Asia

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  12 December 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence against Christians in Tamil Nadu Chennai (Agenzia Fides) - Four people, including the local leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), are in custody in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, after the violence and vandalism committed in a Christian prayer hall on De ...
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  11 December 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Armenian Catholicos Aram I also deplores Trump's decisions on Jerusalem Antelias (Agenzia Fides) - The choice of the US Administration to transfer the US embassy to Jerusalem in Israel has "negative repercussions" on the already unstable Middle Eastern scenario, and risks jeopardizing the en ...
• 11 December 2017
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Resignation of the Auxiliary of Hwalien Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today the Holy Father accepted the resignation of His Exc. Mgr. John Baptist Tseng Chien-Tsi, titular Bishop of Sululi, from the office of auxiliary Bishop of the diocese of Hwalien (Taiwan ...
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  11 December 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Christians celebrate the feast of Mar Behnam, in the shrine devastated by jihadists Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 10 December hundreds of Iraqi Christians were able to take part in the celebrations for the feast of Mar Behnam (San Behnam) at the Shrine-Monastery where the relics of the Saint ar ...
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  11 December 2017
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - "The new frontier of the mission is the dialogue of life" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The difficulties and inner conquests of Catholics in Afghanistan are the mirror of those experienced by the communities in our Western world. Obliged to recover the essential of Christian ...
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  9 December 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Year of the Eucharist "to live the fullness of faith in Pakistan" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Pakistani Christians have to face multiple challenges. Every new day challenges increase, of a social, cultural and religious nature for the small community of faithful in Pakistan. In this fra ...
• 7 December 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Bishop Coadjutor of Alleppey Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today the Holy Father has appointed the Rev. Msgr. James Raphael Anaparambil, of the clergy of Alleppey, as coadjutor of the diocese of Alleppey, India. The new Bishop was born on 7 March ...
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  7 December 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Ten activists killed: Christians protest against Duterte Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Killing a human being means violating his inviolable and inalienable right to life. Killing a priest who is a consecrated person and preventing him from continuing his apostolate in favor of the ...
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  7 December 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians, Hindus and Muslims last farewell to priest, first Pakistani minor friar Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – An emotional crowd of priests, religious and faithful, hundreds of former students, many of whom Hindus and Muslims, attended the funeral mass held yesterday, December 6, in the Cathedral of S ...
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  6 December 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholics: "After the Pope's visit, it is up to us to build peace and justice" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The journey of Pope Francis now leaves a clearer role and responsibility to the Catholic community in Myanmar: to give, in the spirit of the Gospel, a contribution to peace, justice, development ...
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  6 December 2017
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Pope on Jerusalem: need to respect the Status quo and UN resolutions. Father Abdo: the risk of a new Intifada Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "My thoughts now go to Jerusalem, regarding which I cannot silence my deep concern about the situation that has developed over the last few days and, at the same time, make a heartfelt appeal ...
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  6 December 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A priest killed, a targeted execution: alarm of rural missionaries Manila (FIdes Agency) - Marcelito Paez, called Tito, an elderly priest of the diocese of San Jose, was killed in the Philippines. As confirmed by Bishop Roberto Mallari, who leads the community of San Jose, in the centra ...
• 6 December 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the “Khrist Premalaya Regional Theologate Seminary” in Bhopal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 11, 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Arockiasamy Savarirayan, of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) a ...
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  5 December 2017
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Heads of Churches meet "global" leaders: Orthodox Patriarchs meet Putin, Archbishop Warda meets Pence in the USA Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - The contribution of the Russian military allowed the Syrian army to "free" even the areas of Syria most dear to Christians "from terrorists". And the collaboration between the Patriarchate of Mos ...
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  5 December 2017
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Bishop Gomes: "We are all involved in asking the Rohingya for forgiveness" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "By coming to Bangladesh the Pope first of all wanted to show, as spiritual leader, trust in our country and attention towards the Bengali people. We are grateful. The whole country stopped to wel ...