Asia

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  13 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The hearing of the Supreme Court for the case of Asia Bibi postponed Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The hearing before the Supreme Court of Pakistan for the case of Asia Bibi has been postponed. The Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy in first degree (in 2009) and on appeal (in ...
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  13 October 2016
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - The King of Bahrain donates land for the construction of a new Coptic church Manama (Agenzia Fides) - Coptic Orthodox priest Royce George, engaged in the pastoral care of the Orthodox Coptic community in Bahrain, has confirmed the donation of land by King Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa for the construc ...
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  12 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "It is in the interest of the institutions that Asia Bibi is acquitted" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "We are confident and hope in the acquittal of Asia Bibi. Having consulted expert lawyers in Pakistan, it is clear that the case has faults both regarding merits, in terms of evidence, and at ...
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  12 October 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Young Indonesians, salt and light in a world without boundaries Manado (Agenzia Fides) - "The Day of Indonesian youth was a typical expression of Indonesia's diversity: we know that Indonesia is a plural country, cradle of the diversity of cultures, languages and faiths; the Church i ...
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  12 October 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian conflict, the Pope calls for a ceasefire. The Armenian Archbishop of Aleppo: we know that his heart is with us Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "We know that the Pope’s heart is with us. We also saw it when he chose to include Archbishop Mario Zenari, Apostolic Nuncio in Damascus, in the list of future Cardinals. But while he calls for ...
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  11 October 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: the liberation of Mosul must not become the occasion to dismember the Iraqi unity Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - While there are multiplying warnings of an imminent attack to free the city of Mosul from the domain of the jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh), Chaldean Patriarch Raphael Louis I Sako recall a ...
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  11 October 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Reintroducing death penalty is a false solution to crime Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Death penalty does not solve the problem of crime. It is a false hope": says, in a note sent to Fides, the Commission for the prison ministry of the Episcopal Conference of the Philippines, urgi ...
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  11 October 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Christian Parties demand a new electoral law Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In the continuing institutional impasse that characterizes the Lebanese political scene, recent hypotheses to overcome the paralysis and revitalize Parliament by resorting to a "law of necessity" ...
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  10 October 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Treatment and prevention of malaria: commitment of Catholic structures on the island of Flores Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "Indonesia is one of the countries with the highest percentage of cases of malaria. In 2015, the 'ratio' of the disease was 5 per thousand. This means that 5 people out of a thousand were positi ...
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  10 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Eleven Christian TV channels declared "illegal": attack on religious freedom Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A recent order issued by the "Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority", a body of the Pakistani government, declared 11 Christian television channels broadcasting in Pakistan in Urdu illeg ...
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  10 October 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Disputes between Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds on the release and the future control of Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The preliminary phases to the military assault for the liberation of Mosul from jihadists of the Islamic State (Desh), sees the increase of political, geopolitical and sectarian disputes about the ...
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  8 October 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Church and state together to create "peace zones", free of drugs Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In the midst of a campaign that sees organizations of civil society, in the Philippines and abroad, denounce extrajudicial executions carried out by police and paramilitary groups against traffic ...
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  8 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Threats to a Christian NGO that defends cases of "digital blasphemy" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) The Pakistani NGO Christian-inspired "The Voice", led by lawyer Christian Aneeqa Maria Anthony has received threats in the course of legal proceedings related to a case of blasphemy. This is the ca ...
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  7 October 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - The children of Aleppo call for peace. The Chaldean Bishop: Western information manipulated Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - There were several hundred children of Aleppo, Christians and Muslims, who yesterday, Thursday, October 6, gathered to pray and sing for peace to return in Syria. The gathering was held in the l ...
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  7 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Supreme Court hearing for Asia Bibi Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The Supreme Court hearing for the case of Asia Bibi, the Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy is scheduled for next October 13. The judgement at first instance was upheld by the ...