Asia

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  17 October 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Marawi is militant-free: now the economic development of Muslim areas is urgent Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - The town of Marawi, on the Filipino island of Mindanao, in the south of the country, has been liberated: the regular army resumed full control over the entire territory which on May 23 had been ...
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  17 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Prayer for seven innocent Christians of Orissa who are imprisoned Kochi (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in India is in prayer for the release of seven innocent Christians in the Indian state of Orissa, in prison for nine years. Their names are: Bhaskar Sunamajhi, Bijay Sanseth, Buddhadev ...
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  16 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Crimes against the Dalit increase: alarm of the Church New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The growing atrocities on the Dalits give the impression that India is returning to the age of Manu Smriti when Dalits were treated worse than slaves": this is what Archbishop Thomas Menampar ...
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  16 October 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Buddhists and Christians in Myanmar await the Pope's visit Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Buddhists and Christians in Myanmar are waiting for Pope Francis’ visit to Myanmar from 27 to 30 November with enthusiasm. Since October 12, a huge poster has been placed in front of the Cathed ...
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  13 October 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Demonstration of Iraqi Christian refugees: We do not want to go back to Iraq, give us permission to emigrate Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Some dozen Iraqi Christian refugees organized a demonstration in Beirut on Wednesday, 11 October in front of the offices of the High Commissioner for Refugees to ask the competent authorities to ...
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  13 October 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Archbishop Takami: "Justo Takayama Ukon, an example for today's Christians" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Samurai of Christ, Justo Takayama Ukon - beatified on February 7, 2017 in Osaka - lived an authentic, honest, sincere, and deep Christian life. He was recognized as a martyr, even though he wa ...
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  13 October 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - Msgr. Mathew Hu Xiande, tireless pastor and passionate promoter of the study of the Bible Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) – In the early hours of 25 September, His Exc. Msgr. Mathew Hu Xiande, Bishop of Ningbo (Ningpo), in Zhejiang Province (Mainland China) died at the age 83. He had been hospitalized for a few days ...
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  12 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Orissa, theater of anti-Christian violence, becomes a place of pilgrimage and inspiration Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) – The victims of anti-Christian violence perpetrated in the Indian state of Orissa in 2007 and 2008 "are testimonies of authentic faith, that overcame difficulties and persecution, and today ...
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  12 October 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Three members of the Ahmadiyya community killed, three condemned to death for blasphemy Sheikhupura (Agenzia FIdes) - A lawyer, his wife and two-year-old son were killed by unidentified aggressors in their home in Sheikhupura. Another five-year-old son miraculously survived the attack who hid under the bed. ...
• 11 October 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Ruteng and appointment of the apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today Pope Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Ruteng (Indonesia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Hubertus Leteng, and appointed His Exc. Mgr. Sylveste ...
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  11 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Condemnation of the Bishops: Hindu leader offends Mother Teresa New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – It is necessary to condemn and take legal measures regarding the false accusations and derogatory words against Mother Teresa of Calcutta by Hindu leader Swami Parpoornanda Saraswathi: says ...
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  10 October 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian student tortured and killed by the police Sheikhupura (Agenzia Fides) - A 17-year-old Christian student was beaten and tortured to death by a group of six Pakistani police officers in the village of Jhubhran, near the city of Sheikhupura, in Pakistani Punjab. Th ...
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  10 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Caritas alarm: Child trafficking in northeast India Dispur (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian State of Assam has been the hub of human trafficking in the country; politics must act urgently to stop the trafficking involving in particular children: is the alarm launched to Fides ...
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  10 October 2017
  ASIA/TERRASANTA - 800 years of Franciscan presence in the Middle East Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "As Franciscans, we see these eight centuries as a manifestation of God’s Providence, fidelity and goodness towards us, because he chose a simple, poor, colorful ecclesial instrument that is ...
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  10 October 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Kurdistan in difficulty: After the vote for independence, people are fleeing Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is constantly evolving. Baghdad is putting into practice what the Iraqi Parliament, already in the first hours after the Referendum on independence on September 25, had established ...