Asia

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  30 January 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: the selective reception of migrants based on religion announced by Trump is "a trap for Christians" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The option foreshadowed by US President Donald Trump to maintain a "fast track" open for Christian refugees to enter the US, while the doors are closed to citizens of seven countries with a Musl ...
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  30 January 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - A "day for Lebanon" will be celebrated at the Shrine of Fatima Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In June, a "day for Lebanon" will be celebrated at the Marian Shrine of Fatima, Portugal. The program will begin with the recitation of the Holy Rosary in the evening of June 24, and will end the ...
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  28 January 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Trump: stop immigrants from entering the USA to 7 Muslim-majority countries. But for him the reception of "persecuted Christians" is a "a priority" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - President Donald Trump signed an executive order that will limit immigration and refugees from 7 Muslim-majority countries to the USA for three months and acknowledged as "a priority" the imp ...
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  27 January 2017
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The commitment of Caritas Bangladesh with regards to coping with climate change Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Bangladesh Caritas is working to address the issues of climate change: says to Agenzia Fides Anjalina Diana Podder, Program officer for Social welfare and community development sector of Caritas B ...
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  27 January 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch visits the Nineveh Plain; the first funds to rebuild houses and churches have been allocated Telkaif (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday, January 26, a delegation of the Chaldean Church led by Patriarch Raphael Louis Sako I visited the area of the Nineveh Plain recently reconquered by the government army, also welcome ...
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  26 January 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians united in prayer and deed, in the name of "clemency" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Week for the unity of Christians in Pakistan, today concludes in Lahore, with an ecumenical prayer vigil, which saw the four largest Christian denominations pray, meet, reflect and share expe ...
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  26 January 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - The path of charity of the Catholic communities intensifies for the Lunar New Year Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis’ wish and hope for the people who are preparing to celebrate the Lunar New Year, is that families "become more and more a school where you learn to respect each other, comm ...
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  26 January 2017
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Controversial debate on Christians in the Middle East Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The condition and the future destiny of the Middle Eastern Christian communities continue to be the focus of different approaches and also geo-political controversy implemented by political leade ...
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  26 January 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The new yearbook of the Korean Church also in e-book Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The first is St. Andrew Kim Dae-geon, ordained a priest on August 17, 1845, the most recent is Don Kwang-Kyu Gi, who became a priest on September 24, 2016. Since 1845 (considered the "Official" da ...
• 25 January 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Mysore, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Mysore (India), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Thomas Antony Vazhapilly. The Holy Father appointe ...
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  25 January 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Muslim family in Telkeif secretly hosts a Christian woman in the years of the jihadist regime Telkeif (Agenzia Fides) –Government troops found the Christian Iraqi, Georgette Hanna, 60 years old in the house of a Muslim family in the town of Telkeif last week when they regained the town which was for almost thre ...
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  25 January 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Restore dignity to women and include them in the working world Serang (Agenzia Fides) - The status of women is very precarious in Indonesia, they often remain isolated from the working world and very often work without receiving any salary. The phenomenon is widespread in Pandeglang ...
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  24 January 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Debate to amend the blasphemy law in Senate Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The debate to amend the controversial "blasphemy law", composed of the articles of the Penal Code that punish with life imprisonment or the death penalty insults against Islam has begun in the ...
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  23 January 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate distances itself from the Hatune Foundation: "It does not represent us in any way" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch distances itself from the "Hatune Foundation", the organization headed by the religious Syrian Orthodox Hatune Dogan. The foundation presents itself ...
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  23 January 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: "positive signs" from Islam in the fight against religious extremism Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The expected defeat of jihadist militants and their campaigns of terror provides the opportunity for a real change of pace in Iraqi politics, which aims to build a democratic State based on the ...