Asia

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  6 October 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops deplore "the ingratitude" of Syrian refugees who commit crimes Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The growing involvement of refugees in the escalation of crimes committed in Lebanon is fueling intolerance among the Lebanese population towards refugees. And the crimes committed by the Syrian ...
• 6 October 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - The testimony of Msgr. Silvestro Li Jiantang: 14 years of forced labor for his faith Taiyuan (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 August, at 5:50 pm, His Exc. Msgr. Silvestro Li Jiantang, Archbishop Emeritus of Taiyuan, in Shanxi Province (Mainland China) passed away. He was almost 93 years old and died in the home, ...
• 6 October 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - Msgr. Paolo Xie Tingzhe, a passionate evangeliser and formator of future priests Urumqi (Agenzia Fides) - On August 14, at 8:25 am, at the age of 86, His Exc. Msgr. Paolo Xie Tingzhe, Bishop/Apostolic Prefect of Xinjiang-Urumqi, in Xinjiang (Mainland China), passed away in the town of Urumqi. He was ...
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  6 October 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Discrimination against religious minorities is "institutionalized" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The government of the Pakistani region of Sindh, in the south of Pakistan, issued a public competition announcement at the end of September for some jobs in the police administration. Among the p ...
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  5 October 2017
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The life of seafarers and fishermen between forced labor and human trafficking Kaohsiung City (Fides Service) - The XXIV World Congress of the Apostleship of the Sea (AoS), on the theme: 'Caught in the net' is being held in Kaohsiung City until October 7. The chosen theme expresses the concern of ...
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  5 October 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Cardinal Filoni: The future of the mission is "the Gospel from Japanese to Japanese" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The future of the Christian faith in Japan is linked to the proclamation of the Gospel from Japanese to Japanese. It is important that the Japanese, 500 years after the first evangelizatio ...
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  5 October 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Young people in view of the Synod, the Bishops: "Be Modern prophets" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Be modern prophets, taking the proclamation of the Gospel seriously, to all those young people who are far from God, who pursue a wrong path and find themselves doing wrong": as Fides learns, t ...
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  4 October 2017
  ASIA/THAILAND - Preparations for the funeral of 'the Greatest King of Siamese History' Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Over 500 officers of the Thai Navy have participated in the preparations for the Royal Cremation of the revered late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died last October at the age of 88. The funeral ...
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  4 October 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "It is urgent to stop the violence on the Rohingya" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "It is urgent to stop any form of violence on the Rohingya population. It is dramatic that, with fighters coming from abroad, a new conflict front in the state of Rakhine is being opened. The gov ...
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  4 October 2017
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - The annual Synods of the Chaldean Church and the Syro-Catholic Church have begun Harissa (Agenzia Fides) - The annual Synods of the Syro-Catholic Church and the Chaldean Church have begun almost simultaneously. The Syro-Catholic Bishops, under the presidency of Patriarch Ignatius Youssif III Younan ...
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  3 October 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious minorities under attack: it is urgent to repeal the blasphemy law Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Christian Washaal Masih and his colleague Bhola Ram of Hindu religion, two humble workers, employed in the town of Behawalnagar, in the South of Pakistani Punjab, were arrested for blasphemy, wit ...
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  3 October 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Bishops of Local Churches: the clash on the independence of Kurdistan independence must not be "internationalized" Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Potential conflicts triggered by the referendum on the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan can only be prevented by "genuinely sitting at the table of negotiation for dialogue". The clash between the ...
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  3 October 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - New consecrated women in the Catholic Community of Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in the Indian state of Orissa (or Odisha), which has suffered violence and massacres in recent years, is not discouraged and generates new vocations to consecrated lif ...
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  2 October 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Jesuits: One cannot build a nation on the dead bodies of the Filipino people Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot build a nation on the dead bodies of the Filipino people. We cannot fight evil with guns and bullets", said the Jesuits of the Philippines in a widespread appeal to all the dioceses, c ...
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  2 October 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch and the leader of Hezbollah: Syrian refugees must return to Syria Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The presence of Syrian refugees in Lebanon is creating an unsustainable situation that can only be addressed by promoting the return of Syrian refugees to their Country. This is what Maronite Pat ...