Asia

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  7 December 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - The parish of St. Francis Xavier celebrated the patron saint's day in the name of charity Xian Xian (Agenzia Fides) - "Healing the physical and spiritual health of the elderly" with the works of mercy: the parish of Wu Qiao dedicated to St. Francis Xavier, located in the Diocese of Cang Zhou (Xian Xian ) of H ...
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  7 December 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Members of the Commission of Inquiry on the failed coup intend to investigate the links between Gulen and the Vatican Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Some influential members of the Turkish Commission of Inquiry in charge of investigating the failed coup of July 15, have expressed their intention to investigate the contacts made in the past be ...
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  7 December 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The governor of Jakarta on trial for blasphemy on 13 December Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian governor of Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, said "Ahok", will be taken to trial on December 13 by the North Jakarta District Court for the case of alleged blasphemy against him, a ...
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  6 December 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The exploitation of children in the worst forms of child labor does not stop New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In India there are more than 200,000 children who are exploited in very poor conditions in the world of manufacturing jobs. Forced to work, deprived of education and their basic needs, these c ...
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  6 December 2016
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Political crisis: even Catholics for the resignation of President Park Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The political tension in South Korea is skyrocketing, due to a serious crisis that has shaken the country to its foundations. For more than a month massive demonstrations have taken place in Seoul ...
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  6 December 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Nineveh Plain Protection Units promote a recruitment campaign among Christians Alqosh (Agenzia Fides) - The Nineveh Plain Protection Units (PNU), a paramilitary organization established in Iraq in 2014, consisting mainly of Assyrian Christians, Syrians and Chaldeans, has announced the opening of a ...
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  6 December 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Armenian Church appeals to the European Court for Human Rights against Turkey for the failure to return some properties of Sis Antelias (Agenzia Fides) - Aram I, Armenian Apostolic Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, in Antelias, Lebanon, announced that today, December 6, the request for the return of the ancient residences and properties ...
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  3 December 2016
  ASIA - Cardinal Alencherry: help families meet Christ Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Asia has the mission to help families discover Christ: said Cardinal George Alencherry, major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly, in Kerala, president of the Syro-Malabar Bishops' Co ...
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  3 December 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Christian cemetery of Kfar Yassif desecrated Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, in communion with all the Churches of the Holy Land, expressed firm condemnation for the act of vandalism perpetrated against the Christian cemetery of Kfar ...
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  2 December 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians to Prime Minister Modi: "work for inclusive growth" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – May the Indian government take action to ensure inclusive economic growth, which does not cut off the broad masses of socially excluded populations. This is the appeal launched to Prime Mini ...
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  2 December 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Bishop Abou Khazen: five "representatives" of east Aleppo chosen to negotiate an agreement with the army Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "In the neighborhoods of Aleppo, still in rebel hands and jihadist groups, five representatives have been appointed who should negotiate a kind of agreement with the Syrian army. We hope and pray ...
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  1 December 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Prayer for peace all over the country on the eve of the protest of extremist groups Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – To reaffirm peacefully the principles of tolerance, love, unity in diversity, acceptance of others, legality, peace: with this spirit, wearing red and white bands (Indonesia's national colors) ...
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  1 December 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Iraqi army involves sectarian militias in the protection of areas reclaimed from the jihadists of the Islamic State Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The areas in the Nineveh Plain, freed from the control of the jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) by the Iraqi National Army, are subjected to a system of security and self-defense that also in ...
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  30 November 2016
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal Tong’s pastoral letter for Advent - Family and marriage: foundation of society Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us together ensure that family and Christian marriage is the starting point for charity" urges Cardinal John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong, in his Pastoral letter for Advent 2016 signed o ...
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  30 November 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Armenian Parliament presents an interrogation on the expulsions of evangelical pastors Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The parliamentary of Armenian origin Selina Ozuzun Dogan, member of the Republican People's Party, addressed to Turkish minister of the interior Süleyman Soylu a Parliamentary interrogation on a ...