Asia
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
19 June 2019
ASIA/IRAQ - Prayers for peace among the ruins of the ancient church in the area of Karbala
Karbala (Agenzia Fides) - Prayers and Christian hymns along with the reading of verses from the Koran echoed among the ruins of the church of Al Aqiser, in the area of Karbala, the holy city of Shiite Islam. All this too ...
19 June 2019
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Interreligious dialogue to overcome prejudices and live human fraternity
Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "The Year of interreligious dialogue, promoted by the Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines in 2020, in preparation for 2021, a special moment of celebration of the 500th anniversary of the ...
18 June 2019
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Project to reform Islamic schools: Christians approve
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides): "Updating and reforming the education system in Islamic schools (madrasas) is a good step of the government of Pakistan. It is a new path to fight extremism, fundamentalism and terrorism in the ...
17 June 2019
ASIA/TURKEY - Luys TV inaugurated, first Turkish-Armenian TV station launched in Turkey
Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Luys in Armenian means "light". "Luys TV" is the first television channel in Armenian and Turkish, inaugurated in recent days in Turkey. Turkish Armenian journalist Aram Kuran, the station’s c ...
14 June 2019
ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - The Minister of tolerance presides over the official opening of the Christian archaeological site of Sir Bani Yas
Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - The oldest Christian archaeological site of the island of Sir Bani Yas, 200 km west of the city of Abu Dhabi, was opened on Thursday, June 13 following extensive improvements to the site that ...
14 June 2019
ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Sri Lankan government establishes a Council for reconciliation between religions
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Sri Lankan government has announced that it will establish a special "Council for reconciliation between religions", with the aim of building interreligious coexistence in society and avoid ...
14 June 2019
ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Caritas launches sustainable agriculture project: it will provide livelihood and professional training
Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "The construction of the two greenhouses in Almaty and Talgar has been completed. This means that we are about to start the operational phase of the sustainable agriculture project. The first asp ...
13 June 2019
ASIA/ISRAEL - Heads of the Churches of Jerusalem: Ateret Cohanim's real estate operations in the Old City threaten coexistence among monotheistic faiths
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Heads of Churches and ecclesial communities present in Jerusalem express "great surprise" at the speed with which the Supreme Court of Israel expressed itself in favor of the Jewish Ateret ...
13 June 2019
ASIA/INDONESIA - The Bishop in Flores: "The boom in vocations arises from faith lived in the family"
Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "Our local Church today is a missionary Church. We have over 500 priests and religious sent as missionaries to Indonesia and the world. We are a Church blessed by the Lord with many vocations to ...
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