Asia

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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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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  12 June 2019
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Impressive figures on the decline of the Christian presence in the cities of the West Bank Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - In the Arab city of Jenin, 26 km north of Nablus, out of 70 thousand inhabitants there are only 130 Christians, almost all Catholics of the Latin rite. In Tubas, another Arab town in the northe ...
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  12 June 2019
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Caritas Kyrgyzstan joins the Caritas Internationalis family: "Mission is service to the needy" Biskek (Agenzia Fides) - "The official recognition of Caritas Kyrgyzstan within Caritas Internationalis means very much to us, because it makes us feel part of a large family and offers us more opportunities to serve the ...
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  11 June 2019
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Bishops of Myanmar: it is urgent to stop the dam on the River Irrawaddy, a harbinger of a catastrophe Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We Catholic Bishops of Myanmar, representing the Catholic Christians of 16 dioceses, earnestly request all the stakeholders to seriously reconsider the ill-conceived conception regarding Myitson ...
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  11 June 2019
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Jerusalem, appeal of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate on the disputed buildings has been rejected Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Israel has rejected the appeal with which the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem had tried to block the sale of three buildings of its property in the Old City of Je ...
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  11 June 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop pays visit to a mosque: "Muslim leaders have a precious role in promoting harmony and peace" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Muslim leaders and scholars play an important and valuable role in promoting peace and harmony in Pakistan. We assure you of our support in this work. We pray for peace, prosperity and well-bein ...
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  10 June 2019
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh to the confirmation candidates: "To live the Good News and share it" Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "We are here to celebrate the life that God gives us in his Holy Spirit. May peace and joy, forgiveness and faith, love and truth abide in us and lead us to God our Father who loves us so muc ...
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  8 June 2019
  ASIA - Cardinal Bo: "At Pentecost, a new breath of the Holy Spirit to witness the Gospel in Asia" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "On the occasion of Pentecost 2019 let us pray for a truly missionary conversion of the whole Church": this is what Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, President of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Confe ...
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  8 June 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Orionines: a year dedicated to youth to rekindle the missionary spirit Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "To live every encounter with others always under the sign of charity": this is the message that the charismatic family of Saint Luigi Orione launches on the occasion of the Year of the Orionine ...