Asia

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  23 October 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - In Kurdistan 32 parties - including eight Christian political acronyms - condemn the "military reaction" of Baghdad and defend the "independent" line Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of 32 political parties in Iraqi Kurdistan, including at least 8 Christian-led political organizations, gathered in Erbil yesterday, Sunday, October 22, and signed a document of su ...
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  21 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - No more child brides: Supreme Court’s verdict on women's rights New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The attitude of the Baratiya Janata Party (BJP) government and the Sangh Parivar on the issue of women indicates a tacit approval of discrimination against women": says to Agenzia Fides Fathe ...
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  21 October 2017
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - A twenty-five year old Church: the challenges of Mission in Mongolia The Catholic Church in Mongolia has just recently celebrated 25 years of its presence. The first Catholic community was founded in the capital Ulaanbaatar only in 1992, shortly after the Mongol government had initiated d ...
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  20 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - The voice of a nun has become the collective voice of a whole community of women Patna (Agenzia Fides) - "Nari Gunjan" or the "Voice of Women" is run by Sr. Sudha Varghese, of the Sisters of Notre Dame in Patna Province. Through her commitment she emancipated an entire community of young girls and wo ...
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  20 October 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - The jihadists have been expelled, but the use of the veil at the University of Mosul is mandatory Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The north-Iraqi city of Mosul is no longer under the control of the jihadist militias of the Islamic State since July. But at University, students still have to adapt, at least in part, to Islamic ...
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  19 October 2017
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The 25-year-old Kazakhstan-Holy See diplomatic relations Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "For a quarter of a century, Kazakhstan and the Vatican have created favorable conditions for a progressive improvement of bilateral dialogue at a political, humanitarian and scientific level. Th ...
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  19 October 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch calls politicians to "national reconciliation": "To protect the people before the oil wells" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – The "unprecedented circumstances" that the country is going through are "the result of all that happened in Iraq from the north to the south for years and until now". Therefore, this critical ...
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  19 October 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "Myanmar needs healing and reconciliation" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Myanmar needs healing and reconciliation", says Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, in an interview with Fides, talking about the situation in the country in the proximity of the Pope's t ...
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  18 October 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Teachers in Catholic schools ready to strike for higher salaries Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Teachers at Lebanon’s Catholic schools may go on strike this evening Wednesday 18 October to protest because they risk being excluded from a pay rise connected with new rules regarding “sa ...
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  18 October 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious minorities suffer discrimination at work: study to be made Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – “I left my job with a multinational company in Karachi the day my manager told me not to use the same objects and utensils as my Muslim colleagues. I was told to take them home with me and ...
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  17 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Prayer for seven innocent Christians of Orissa who are imprisoned Kochi (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in India is in prayer for the release of seven innocent Christians in the Indian state of Orissa, in prison for nine years. Their names are: Bhaskar Sunamajhi, Bijay Sanseth, Buddhadev ...
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  17 October 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Marawi is militant-free: now the economic development of Muslim areas is urgent Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - The town of Marawi, on the Filipino island of Mindanao, in the south of the country, has been liberated: the regular army resumed full control over the entire territory which on May 23 had been ...
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  17 October 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - New war winds on the Nineveh Plain Telkaif (Agenzia Fides) - The "Babylonian Brigades", formation of popular protection militias who also count Christian militias in their ranks, have told the Kurdish militia Peshmerga to abandon all areas of the Nineveh ...
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  17 October 2017
  ASIA/TURKEY - Interference and pressure in the election process of the new Armenian Patriarch Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – In early October Archbishop Karekin Bekdjian, current "locum tenens" of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, sent a letter to possible candidates for the role of new Patriarch, in the ...
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  16 October 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Buddhists and Christians in Myanmar await the Pope's visit Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Buddhists and Christians in Myanmar are waiting for Pope Francis’ visit to Myanmar from 27 to 30 November with enthusiasm. Since October 12, a huge poster has been placed in front of the Cathed ...