Asia

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  19 September 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Cardinal Filoni in Nagasaki: Christ is not just a "guru" of moral life Nagasaki (Agenzia Fides) - Missionaries who introduced the Gospel in Japan did not endanger their lives "just to announce Christ as an extraordinary wise man or guru of moral life, or as a promoter of social welfare". Th ...
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  18 September 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian lawyer: "Sharoon Masih killed for a glass of water, like Asia Bibi" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "He was called with the nickname of 'choora', a pejorative which is used to define Pakistani Christians, identifying them with the caste of 'street cleaners' or 'untouchables'. He was beaten to d ...
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  18 September 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Assad to young Syriac-Orthodox Christians in Syria are not hosts or "migratory birds" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Syria are "no guests or migratory birds". They "are part of the origin of the nation, and without them there is no pluralistic Syria". This is what Syrian President Bashar Assad s ...
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  18 September 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Marawi, vicar released and mosque regained: the siege in its final stage Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "We are happy for the release of Fr. Chito. We thank the Lord and all those who in the world prayed for his release. We praise the efforts of the Filipino army who are doing their utmost to prote ...
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  18 September 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Cardinal Filoni addresses Seminarians: to announce the Gospel is a great act of charity Fukuoka (Agenzia Fides) – The announcement of the Gospel “is a gift of love for our brothers and sisters in search of light. It is a pledge of the “extraordinary and generous gift of redeeming grace and mercy”, w ...
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  16 September 2017
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Caritas busy assisting Rohingya refugees ‘totally dependent on aid’ Dacca (Agenzia Fides) –Caritas Bangladesh is mobilised to offer humanitarian assistance in Rakhine state to 14,000 Rohingya refugees families fleeing Myanmar, Fides learns from Catholic lay man Francio Atul Sarker, Ca ...
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  16 September 2017
  NEWS ANALYSIS / OMNIS TERRA - India, nine years after the anti-Chrstian violence, where is justice? Christians in Orissa state well remember the 2008 massacres and commemorate their martyrs. But public institutions and judiciary appear to be on the run with impunity for those responsible and scarce compensation for tho ...
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  16 September 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Pastoral visit to Japan by Cardinal Filoni starts tomorrow Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – Tomorrow Sunday 17 September, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, will arrive in Japan for a pastoral visit which will conclude on 26 Septem ...
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  16 September 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Marawi crisis: “amidst suffering we continue to hope”, Bishop says Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “The situation in Marawi continues to be critical, but we hope for a positive outcome. News is encouraging, we know our hostage Catholics are alive and that the army has guaranteed they will ...
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  15 September 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Appeal by Maronite Bishop Matar to stop installation of high tension cables ignored Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – So far public requests by Maronite Archbishop Boulos Matar of Beirut addressed to the highest institutional charges in Lebanon to reconsider a project for the installation of high tension ...
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  15 September 2017
  ASIA/TURKEY - New deadlock in process to elect Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – The process to elect a new Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople is again at a stage of stalemate, due to episodes of silent boycotting on the part of Turkish institutions as well as pers ...
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  15 September 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy on WhatsApp: Christian youth condemned to death Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – A Christian youth accused of blasphemy has been condemned to death by a high court in Gujarat, Pakistani Punjab. Nadeem James, aged 24, living in the Christian community of Yaqoobabad, was ac ...
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  14 September 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christians divided on the Kurdish independence referendum. The Chaldean Patriarchate: there is a risk of armed conflict Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - While September 25th approaches, date of the referendum announced by the government of the autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan to sanction its independence from Baghdad, there are contrasting s ...
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  14 September 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - In Parliament the case of the Christian student killed in school Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "The case of Sharon Masih is tragic and a shame for the country. It is necessary to act urgently. That is why I have asked all members of the National Assembly to reconsider the issue of the s ...
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  13 September 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - A Jesuit: "India must be united in the defense of pluralism, against emerging violent forces" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - "The premeditated murder of Gauri Lankesh is an unprecedented offense to the nation and causes rage, shock, and sadness. Gauri represented the best of a free and fearless India that respects t ...