Asia

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  25 September 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christians divided on the Kurdish independence referendum Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Church "is not responsible" for the positions expressed by parties, organizations and armed factions led by members of local Christian communities, regarding the situation of Iraq and ...
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  25 September 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - In Orissa, the first tribal university for 27,000 indigenous students Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (Kiss) is the first tribal university in social sciences in the world. Situated in the State of Odisha (or Orissa), in East India, the Institute was ...
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  25 September 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "The Pope’s visit is a blessing; support for the rights of Muslim minorities and Aung San Suu Kyi" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pope’s visit to Myanmar (27-30 November) has been welcomed as a blessing for peace and harmony. Both the civil government led by Aung San suu Kyi and the military seem to be enthusiastic a ...
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  23 September 2017
  ASIA/JORDAN - Caritas Jordan convenes young people from around the world to the "Peace Forum" Madaba (Agenzia Fides) - The delegations of boys and girls, who are taking part in the final phase of the World Youth Forum for Peace in Jordan, organized by Caritas Jordan and hosted at the American University of Madaba ...
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  23 September 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Cardinal Filoni to Japanese seminarians: even the Pope is concerned about the shortage of priestly vocations Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis, the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and Japanese Bishops share the same "concern" for the shortage of priestly vocations in Japan. This is what Cardinal Fernando Filon ...
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  23 September 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian Priest to UN: "Need to ensure freedom of religion and the protection of religious minorities" Geneva (Agenzia Fides) – It is urgent to guarantee freedom of conscience and religion in India and protect the lives of religious minorities: said Indian Catholic priest Fr. Manoj Kumar Nayak, during the 36th session o ...
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  22 September 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Stop to extrajudicial executions, yes to human rights Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - "It is necessary to defend democracy and human rights in the Philippines: democracy in the 'war against drugs' by President Duterte has caused thousands of extrajudicial killings, impunity, and t ...
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  22 September 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Cardinal Filoni visits the places of the 2011 tsunami: "God has not forgotten you" Sendai (Agenzia Fides) - "God loves you, despite your suffering, he is not indifferent, he has not forgotten you". This is how Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, addr ...
• 22 September 2017
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "College General" Major Seminary in Penang Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 1, 2017, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Stanley Antoni of the diocesan clergy of Penang as Rector of the "Co ...
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  21 September 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - "Arms embargo on the Burmese military to end its ethnic cleansing campaign against Rohingya Muslims" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – It is urgent to take immediate action to stop the Burma Armys campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya people, including an arms embargo against Myanmar: this is what Christian Solidar ...
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  21 September 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Cardinal Filoni in Osaka: The Church is not a 'service agency' Osaka (Agenzia Fides) - The opportunity to recover momentum in the proclamation of the Gospel, in Japan and elsewhere, "does not rest in the methodologies put in place by ecclesial apparatus but in returning to experienc ...
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  21 September 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - "Anti-conversion law" in Jharkhand: will give rise to violence and religious polarization Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - "Anti-conversion" laws, which in fact are instruments to restrict religious freedom, continue to exacerbate and polarise Indian society: says Jesuit Fr. Michael Kerketta, Indian theologian and pr ...
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  20 September 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Fr. Chito, released in Marawi: "the seizure was God's will" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "My seizure was God's will. A trial He wanted. I trust in him. I see my future only in Marawi: Christians and Muslims are brothers and we believe in the only, unique God": Fr. Teresito Soganub (c ...
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  20 September 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Cardinal Filoni: one becomes a Christian because he is "fascinated". The proclamation of the Gospel is not an ideological "indoctrination" Hiroshima (Agenzia Fides) - The proclamation of the Gospel "is not an indoctrination, or an imposition or a forging of minds and hearts". It adheres to the Gospel not for "ideological proselytism" but because is "fascina ...
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  20 September 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Cardinal Filoni: Hiroshima is the place where Christ renewed his sacrifice in the twentieth century Hiroshima (Agenzia Fides) - Hiroshima "is the place where Christ renewed his sacrifice in the twentieth century". And even for the Catholic Church, Hiroshima "today means a city of peace, in which God has not forgotten m ...