Asia

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  20 February 2017
  ASIA/TURKEY - Armenian Catholicos Karekin II convenes a summit to face the internal problems of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople Erevan (Agenzia Fides) - Patriarch Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, convened at the Patriarchal See of Echmiadzin Catholicosate, in Yerevan, some of the protagonists of the dispute in place with regards to the n ...
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  20 February 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Marine Le Pen visits Lebanon. Meeting with the Maronite Patriarch on the agenda Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - If she becomes the President of France, Marine Le Pen will reconnect official diplomatic relations with Assad’s Syria and will reopen the French embassy in Damascus. On the occasion of her 48-h ...
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  18 February 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - An extraordinary session of the Holy Synod to address the "divisions" of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The internal crisis within the Syriac Orthodox Church, after charges of "betrayal of faith" on behalf of six metropolitans against Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, could be addressed during an e ...
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  18 February 2017
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Catholics committed to ecumenism and education Dili (East Timor) - "There is great hope for the future of evangelization in East Timor, but it is always necessary to strengthen the faith of our community": says to Agenzia Fides Salesian Bishop Virgilio do Carmo da Si ...
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  18 February 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - National Census: an opportunity for the future of religious minorities Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – The pastoral workers of Christian churches will be crucial to promote awareness on the importance of the census which will begin in Pakistan in March. "It is necessary to take a step forward t ...
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  17 February 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Human Rights Watch report: Christian villages looted and burned in the Nineveh Plain by anti-jihadist militias Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) - "Spontaneous" armed militias and paramilitary groups involved in the fight against the jihadists of the self-proclaimed Islamic state (Daesh) are responsible for looting, destruction and burnin ...
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  17 February 2017
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Gym only for women, founded by a woman Kabul (Agenzia Fides) – A gym only for women is having big success in Afghanistan. The experiment not only represents a commercial opportunity for the owner of the facility, but also an opportunity for girls, in a coun ...
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  17 February 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A week of terrorist violence: "We are vulnerable", says a priest Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We condemn this senseless violence against innocent human beings. Before any ethnic, cultural or religious connotation, the victims are human beings. People in Pakistan are above all sad; they ...
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  16 February 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Marian Congress in Cebu: "Faith affects life" Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - The Marian Congress dedicated to the Jubilee of the Mother of Perpetual Help, which opens in Cebu city in the sanctuary run by the Redemptorist Fathers, will not only be dedicated to spiritual them ...
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  16 February 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate disowns Christian members of paramilitary groups threatening revenge against Sunnis Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Mr. Ryan Salem who yesterday appeared in a television program to assert that Iraqi Christians are also present in Mosul to fight and take revenge on Sunni Muslims, "has nothing to do with the Chri ...
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  15 February 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attack in Lahore, the Bishops: immediately an action plan against terrorism Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – It is urgent to implement a national action plan against terrorism, that has to be "the top priority of the government if one wants to eradicate terrorism and extremism from the country": is wh ...
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  15 February 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Young Muslim volunteers clean up the church of the Virgin Mary in Mosul, former base of jihadists Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - About thirty young people, belonging to an organization of civilian volunteers, mostly Muslims, cleaned and tidied the Chaldean church dedicated to the Virgin Mary, in Drakziliya, in Mosul on the ...
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  15 February 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Regional elections: Catholics ask for an honest, fair and transparent vote Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "May the elections be honest, fair and transparent; voting is a necessity and an obligation for all citizens": say the five Catholic organizations in a joint appeal titled "Our vote is for the n ...
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  14 February 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Demonstration of Christian Iraqi refugees: we do not want to go back to our Country Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – On February 13, a small procession of about two hundred Christian Iraqi refugees staged a symbolic demonstration outside the local UN headquarters in downtown Beirut to demand their requests to ...
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  14 February 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Ban to celebrate St. Valentine’s: Catholics oppose Bandung (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocesan Commission for the laity in the Diocese of Bandung contests a circular banning students to celebrate Valentine's Day. West Java Education Agency head Ahmad Hadadi signed the measu ...