Asia

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  7 March 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - In Kirkuk, the political and Christian Social components try to unite into a single Council Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - The appeal repeatedly launched by Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael I to Iraqi Christians not to proceed "in random order" on the political and social ground, but to try to merge their forces in o ...
• 6 March 2017
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Kuching and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 4 March 2017 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Kuching (Malaysia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. John Ha Tiong Hock. The Holy Fathe ...
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  6 March 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Philippine Church is not "against Duterte" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - There is a gap between President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration and the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The faithful see the pronouncements of Duterte against the Church and against pries ...
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  6 March 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal of human rights organizations against the crimes committed against the Rohingya Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Thirteen organizations engaged in the defense of human rights have urged the United Nations to investigate the atrocities committed by the Burmese army against the Muslim minority Rohingya. "The ...
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  6 March 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Greek-Melkite Patriarchate: Patriarch Gregoire III continues to carry out his tasks Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A note released by the communications office of the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Greek-Melkite reports that Grègoire Patriarch Laham III continues to carry out his role, is preparing to laun ...
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  6 March 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Lenten seminar: "Seek the Kingdom of God and the good of the peoples" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Seek first the Kingdom of God" is the title of the Lenten seminar organized recently by the Diocesan Catechetical Centre in Karachi at Saint Patrick College. As Fides learns, the event, organiz ...
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  4 March 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The "Mother Teresa of Burma" takes care of AIDS patients Yangon (Myanmar) – They all call her the "Mother Teresa of Burma": Sister Marta Mya Thwe, a religious of the Congregation of St. Joseph of the Apparition (SJA), is tirelessly committed to taking care of people with AID ...
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  4 March 2017
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Letter of Apostolic Administrator Pizzaballa: We made mistakes concerning the University of Madaba Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Lent is "a new beginning, a path leading to the certain goal of Easter, Christ’s victory over death". Even the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, in this delicate moment of its history, is cal ...
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  3 March 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Bioethics and Pastoral Care of the sick: new and difficult issues that affect human life Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "During his recent visit to the Camillian mission in Flores, Father Leo Pessini, Superior General of the Camillians (MI), held a series of lectures on Bioethics and pastoral care of the sick", s ...
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  3 March 2017
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Restoration of the Edicule of the Holy Sepulchre to be completed before Easter Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - After nine months of works the restoration of the Edicule of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is about to end. The media linked to the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land inform that the scaffo ...
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  3 March 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The slavery of Rohingya girls Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Last October, the Burmese Army carried out a military operation in the State of Rajine, North Myanmar, following an attack on a border post in the region which caused the death of nine agents. Si ...
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  3 March 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - Carry out conversion with charitable works: the Lenten journey of the continental Catholic community Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - True conversion is realized through the works of charity towards each other, as taught by Pope Francis in his Lenten message, "Scripture is a gift. Other persons are a gift", is how Catholics in ...
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  3 March 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Violations of religious freedom increase Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Violence against religious communities and religious freedom abuses increased in Indonesia in 2016: says the Report on Religious Freedom in Indonesia 2016, carried out and just published by the ...
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  2 March 2017
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - A new church dedicated to St. Therese of Lisieux and new baptisms at Easter Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - There is great vitality in the Catholic community in Cambodia: on 18 February after the consecration of the new church of St Peter in Pot hon (North of Phnom Penh), the Apostolic Vicariate of ...
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  2 March 2017
  ASIA/TURKEY - Agreement reached on the procedures to elect the new Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Yerevan (Agenzia Fides) - The summit convened in Yerevan (Armenia) by Patriarch Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, to try to resolve the increasingly tangled dispute in place concerning the next election of the Arm ...