Asia

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  17 May 2019
  ASIA/THAILAND - "Missionary enthusiasm" of Catholics in Thailand Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a lot of enthusiasm in the small Thai Catholic community. We are 390,000 baptized out of 65 million inhabitants. We are ready to welcome Cardinal Fernando Filoni, representative of the ...
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  16 May 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako: Parties have taken possession of parliamentary seats reserved for Christians Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The major “political parties” intervene in the process by supporting certain candidates for their own benefit, “stealing” Christians’ right in having this privilege, since the reality, ...
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  16 May 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Church commitment against false marriages of Chinese men with Pakistani women Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Young Pakistani women were enticed to marry Chinese men on the promise of a better life, but these young women and their families are not at all aware that they can be deceived and trapped in ...
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  15 May 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Security emergency in the Nineveh Plain: two elderly Christian women robbed and beaten up Bartella (Agenzia Fides) - The robbery and violence that two elderly Christian women suffered at home in the Nineveh Plain by an armed group have become political "cases", causing the controversy over the lack of securit ...
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  14 May 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - The war is not over. Christian villages hit along the new "front line" Hama (Agenzia Fides) - Artillery and missiles fired by rebel militias on the Syrian town of Al-Sqaylabiyeh, in the governorate of Hama, mostly inhabited by Orthodox Christians, also continued on Monday 13 May. On Sunday ...
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  13 May 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - National mourning for the death of Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanon mourns the death of Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Patriarch Emeritus of Antioch of the Maronites, who died on Sunday 12 May at the age of 99. The Lebanese government has proclaimed tw ...
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  13 May 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - One of seven innocent Christians, accused in Orissa, released New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of India granted bail to Gornath Chalanseth, one of the seven innocent Christians languishing in jail for a decade due to the alleged murder of a local Hindu religious leader ...
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  10 May 2019
  ASIA/JORDAN - Caritas Jordan will offer 10,000 meals to Muslims during Ramadan Amman (Agenzia Fides) - "Ramadan is Different in Generous Jordan". This is the title of the campaign launched by Caritas Jordan for the holy month of Ramadan in 2019. The campaign, which will continue during the month, e ...
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  10 May 2019
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Holy masses resume and Catholic schools reopen Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic schools in Sri Lanka will reopen on May 14, after the closure established for security reasons following the Easter attacks that killed 258 people and injuring about 500 people. This wa ...
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  9 May 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - Aoun receives delegates and partners of the Council of Churches of the Middle East Beirut (Lebanon) - Lebanon has a specific vocation in fostering dialogue between civilizations and in the encounter between cultures, for the historical event that has made it more than just a crossroads between East and ...
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  9 May 2019
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Builders of bridges, peacemakers: Christians participate in the life of the nation Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Malaysia contributes to the common good of the nation": says to Agenzia Fides Archbishop Julian Leow, at the head of the diocese of Kuala Lumpur, and newly elected President ...
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  8 May 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi arrives in Canada. Christians: "Justice has been dispensed" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Asia Bibi, the woman unjustly sentenced to death for blasphemy and acquitted by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 31 October 2018, has arrived in Canada, where she has riunited with her family. T ...
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  8 May 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops to the faithful: "Vote responsibly, to fight corruption" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "We need to vote responsibly and wisely. People cannot expect a change if they continue to vote for corrupt politicians: this is the appeal launched by Bishop Francisco De Leon, at the head of th ...
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  7 May 2019
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith's appeal: "Let us not allow hatred to triumph Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - We must not let "hatred triumph and must not allow the Easter violence to become an opportunity to polarize society and divide the nation": this is the new appeal launched by Cardinal Malcolm Ra ...
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  7 May 2019
  ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdallah II makes donation to Church of the Holy Sepulchre restoration Amman (Agenzia Fides) - King Abdallah II of Jordan made a donation for restoring of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem at his own expense. Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine and Jordan, ...