Asia

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  17 October 2018
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The demolition of the village of Khan al Ahmar begins. Appeal of the Episcopal Justice and Peace Commission Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Tuesday, October 16, three bulldozers continued the work of leveling the land around the Bedouin village of Khan al Ahmar, in the occupied West Bank, east of Jerusalem, in an area c ...
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  17 October 2018
  ASIA - The young Christians of Asia, ambassadors of peace Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - Young Christians in Asia are called to be "ambassadors of peace" in the various social and political contexts of the Asian nations where they live. This is what emerges from the third meeting ...
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  16 October 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Trial for seven innocent Christians: appeal for their release New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to speed up the judicial process which sees seven innocent Christians of Kandhamal, a district in the Indian state of Orissa, in prison. The seven have been languishing in jail be ...
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  15 October 2018
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The funeral ceremony: thanksgiving mass for Bishop Padilla Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Wenceslao Padilla, Apostolic Prefect of Mongolia, who died from a heart attack on September 25 (see Fides 26/9/2018), three days before his 69th birthday, was buried in Ulaanbaatar on ...
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  15 October 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - A conference in Istanbul on Ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue in the Franciscan mission Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – From 15-29 October the XXIII Course of permanent formation for ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue in the Franciscan mission begins, organized in Istanbul by the Pontifical Antonianum Uni ...
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  15 October 2018
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Ethnic-religious reasons behind the tensions between minorities and government Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - There are ethnic-religious reasons behind the tensions in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, located in the eastern part of Tajikistan. This is what Giannicola Saldutti, an associate resea ...
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  12 October 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Jesuits alongside the poor to build a fair and respectful nation Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuits of South Asia support the cause of the poor and with this spirit have promoted and launched the "Lok Manch" ("People's Forum"), a platform of leaders of civil society organizations ...
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  12 October 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Camillians and volunteers from the diocese of Manado engaged together to provide rescue operations in Sulawesi Palu (Agenzia Fides) - "I am in Palu, I visited some places where the earthquake sowed great devastation", says to Agenzia Fides Father Andi Suparman, a Camillian missionary, who arrived on the island of Sulawesi on beha ...
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  12 October 2018
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Dialogue is real, but strong restrictions remain in religious freedom Astana (Agenzia Fides) - The "Kazakstan model" indicated by President Nursultan Nazarbayev as an example of interreligious peace and harmony to be applied on a global scale, "is real, but starts from the rather ambiguous ...
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  11 October 2018
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Law to abolish capital punishment: the support of Christians Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Malaysia have welcomed the decision of the Malaysian government to take concrete steps to abolish the death penalty: this is what Catholic, Hector Fernandez, activist and supp ...
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  11 October 2018
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Special Prize of the Kazakh President Nazarbayev to the Pontifical Council for Interfaith Dialogue Astana (Agenzia Fides) - Kazakh Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev has awarded the Pontifical Council of the Vatican with the Prize for the contribution to interfaith dialogue. The awarded Prize was announced on Wednesda ...
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  10 October 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom: "We pray to be able to send priests and to celebrate the Sacraments in the North" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "I am pleased and comforted to learn that, during his visit to the Vatican next week, President Moon Jae-in will bring the message of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with him, who wishes to invite ...
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  10 October 2018
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Archbishop Goh: "Justice for migrants; building unity in the name of Christ " Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - It is necessary to treat immigrants, in work places, "according to the principles of fairness and equality, without any discrimination"; and we must rediscover and live unity in the name of Ch ...
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  9 October 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishop of Daejeon: "The Pope in North Korea? A miracle, but everything is possible to God" Daejeon (Agenzia Fides) - "If Pope Francis goes to Pyongyang, it will truly be a miracle. But everything is possible to God": with these words Bishop Lazarus You Heung-sik, at the head of the diocese of Daejeon and of th ...
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  9 October 2018
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - More than 80 delegations at the VI Congress of religious leaders in Astana Astana (Agenzia Fides) - More than 80 delegations have been invited to take part in the work of the VI Congress of world and traditional religions leaders, scheduled in Astana (Kazakhstan) on Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 ...