Asia

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  24 September 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Children will pray to implore the end of massacres of children Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of boys and girls in Aleppo, Christians and Muslims, will meet on October 6, to pray so that the spiral of death unleashed in recent days especially on their defenceless children stops i ...
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  23 September 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako at the Synod: digital culture aggravates our spiritual crisis Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The pastoral, administrative and financial affairs of the Chaldean Church is full of "shades", and among them there is the focus on self-interest which indicate how "the motivational and spiritual ...
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  23 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Inquiry in the anti-Christian massacres in Orissa: there was careful planning Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian massacres that occurred in Orissa in 2008 are the result of careful planning by Hindu nationalist groups of the "Sangh Parivar" network at the highest level. Illiterate masses ...
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  23 September 2016
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Mercy and inclusion with immigrants, who are "a blessing" Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Mercy and inclusion are the fundamental teachings in the Gospel for every Christian who has relationships with immigrants: says the message Mgr. Bernard Paul, President of the Commission fo ...
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  22 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - "The Church is committed to the development of the Dalits more than the Government", while violence increases New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Violence against Dalits (the "outcasts" or "untouchables") in India have increased in recent years: say the official data of the National Crime Record Board (NCRB), illustrated in recent days ...
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  22 September 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - Parliamentary elections, Islamist forces back in Parliament Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The counting of the votes of the Jordanian parliamentary elections, held on Tuesday, September 20, still continues. But the first partial results, relating to 11 out of 23 districts, portend the r ...
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  21 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - A Pastor and a Christian couple attacked by Hindu extremists Kharghar (Agenzia Fides) - Aggression against a Pentecostal Christian Pastor and a Christian couple in Kharghar, in the municipality of Navi Mumbai, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. As Fides learns, on September 16 Pa ...
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  21 September 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Religious leaders pray for peace: terrorism in the name of God is "a sign of the end times" Harissa (Agenzia Fides) - Terrorism carried out in the name of religion is "a sign of the Times" that testifies "the approach of the Day of Judgment". And the discord traps scattered by those who use Islam to justify the ...
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  21 September 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Dominican at the White House to talk about interfaith dialogue and peace Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Bringing a testimony of interfaith dialogue as a path to peace: is this intent of Pakistani Dominican Fr. James Channan OP, director of "Peace Center" in Lahore, who is participating in the i ...
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  21 September 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - Mgr. Zhu Weifang offered the Lord all the toil of hard labor for evangelization Wenzhou (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Vincent Zhu Weifang, Bishop of Wenzhou (Yongjia), in Zhejiang Province (Mainland China) passed away on September 7. He was 88 years old. The Prelate was born on December 10, 19 ...
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  20 September 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - The young in Zheng Zhou open the school year with a pilgrimage "at home" Zheng Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - The "Divine Love" youth group of the Diocese of Zheng Zhou, in the province of He Nan, in China Mainland, started the new school year with a singular pilgrimage "at home". According to inform ...
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  20 September 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo: violence and intimidation of the Kurd militias on Christians increase in Hassaké Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - In the northeastern Syrian city of Hassake, and the surrounding region of Jazira, Kurdish militias vying for control of the territory with the government army are carrying out acts of violence ...
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  20 September 2016
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Catholic University inaugurated: "a work of mercy" says the Rector Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - The first Catholic University in Vietnam has officially opened: in the first academic year, inaugurated a few days ago, there are 23 students who attend the lessons of the Catholic Inst ...
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  20 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic and Hindu students on a pilgrimage to the Marian Shrine Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic schools in India are traditionally places where one lives that "dialogue of life" which is the most authentic aspect of interreligious dialogue: as demonstrated by the recent initiative ...
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  19 September 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Bishop of Aleppo: "No one here believes that the US massacre of Syrian soldiers was a 'mistake' " Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The truce which began on Monday seems to be on the point of failing. Even last night we heard the government aviation raids on area in the hands of rebels. And certainly, no one here believes th ...