnic clashes: the Church prays for the victims and calls for peace Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray for all those who have suffered, for those who still suffer, for the deceased and hospitalized. We pray and hope that the spirit of reconciliation among the inhabitants of these populati ...