ASIA/PAKISTAN - Quran teaching compulsory at school: more Islam in society
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Pakistan's senate approved the teaching of the Quran compulsory in public schools. The text obliges all educational institutions to impart the teaching of the Quran to Muslim students from cla ...
ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of the Auxiliary of Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On August 25, 2017, Pope Francis appointed rev. Louis Nguyen Anh Tuan, Director of the Secretariat of the Bishops' Conference of Vietnam as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Thanh-Pho ...
29 August 2017
ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of the Coadjutor of Long Xuyên
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On August 25, 2017, the Pope appointed His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Tran Van Toan as Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of Long Xuyên, Vietnam. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 29/08/2017)
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ASIA/PALESTINE - Itinerant theatre to alleviate trauma of Gaza’s children
Gaza (Agenzia Fides) – A group of young people in Gaza has decided to take the only Itinerant theatre in Palestine to perform in orphanages, hospitals and day assistance centres, to alleviate the psychological stress a ...
ASIA/MYANMAR - Rohingya Muslims denied human rights
Naypyidaw (Agenzia Fides) – The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has urged the government of Myanmar to respect the human rights of the repressed minorities of Rohingya Muslims. OIC chairman during a recen ...