Asia

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  30 August 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appeal of the Salesians regarding the wave of mass killings of vulnerable young people Makati (Agenzia Fides) - "We, Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) of the Philippine North Province are deeply saddened by the spate of killings that have been going on in the recent past. Being at the forefront of youth pastora ...
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  29 August 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Even a Christian among former jihadist prisoners freed in Tal Afar Tal Afar (Agenzia Fides) - Rana Behnam is a Christian woman who was freed in the suburbs of Tal Afar after having been held for a long time in a place of segregation by the jihadists of the self-proclaimed Islamic State ...
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  29 August 2017
  ASIA/TURKEY - Evangelical pastor Brunson still in prison for espionage. Trump had asked for his extradition Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - President Donald Trump's attempts to release and return Andrew Craig Brunson to the United States, the US Evangelical pastor who had already been arrested in Turkey in the autumn of 2016, accused ...
• 29 August 2017
  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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  28 August 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Spokesman for the Sadrist Movement: Muqtada al-Sadr will pay a visit to the Vatican Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr will set on a European tour responding to official invitations, including a visit to the Vatican and a meeting with Pope Francis. This was confirmed in recent d ...
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  21 August 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - The giant statue of Saint Charbel to be installed on the heights of Kesrouan Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The giant statue of Saint Charbel, Lebanon’s Saint dear to the Maronite tradition has reached the heights of Kesrouan. The statue was transferred Sunday morning from Haret Sakhr, north of Joun ...
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  18 August 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishop voices firm condemnation of plan to use hostages as human bombs Manila (Agenzia Fides) – A local Catholic bishop has deplored suspected plans by a group, of IS inspiration, known as Maute, to use civilian hostages as suicide bombers to attack security forces. According to a repo ...
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  17 August 2017
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Commitment and generosity: Pontifical Mission Society Holy Childhood marks 30 years activity in Sri Lanka Maradana (Agenzia Fides) – Some 1,500 participants under the slogan "I called you by name to be my disciple" recently celebrated 30 years in Sri Lanka of Pontifical Mission Society Holy Childhood activity. Celebrations ...
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  9 August 2017
  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 ...
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  8 August 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Young Asian Catholics: “We will face the challenges of the millennium to spread the Gospel” Yogyakarta (Agenzia Fides)- “We face problems and challenges in living our Catholic faith and live in a globalized era that impacts our life. Rapid technological advances give rise to consumerism, addictions, and loss ...
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  7 August 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Kurd leader Barzani writes to Christians in Kurdistan: in independent Kurdistan you will be safe at last Erbil (Agenzia Fides) – Now that the nation of Kurdistan “is taking steps towards independence, the needs and the rights of our Christian brothers and sisters will be protected at all levels, and so brotherhood and s ...
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  5 August 2017
  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 ...
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  5 August 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Young Catholics and Muslims celebrate together Asian Youth Day Yogyakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Gathered in workshops to talk with Bishops on matters such as respect for mothers, social ills such as drug addiction, corruption, abortion, poverty and the question of migrants, but also a ...
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  4 August 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - ‘Babylon Brigades’: Christians in Nineveh Plains should on no account be included in the upcoming Referendum for the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – The region of the Nineveh Plains and in particular the areas in which the country’s Christian communities are concentrated should on no account be included in the territories for the upcoming ...