Asia

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  19 August 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A ten-point resolution sent by religious minorities to the Prime Minister Karachi (Agenzia Fides): "We are faithful to our beloved homeland, Pakistan. We are not strangers: our Churches, religious institutions, hospitals and office buildings have a raised flag of Pakistan. We have lived in thi ...
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  12 August 2019
  Asia/Pakistan - Cardinal Coutts on Minorities Day: "Treat us like citizens of Pakistan, equal to others" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "The founder of Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah in his historic speech of August 11, 1947 assured us that people of faith other than Islam would be citizens of Pakistan, with equal rights and dutie ...
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  10 August 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - New controversy after the cancellation of the concert by Lebanese band Mashrou ‘Leila Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The cancellation of a concert by Lebanese band Mashrou ‘Leila from the program of the International Festival of Byblos continues to fuel mobilizations and controversies that also involve Church ...
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  10 August 2019
  ASIA/JAPAN - A listening Center to accompany people suffering from loneliness Koshigaya (Agenzia Fides) - "Japanese society is turning into a society without ties. The bond with one's homeland, with one's family, is becoming increasingly fragile. This loss is inevitably accompanied by the tragedy ...
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  9 August 2019
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Asian Christian leaders to the government: "It is urgent to face the Rohingya crisis" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to face the crisis linked to the presence and future of the Rohingya refugees: this is the appeal addressed by the main leaders of the Catholic Church in Asia to the Bangladesh Interi ...
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  9 August 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - The election of the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople on the agenda in the first half of December Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Armenian apostolic community headed by the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, based in Istanbul, is preparing to elect the new Patriarch, and in recent days has launched its organizat ...
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  9 August 2019
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Archbishop William Goh's National Day message: "A new generation of leaders in society and in the Church is urgent" Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - "Singapore needs to raise up a new generation of leaders": this is stated by Archbishop William Goh on the occasion of the 54th Singapore National Day, which is celebrated on August 9th, to co ...
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  8 August 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite priest found dead in Mar Shaaya monastery Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – On August 7, Fr. Elie Najjar, who belonged to the Antonine Maronite Order, was found in his bedroom in the Mar Shaaya Monastery with a gunshot wound to the head. He was 57 years old, from the ...
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  8 August 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - "An effort for peace and reconciliation" is needed for Kashmir Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Kashmir is delicate and requires an effort on behalf of everybody, for peace and reconciliation, so that the situation does not degenerate: today let us accompany this moment wi ...
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  8 August 2019
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Lake Aral: common commitment to repair the natural disaster Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "I discovered Lake Aral when I was still a university student and in 1978, I started studying it. What I have understood in recent years is that the disaster created by human hands can be repaire ...
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  7 August 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Congress of Asian theologians reflects on "Creation" and "salvation" Medan (Agenzia Fides) - "Creation" and "salvation" are the theological themes at the center of the ninth Congress of Asian Christian Theologians (CATS-IX), the largest Pan-Asian theological summit, which opened on August ...
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  7 August 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Five years after the flight of Christians, tensions between the army and paramilitary militias in the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Exactly five years after the mass exodus that emptied the villages of the Nineveh Plain in one night, that region known as the area of historical roots of indigenous Christian communities in the t ...
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  7 August 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence against Christians in 23 States of India: 158 incidents in six months New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The first six months of 2019 witnessed 158 incidents of violence against Christians in 23 states of India, in which 110 women and 89 children were also injured: this is stated in a note sent t ...
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  6 August 2019
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Intensive work of formation and study in view of the Extraordinary Missionary Month of October 2019 Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - Preparations are underway for the Extraordinary Missionary Month of October 2019, which will be full of initiatives and which, for Catholics in Vietnam, will be a precious opportunity t ...
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  5 August 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean synod welcomes laity for first time. Letter from Patriarch Sako to Pope Francis Ankawa (Agenzia Fides) - The periodical synodal assembly of the Bishops of the Chaldean Church began on Sunday 4 August with the Eucharistic celebration presided by the Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako. Some sessions of th ...