Asia

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  13 July 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Livestock and beef trade: the Supreme Court suspends the ban New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - India’s Supreme Court suspended a government ban on the sale of cattle for slaughter throughout India. It is a fundamental right and it is the freedom of every citizen to choose their own fo ...
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  13 July 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - Maximum transparency in the use of the first national collection Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Maximum transparency and an accurate study of the real needs have been assured by Jinde Charites, the Chinese Catholic charity body, in the use of about 100,000 euros collected in the first Nati ...
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  12 July 2017
  ASIA/JORDAN - Ecumenism of charity: Catholics and Anglicans share educational projects for Syrian children Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The episcopal Church of Jerusalem, belonging to the Anglican Communion, signed a partnership protocol with Caritas Jordan on Tuesday, 11 July, to jointly set up a project regarding school assistan ...
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  12 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Kurdish leader Barzani sponsors referendum on independence: we will respect self-determination for the Nineveh Plain Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - The referendum convened by the government of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan to sanction their independence from Iraq is a decisive step for the future of that region. And if Europe ca ...
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  12 July 2017
  ASIA/TAIWAN - San Camillo hospital has been a reference point for hundreds of people for 60 years Makung (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 July, San Camillo Hospital in Makung, Pescadores islands, Taiwan, celebrated 60 years of activity. The hospital was built by Camillian Missionaries (MI) when, expelled from China in 1952, ar ...
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  12 July 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Tension and violence among Hindu and Muslim radicals New Dehli (Agenzia Fides) - Tension and violence among Hindus and Muslims in India: in the past few days clashes and violent protests of the local Muslim community occurred in the Western Bengal state, after the provocat ...
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  11 July 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Armed forces have released 67 child soldiers Naipyidó (Agenzia Fides) - Myanmar's armed forces released 67 child soldiers under pact with UN. This is its first discharge this year as part of a process to end forced recruitment of underage fighters. This is the fir ...
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  11 July 2017
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - "Gratitude to God": the Catholic Church celebrates the Silver Jubilee in Mongolia Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - 2017 marks the 25th anniversary of the Catholic Church's presence in Mongolia and 25 years since the liaison of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Mongolia. As Fides learns, this ...
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  11 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi: we hope our Christian brothers return to Mosul soon Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – After the liberation of the city of Mosul, from the militia of the self-styled Islamic State that had conquered the city in June 2014, now the ambition is "that all displaced people and the sons ...
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  10 July 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Initiatives of Maronite Institutions to preserve the National Memory of the Lebanese in Diaspora Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - This year more than six hundred Maronites from Lebanese emigrated families will come to Lebanon to participate in the "Maronite Youth Days" from 21 July. The initiative, conceived under the patro ...
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  10 July 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appeal of Filipino Bishops: "No more war in Marawi" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "No more war in Marawi! We ask the return to normality and peace as soon as possible in Marawi and in the area. We wonder if the extension of the martial law will lead to this. We believe that th ...
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  10 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian parliamentarian: after the liberation of Mosul, it is necessary to reintegrate all public employees to resume state administration Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Now that Mosul has almost been completely freed by the militia of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (Daesh), it is necessary to reintegrate as soon as possible all state employees and local public ...
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  7 July 2017
  ASIA/TURKEY - For now the expropriation of 50 Syriac Orthodox Churches, monasteries and cemeteries has been denied Mardin (Agenzia Fides) - Turkey declares that it has not yet implemented any measure to expropriate 50 Christian churches and monasteries scattered around Mardin, in the Turkish southwestern Tur Abdin region, to transfer ...
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  7 July 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Presidential vote, challenge between two Dalit candidates: who will defend the rights of minorities? New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Two seventy-year-old leaders who represent the dalit community (the untouchables) will run for president of the Indian Union in the upcoming July 17th elections. In India, the President of the ...
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  6 July 2017
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - UNESCO Committee: No to unilateral measures that alter the status of Jerusalem and its Holy Places Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The old city of Jerusalem and its historic walls remain in the list of world heritage sites to be considered "in danger". And all the "facts" and the legislative or administrative measures put ...