Asia

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  12 July 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Over 50,000 signatures demanding the release of the 7 innocent Christians in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - As the tenth anniversary of the attack on Christians which occurred in August 2008 in the Indian state of Orissa is approaching, an online signature campaign demanding the release of seven i ...
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  11 July 2018
  ASIA/THAILAND - Towards the 350th anniversary of the Apostolic Vicariate of Siam Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Almost 350 years have passed since the first Catholic mission in Siam began: to commemorate the imminent anniversary of the Apostolic Vicariate of Siam (Mission of Siam: 1669-2019), the Bishops' ...
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  11 July 2018
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: action must be taken to stop the ecological holocaust Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We are in a critical moment of human history. Faith without action is an empty faith, the Apostle James warns. All our pious convictions require real actions. Martin Luther King used to say: 'So ...
• 10 July 2018
  ASIA/INDIA Catholicosato di Echmiadzin per c (Agenzia Fides) – Continua la mobilitazione di gruppi di manifestanti armeni che lo scorso 6 luglio sono entrati nella Sede patriarcale del Catholicosato di Echmiadzin per chiedere le dimissioni di Karekin II, Patriar ...
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  10 July 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Filipino Bishops: "Critical collaboration with the President, without compromise" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of the Philippines are willing to continue a "critical collaboration" with the government. After several differences of opinion between the Church and President Rodrigo Duter ...
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  9 July 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - A mega-statue of Saint Charbel will be inaugurated on the heights of Hammana Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – The-sixteen-meter mega-statue representing Lebanese Saint Charbel will be inagurated on the heights of the village of Hammana in the next few days. From there, the statue will dominate the surr ...
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  9 July 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Focolare Youth in Asia: fraternity in human relations, in politics, in economics Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Pathways to fraternity": is the project launched by over 6,000 young people who participated in the "Genfest", the international festival of the Focolare Youth Movement held in Manila. The proje ...
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  6 July 2018
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The parish priest of Bethlehem: the baptized are disappearing in the city where Jesus was born Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - The baptized are dramatically disappearing in the city where Jesus was born. While groups that pocket offers using the name of Bethlehem, without then sending any kind of help to the Christian ...
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  6 July 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Child trafficking in the Center of the Sisters of Mother Teresa: a woman arrested, two nuns arrested Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - A nun and a staff member at Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in Ranchi, which welcomes single mothers, were arrested by the police for allegedly selling babies born to unwed mothers. The ...
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  6 July 2018
  ASIA/CHINA - Msgr. Joseph Li Mingshu, Bishop of Qingdao has died Qingdao (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Msgr. Joseph Li Mingshu, Bishop of Qingdao, in the province of Shandong (Mainland China) died on Friday, June 15 at the age of 93. He was born on December 1, 1924 in the village of L ...
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  6 July 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Interventions for flood victims: sign of a united and "outgoing" Church New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Violent rains have devastated the states of north-eastern India and the southern state of Kerala: water has flooded roads and highways, causing the suspension of electricity and making the aff ...
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  5 July 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - The crisis in Catholic schools is exacerbating: already 500 teachers have been discharged Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis in Lebanese Catholic schools seems to have worsened, which has resulted in the resignation, decided by Catholic schools, regarding 500 of their teachers. The large number of resignatio ...
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  5 July 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - The rate of violence against Christians remains high: a new Report New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Violence against Christians in India continues to be high. 101 episodes were registered in the first five months of 2018 according to a new report published by the Alliance Defending Freedom ...
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  4 July 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Political requests to set up a committee of inquiry regarding property confiscated from Christians Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The militants of the Rafidain Party, a political force linked to Assyrian Christian sectors, will ask the new Iraqi Parliament to set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the phenomenon of ...
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  3 July 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The proclamation of the Gospel in Korea travels on radio, newspapers, web and cable TV Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Catholic Peace Broadcasting Corporation" (CPBC), the official media organization of the Catholic Church in Seoul, celebrates the 30th anniversary of its foundation and re-launches its role of pro ...