Asia

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  19 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Prayer for peace in India, in communion with the Pope in Assisi New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - On September 20 a prayer for peace will be held in churches and Catholic communities in India, in communion with Pope Francis, who will take part in a meeting in Assisi entitled: "Thirst for P ...
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  19 September 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Director of the PMS: "In the campaign of summary justice there are innocent victims" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "In the campaign of summary justice there are innocent victims: many are killed on the basis of mere suspicion, without verifying the allegations in court. This aspect alarms the Church and was r ...
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  16 September 2016
  ASIA/JAPAN - Child abuse increases: 20 000 more compared to 2011 Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - The number of cases of child abuse in Japan rose by 42.3% in the first half of the year compared to 2015, and those of psychological violence account for 70% of the total. The data reported by the ...
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  16 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Delhi in the grip of dengue, the government asks religions for help New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Dengue alarm in the Indian capital. Viral fever transmitted by infected mosquitoes have hit the city and health authorities fear an epidemic could be catastrophic, in a city with 21 million in ...
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  16 September 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Motion at the US Congress to support the "self-determination" of the Nineveh Plain Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Twelve members of the US House of Representatives - 9 elected in the Republican Party, and 3 elected in the Democratic Party - presented a resolution to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of th ...
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  15 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Three public universities are committed to following Mother Teresa’s footsteps Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - Three public universities in the Northeast of India are committed to keeping the legacy of Mother Teresa alive, working in society with greater attention towards social issues, at the service o ...
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  15 September 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian refugees in Ankawa participate en masse in the celebration of the Holy Cross Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The week of liturgical and community celebrations on the occasion of the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Ankawa, a predominantly Christian suburb in Erbil, ended on Tuesday, September ...
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  15 September 2016
  ASIA/NEPAL - The Apostolic Vicar: "99% of the earthquake victims we help are not Catholics" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very busy with earthquake victims: the Church did everything it could do with regards to the first phase of humanitarian assistance and relief, which ended today. A year and a half ...
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  14 September 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Appeal of the Chaldean Patriarch: help us to demine the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - In these days the media evoke "the preparations for the battle of Mosul" and once again, the need to launch a "great humanitarian project" begins in order to revive the city and the entire region, ...
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  14 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Indian Church in the forefront to tackle poverty and hunger Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in India is at the forefront to tackle poverty and hunger: said Franciscan Fr. Nithya Sagayam, OFM Cap, speaking at a national Seminar on the theme of "answers to hunger and extreme ...
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  14 September 2016
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - President Nazarbayev decrees the creation of the Ministry for Religious Affairs Astana (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has recently signed the decree ordering the establishment of a Ministry for religious and civil affairs. The text of the decree, published on the ...
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  14 September 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Young Catholic teacher killed in Papua: investigations are underway to understand the reasons Timika (Agenzia Fides) - "We are shocked and condemn the barbaric act of gratuitous violence against the innocent. We immediately looked for information to understand the reasons of the crime. We asked all the young peop ...
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  13 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Stones against Pentecostal Christians Lucknow (Agenzia Fides) - For more than half an hour a small Pentecostal Christian church packed with faithful was hit by a hail of stones organized by Hindu extremist militants who accused the Christians of proselytism: ...
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  13 September 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - New attacks against Gulen, "Trojan horse of the Vatican" Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign unleashed by pro-government Turkish press against Fethullah Gulen - the Turkish Islamic preacher who was expatriated to the United States and indicated by Turkey as the inspiration b ...
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  13 September 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Punjab belongs to Pakistan thanks to Christians Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The province of Punjab, the most important of Pakistan, the most important center of political, economic and cultural life of the country, belongs to Pakistan thanks to the decisive vote of three ...