Asia

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  30 October 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Muslims and Christians together for respect, tolerance and coexistence Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "In Indonesia, Muslims and Christians actively collaborate in building a social and cultural fabric of respect and coexistence through education, particularly in family life", says to Agenzia Fi ...
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  27 October 2017
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Mission "in defense of Christians" for US Vice President Mike Pence Washington (Agenzia Fides) - US Vice President Mike Pence will visit Israel and Egypt at the end of December, at the request of President Donald Trump, and his mission will also be aimed at strongly affirming that in the ...
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  27 October 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - New law to counteract and dissolve radical groups: "A step for the common good" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Indonesia has approved a new law that authorizes the government to dissolve mass organizations that threaten Pancasila's ideology (the five principles at the basis of the nation) and the nationa ...
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  26 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian Leaders to the Government: "Need to enforce the Supreme Court ruling to reopen cases and indemnify the Christians of Orissa" Cuttack (Agenzia Fides) – The state government must urgently enforce the Supreme Court ruling on the reopening of investigations and compensation for Christians in Orissa (or Odisha), victims of anti-Christian violence ...
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  26 October 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Tensions on the Nineveh Plain: new appeal of the Iraqi Bishops for dialogue Telkaif (Agenzia Fides) - The "Babylonian Brigades" have attributed to the Kurdish Peshmerga troops the responsibility of military operations that in the evening and night of Tuesday, October 24, pushed the inhabitants o ...
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  26 October 2017
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - A new parish and a new hospital for the mission of the Jesuits Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The mission of the Jesuits in East Timor makes progress: as Fides learns, a historic mission of the religious has become a parish church and a new medical center has also been opened, which in part ...
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  25 October 2017
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - A nation on the path between rapid development and fight against poverty for 27 years Astana (Agenzia Fides) - The Republic of Kazakhstan celebrates the 27th anniversary of the proclamation of national sovereignty: it was October 25, 1990, when the passage of the administration of all natural and economic ...
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  25 October 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - New threats of war on the Nineveh Plain. Christians still forced to flee Telkaif (Agenzia Fides) - In the late evening of Tuesday, 24 October, the Christians of Telkaif, an Iraqi town located in the Nineveh Plain, abandoned their homes and moved to Qosh and other neighboring villages. Peshmer ...
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  25 October 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishop: "We mourn for two Catholic students, but Marawi will be re-built" Marawi (Agenzia Fides) - "Today we have mixed feelings. We are happy for the end of the conflict in Marawi, because a new era of hope opens up. We are mourning for the deaths of two Catholic students who were taken hosta ...
• 25 October 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Resignation of the Archbishop of Tokyo and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Tokyo, Japan, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Peter Takeo Okada. The Pope appointed His Exc. Mg ...
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  24 October 2017
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - A Jesuit: positive elections, but the path to democracy remains long Jalalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The presidential elections held on October 15 were "the first free and peaceful elections in the country" and marked a crucial milestone for the strengthening of the concept of democracy throu ...
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  24 October 2017
  ASIA/TURKEY - A candidate from the Jewish community will likely be the next representative of non-Muslim Foundations Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The election of the representative of the non-Muslim Foundations of Turkey is scheduled for December 24, but the various members present in the decision-making bodies of the Foundations Network ...
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  24 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians in Orissa: evangelical beatitude and missionary impulse Cuttack (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in the Indian state of Orissa (or Odisha), while experiencing a state of suffering and discomfort, have a strong and clear awareness of being missionaries because they are baptized. A ...
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  23 October 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Extraordinary missionary Month: today Pakistanis have the task of proclaiming the Gospel Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "In Pakistan, Christianity arrived about 150 years thanks to European and American missionaries, Franciscans, Dominicans and other religious orders. The missionaries did so much for us, they buil ...
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  23 October 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Church in Korea: mission is to fulfill the will of God Daejeon (Agenzia Fides) - The "Extraordinary Missionary Month" will renew the apostolic impetus in the Korean Catholic community and will be an impulse to continue in the proclamation of the Gospel, which in Korea has it ...