Asia

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  13 November 2019
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Bethlehem, pilgrims increase. Opening hours at nativity Church has been extended Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - The increase of pilgrims and tourists to Bethlehem continues, the Palestinian city where Jesus was born, and also for this reason the Presidential Committee of Churches Affairs in Palestine an ...
• 13 November 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Ruteng Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev.do Siprianus Hormat, of the clergy of Ruteng, currently Executive Secretary of the Episcopal Conference, as Bishop of the Diocese of Ruteng (Indone ...
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  13 November 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Bishops: "The Church in Indonesia, the engine of unity and interreligious brotherhood" Bandung (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church must open up, leave the comfort zone and be present in the midst of society to strengthen interreligious brotherhood. The Church must spread peace and benevolence, respect human righ ...
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  13 November 2019
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Civil society: what is the price of peace? Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - An exchange of prisoners relaunches the peace process in Afghanistan, while the electoral results of the presidential elections on September 28 remain uncertain. Yesterday, November 12, President ...
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  12 November 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Armenian priest and his father killed in Deir ez Zor. Archbishop Marayati: "for us they are martyrs. And the war is not over" Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - The funeral of the Armenian Catholic priest Hovsep Hanna Petoyan and his father Hanna Petoyan took place this morning in Qamishli, killed on Monday 11 Novembe. The two were attacked by unidenti ...
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  12 November 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence increases: Indian Christians claim their constitutional rights New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Atrocities against Christians are on the rise. In 2014, about 150 episodes of violence against the community were reported. In 2016, the count rose to 200 and in 2017 it went up to 270 accide ...
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  11 November 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate: three days of fasting to call for peace to return in Iraq Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - From Monday 11 to Wednesday 13 November "the sons and daughters" of the Chaldean Church are called to fast and pray God for the gift of peace and for the return to stability in Iraq. This was as ...
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  9 November 2019
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The "School of Peace" expands, while 3.7 million children are without school Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - The "Tangi Kalay - School of Peace", was established with the efforts of Italian Barnabite missionary, Father Giuseppe Moretti in Afghanistan and is one of the few "oases in the desert" for the li ...
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  8 November 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Youth and new evangelization: the "Youcat" International Congress Iloilo (Agenzia Fides) - Evangelization in the contemporary world: new roads, new forms, new potentials: with this spirit hundreds of "young missionaries" from different countries are attending the 2nd International "YO ...
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  8 November 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - The "misleading representations" of the initiatives of the Chaldean Patriarch regarding the protests in the streets have been rejected Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The recent meetings of Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako with the participants in the protest demonstrations taking place in Baghdad in no way expressed an "antagonistic" position of the lea ...
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  8 November 2019
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Renewal and future projects of Caritas, at the service of the most vulnerable Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "It is autumn, but these days in Kazakhstan there is a beautiful air of spring, of rebirth. And we can really feel that something new is happening for the Caritas of our country": as Agenzia Fide ...
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  7 November 2019
  ASIA/NEPAL - Claretian Missionaries: care and education for earthquake victims Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - The Claretian missionaries are committed to building the future of orphan and poor children, victims of the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, providing them with assistance and education. "We visited ...
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  7 November 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Bishops: to actualize the Abu Dhabi Document to improve dialogue with Islam Bandung (Agenzia Fides) - "Human fraternity for a peaceful Indonesia" is the theme of the Assembly of Indonesian Bishops, underway in Bandung (4-11 November), with the aim of "understanding the Abu Dhabi Document on huma ...
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  6 November 2019
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Theatrical work and music to announce the Christian message Barisal (Agenzia Fides) - "In the district of Barisal, in central-southern Bangladesh, people traditionally love singing and music. In this area there are various theatrical works of religious nature and theme. The theat ...
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  6 November 2019
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The nun who walks death row inmates to the gallow Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - Bringing mercy and compassion and the love of Christ among the prisoners on death row: this is the mission of Sister Gerarda Fernandez, 81, who worked with the prisons in Singapore as a death- ...