Asia

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  2 May 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians and Muslims in Punjab, among violence and gestures of friendship Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - An armed group of 20 to 25-year-old Islamic youths on motorcycles attacked a Christian neighborhood of Bhai Pheru in the Kasur district of Pakistani Punjab in recent days, terrorizing the communi ...
• 2 May 2017
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of the Auxiliary of Xuan Loc Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father has appointed as auxiliary Bishop of the diocese of Xuân Lôc, (Viêt Nam), Rev. John Do Van Ngan, lecturer and vice rector of the St. Joseph interdiocesan major seminary ...
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  2 May 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Peace in Myanmar: religions will give their contribution Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We have come not to count the wounds of the past, but to count the blessings of peace. We have come not to remember the nightmares of the past, but to pursue the promise of peace for us and futu ...
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  28 April 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A Jesuit: “In Indonesia it is not yet time for a Christian national leader” Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – “Indonesia has not yet reached the moment for a Christian political leader at the national level, as president, vice president or governor of Jakarta. We must have patience and look at hi ...
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  24 April 2017
  ASIA/TURKEY - Armenian Genocide commemorated also in Istanbul. Message from US President Trump announced ASIA/TURKEY – Armenian Genocide commemorated also in Istanbul. Message from US President Trump announced Erevan (Agenzia Fides) – Events and ceremonies scheduled for April 24 all over the world to mark 102nd anni ...
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  24 April 2017
  ASIA/NEPAL - Two years after earthquake child trafficking thrives Katmandu (Agenzia Fides) – April 25 marks the 2nd anniversary of the earthquake in Nepal which left 9,000 dead, more than 700,000 homes destroyed and at least three million people in dire need of assistance. “Two ...
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  22 April 2017
  ASIA/SIRIA - Four years after the abduction of the two Metropolitans of Aleppo Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "Christ is risen and the destiny of our brother-archbishops Boulos and Yohanna is still unclear". Pascha fell this year close to the day of their abduction. "This fourth anniversary is perhaps th ...
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  21 April 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Elections in Jakarta: Christian governor, defeated. But his trial for blasphemy continues Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Power comes from God and it could be taken by God. No one comes to power without God’s permission. Don’t be sad. God knows". With these words, implicitly quoting the Gospel and St. Paul ("o ...
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  20 April 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Assyrian leaders of the Syrian opposition received in Moscow by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov received a delegation of Assyrian leaders on the various fronts of the Syrian anti-Assad opposition in Moscow. The delegation was led by Nimrud ...
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  19 April 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Elections in Jakarta, Christian candidate defeated Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - While the vote count is underway, all the projections made on the basis of polling stations already counted in the runoff election ballot for the election of the new governor of Jakarta attribut ...
• 19 April 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Manado, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On April 12, 2017 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Manado, Indonesia, presented by His Excellency Msgr. Joseph Theodorus Suwatan, M.S.C., ...
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  12 April 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Holy Week marred by episodes of religious intolerance New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Christians in India fear new episodes of intolerance and disturbance during this Easter season. Fides received reports of incidents in six different states of India, episodes of harassmen ...
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  11 April 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Looking towards Asian Youth Day: young Catholics in Bali focus on faith and dialogue Denpasar (Agenzia Fides) – “Young people are the future of the Church. The Church must be a place which welcomes young people and encourages them to express their faith in various forms of activity”: Fides was ...
• 11 April 2017
  ASIA/MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE and BRUNEI - Appointment of PMS National Director Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 2 March 2017 appointed national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in ...
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  10 April 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians and Muslims launch joint symbolic olive branch peace campaign ASIA/PAKISTAN – Christians and Muslims launch joint symbolic olive branch peace campaign Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Christians and Muslim in Pakistan determined to build social and religious peace in that country a ...