Asia

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  15 May 2018
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Catholics: "A new government for economic and social development" Dili (Agenzia Fides) - A coalition of opposition parties, including the one led by historic leader Xanana Gusmao, is ahead after the political elections held on 11 May in East Timor. The Alliance for change and progress ...
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  14 May 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Bishops: "Attacks against coexistence and pluralism" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The Indonesian Bishops are shocked, they expressed strong disappointment and solidarity towards the families of the victims and wounded. It is traumatic to know that a whole family of suicide b ...
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  14 May 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Nihil obstat of the Holy See to recognize the martyrdom of Father Ragheed Ganni and of the three deacons killed in 2007 Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The Congregation for the Causes of Saints gave the nihil obstat - permitting to begin the process of canonization of ...
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  14 May 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Attacks on three churches, the Catholic parish priest: "Let us forgive the terrorists" Surabaya (Agenzia Fides) - Three attacks yesterday, Sunday, May 13, 2018, struck three churches in the city of Surabaya, in the eastern part of the island of Java, just before the start of Sunday Masses. The first explo ...
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  12 May 2018
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Muslim leaders gathered in Indonesia to seek a path for peace Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Important Muslim scholars from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia met from 11 May in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, to discuss and develop a way in the conflict that has blooded Afghanistan f ...
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  11 May 2018
  ASIA/NEPAL - Unity among Christians: together to witness God's mercy Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Christians of different confessions in Nepal are committed to working together to witness the love and mercy of God. "As Nepali Christians we are called to work together and be witnesses to th ...
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  9 May 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - "To be people of Caritas means to be people of the Good News" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Caritas is the joy of service, Caritas is a service of joy. Caritas India is the organ of the entire Catholic church to concretely express our charity and, as Deus Caritas East of Benedict XV ...
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  9 May 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - Evangelical pastor Brunson also accused of supporting the creation of a "Christian Kurdish state" Izmir (Agenzia Fides) - Among the new, exorbitant accusations against American evangelical pastor Andrew Craig Brunson, on trial by the Turkish judicial authorities for alleged connivance with networks and forces accused ...
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  8 May 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Elections, the Chaldean Patriarch: the Church cannot be "silenced" when it contributes to the common good Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Church does not intervene directly in the field of politics. But it cannot be silenced when it intervenes on crucial issues and emergencies for the life of the people and the Country. This w ...
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  8 May 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The first Catholic nun of the Kacchi Kohli tribe Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Pakistan welcomed the first nun of the Kacchi Kohli tribe, after 70 years of mission among those tribal peoples in Sindh. Here the Dutch Franciscan friars begin their mi ...
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  8 May 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Towards the elections: Catholics in Indonesia support Pancasila Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - 2018 is an important year for the political situation in Indonesia. Citizens will participate in two political events: firstly, the administrative elections in all the regions; secondly, there w ...
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  7 May 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - The elections confirm the fragmentation of the political framework. The Lebanese PMS Director: no one will be able to govern alone Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The official results of the 2018 Lebanese political elections, held yesterday, Sunday 6 May, have not yet been released. But all the anticipations and partial data released by the Lebanese media ...
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  7 May 2018
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Church: elect those who have the well-being of the country at heart Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "Every five years we have the opportunity to democratically elect our leaders and the government, I invite all Catholics to exercise the vote according to a Christian vision and values, it ...
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  4 May 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - "Anti-conversion law" approved in the state of Uttarakhand Nainital (Agenzia Fides) - Uttarakhand (Northern India) has become the seventh state of the Indian Federation to have approved an "anti-conversion law" that penalizes freedom of conscience and religious freedom. As Fide ...
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  4 May 2018
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Pro Children Association of Kabul and the work of the nuns for the dignity of disabled children Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "The nuns on mission in Kabul live in an extreme situation. They are carrying out a truly heroic work. And, in their small way, they are slowly helping to requalify the figure of people with disab ...