Asia

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  8 September 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - One child out of 200 worldwide is a refugee Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - There are currently 50 million children and displaced persons worldwide who have fled their families. Among these 28 million have fled for fear of violence and war. Between 2005 and 2015 the num ...
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  7 September 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - The summit of the Middle East Churches: "We struggle not against human forces but against the rulers of darkness" Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The struggle involving the Christians of the Middle East, in this tragic phase of their history, the wrestle today is "not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, agai ...
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  7 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - A statue of Christ destroyed in Mumbai Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - While the world had their eyes on the canonization of Mother Teresa on September 4, a statue of Christ was hit and destroyed by vandals in a suburb of Mumbai. As reported to Fides by Sajan K. Geo ...
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  7 September 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary: "Mindanao needs people who move with courage and compassion" Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "The future of peace in Mindanao needs people who move with courage and compassion. I hope everyone can join in this mission of building together a big family in which one can respect and love ...
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  6 September 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - "Prayer halls" spread in China's international airports Shen Zhen (Agenzia Fides) - About 30 square meters, a chapel with sober and simple decorations, with benches and copies of the Bible available in order to allow passengers a moment of prayer or meditation: is the descrip ...
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  6 September 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Catholic at the head of the interfaith office in the province of Sindh Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Anthony Naveed has been promoted to serve as the Chief Minister’s special assistant with particular responsibilities in the interfaith harmony office, which has the task of promot ...
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  6 September 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: Christians used as a "token of exchange" in political games on the Nineveh Plain Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - If and when the Iraqi lands will be reclaimed from the domain of the jihadists of the Islamic State, the interim political settlement to be considered for the villages with a Christian majority ...
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  5 September 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - Summit of Church Leaders on the present and future of Christians in the Middle East Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 6, the XI General Assembly of the Council of Churches of the Middle East begins in Amman, with the participation of Leaders and representatives from all ecclesial real ...
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  5 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - A road named after Mother Teresa inaugurated in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Chief Minister of Orissa Naveen Patnaik officially inaugurated the road dedicated to Saint Mother Teresa on September 4, at 10.15 am (local time) in Bhubaneswar, capital of the eastern India ...
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  5 September 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Ecumenical Patriarchate rejects the "false allegations" regarding the involvement in the failed coup Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople deplores the "false allegations" that have circulated in recent days in the Turkish press regarding the involvement of Ecumenical Patriarch Barthol ...
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  2 September 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - A Synod of the Chaldean Church on the exodus of Christians, martyrs to be beatified and communities of the diaspora Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The beatification of the Chaldean martyrs, pastoral and charitable interventions in favor of the displaced, the phenomenon of the emigration of Christians and the choice of the new Chaldean Bishop ...
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  2 September 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Taliban attack a Christian neighborhood in Peshawar: a Catholic layman killed Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) - Four Taliban militants attacked early this morning, at 5.30 am, a "Christian colony", a Christian neighborhood in Peshawar, a city in northern Pakistan. The lay Catholic Samuel Masih, a father, ...
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  2 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Sister Prema: "Thanks to Pope Francis, who chose Mother Teresa as an icon of mercy " Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - "We are grateful to God and to Pope Francis, who proclaimed the Year of mercy and chose Mother Teresa as an 'icon of mercy'. Mother Teresa’s canonization is an opportunity to spread the messa ...
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  2 September 2016
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Unofficial rumor on the death of President Karimov. Patriarch Kirill thanks him for facilitating "interreligious dialogue" Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - While diplomatic sources cited by international agencies announced the death of the President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, who in past days suffered a brain hemorrhage, the Patriarch of Moscow ...
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  1 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops: "Mother Teresa, a fully Indian saint" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The canonization of Mother Teresa is an important event for India. We are grateful to the government for its support regarding the ceremony on September 4 at the Vatican. It is an important d ...