Asia

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  6 July 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishop of Marawi: "Let us pray and hope that the war ends soon" Marawi (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is exhausting: more than 40 days of guerrilla war have gone by and our beautiful city of Marawi has been reduced to rubble. We are suffering for Father Chito and the other hostages ...
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  6 July 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops: urgent measures against the proliferation of private weapons Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The proliferation of private weapons among civilians worries the Maronite Bishops who call upon the Lebanese authorities to counteract it with effective measures, without guaranteeing any toleran ...
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  6 July 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - New impetus from the first workshop of Evangelization Pechino (Agenzia Fides) - It is time to give new impetus to missionary mobilization, nourished by the Word of God and by prayer, led by the Holy Spirit, with greater involvement of the laity: are the reflections of the p ...
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  5 July 2017
  ASIA/NEPAL - After the earthquake, faith grows in the people of God Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - In a tragic event like an earthquake, God's grace is not lacking: this is what emerges from the context of Nepal where, after the 2015 earthquake, faith in the people of God has strengthened: ...
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  5 July 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian President Assad meets the new Patriarch and Bishops of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Melkite Greek Catholic Church and the other Churches and ecclesial communities in Syria played an "important role" at a national level during the Syrian conflict, to the effect of consolida ...
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  4 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: the right to talk about the future of Nineveh Plain are mainly the people of the region Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Discussions and even divisions among the Iraqi Christians increase around the future political-administrative settlement of the so-called Nineveh Plain, a region which has recently been liberated ...
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  4 July 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Targeted attacks on Muslim minorities: the climate of intolerance in society is worrying New Dehli (Agenzia Fides) - "Attacks on minorities seem to have become the norm. Throughout India, many Muslims have been attacked by crowds, often instigated by messages on WhatsApp, that accuse Muslims of killing cattl ...
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  3 July 2017
  ASIA - Cardinal D'Rozario: "Women, families and young people in Asia: witnesses of the Gospel" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Women and families in Asia witness the Gospel despite many challenges and difficulties": says to Fides Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario, CSC, Archbishop of Dhaka and President of the Office for the lai ...
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  3 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: Western countries have encouraged the emigration of Christians Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The most painful issue that has hit the Iraqi Christian communities in recent years was their mass escape from Mosul and Nineveh Plain, when entire villages were evacuated one night before the a ...
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  1 July 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - A Catholic Lebanese University questions the concept of "citizenship" in Islam Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - A conference hosted today, Saturday, July 1, by the Notre Dame de Louaïzé University, deepens the crucial question of the compatibility between the principles of citizenship and pluralism and t ...
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  1 July 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Duterte's first year: a disaster for human rights Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In the first year of presidency in the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte and his administration "have been responsible for a wide range of human rights violations, intimidation and arrests, establishi ...
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  30 June 2017
  ASIA/LAOS - With Cardinal Ling, the Catholic community in Laos "has equal dignity" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a historic event: with the creation of Loatian Bishop Louis-Marie to Cardinal, the Laotian faithful feel that they have equal dignity with other Asian Churches. Let us remember tha ...
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  30 June 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - The two Syriac Patriarchs at the Brussels conference on the future of Christians in Iraq. The Assyrian Church of the East does not attend the conference Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - Two Patriarchs of the Eastern Churches, Syriac Orthodox Ignatius Aphrem II and Syriac Catholic Ignatius Youssif III Younan took part in the works of the Conference on A Future for Christians in ...
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  30 June 2017
  ASIA/TURKEY - Turkish government seizes more than fifty Syriac-Orthodox churches, monasteries and cemeteries Ankara (Agenzia Fides) – There are at least fifty Syriac-Orthodox churches, monasteries and cemeteries scattered around Mardin, which have recently been seized by the Turkish government under the direct attention of th ...
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  28 June 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Crisis in Marawi: Christian and Muslim leaders in Mindanao in favor of negotiations Marawi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very worried. The terrorists have proposed an exchange of prisoners: in order to release Fr. Teresito (Chito) Suganob they have asked for the release of Abdullah's and Omar Maute parents ...