Asia

• 19 April 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Manado, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On April 12, 2017 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Manado, Indonesia, presented by His Excellency Msgr. Joseph Theodorus Suwatan, M.S.C., ...
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  19 April 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Elections in Jakarta, Christian candidate defeated Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - While the vote count is underway, all the projections made on the basis of polling stations already counted in the runoff election ballot for the election of the new governor of Jakarta attribut ...
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  12 April 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Holy Week marred by episodes of religious intolerance New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Christians in India fear new episodes of intolerance and disturbance during this Easter season. Fides received reports of incidents in six different states of India, episodes of harassmen ...
• 11 April 2017
  ASIA/MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE and BRUNEI - Appointment of PMS National Director Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 2 March 2017 appointed national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in ...
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  11 April 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Looking towards Asian Youth Day: young Catholics in Bali focus on faith and dialogue Denpasar (Agenzia Fides) – “Young people are the future of the Church. The Church must be a place which welcomes young people and encourages them to express their faith in various forms of activity”: Fides was ...
• 10 April 2017
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Bishop Coadjutor of Dà Lat appointed Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Francis on 8 April 2017, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the diocese of Dà Lat (Viêt Nam) Rev. Dominic Nguyen Van Manh, Judicial Vicar of the same diocese. Rev. ...
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  10 April 2017
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Tea farmers favour sustainable land management Ratnapura (Agenzia Fides) – The tea industry in Sri Lanka, started 150 years ago, continues to be the main engine of the Island’s economy, employing two and half million of its 22 million people. According to the Of ...
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  10 April 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - In a church in Uttar Pradesh Hindu extremists stop prayers New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - “The interruption of prayers in a church is a despicable act which cannot go unpunished ”: Fides was told by Catholic John Dayal, Human Rights activist and secretary general of the All ...
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  10 April 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians and Muslims launch joint symbolic olive branch peace campaign ASIA/PAKISTAN – Christians and Muslims launch joint symbolic olive branch peace campaign Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Christians and Muslim in Pakistan determined to build social and religious peace in that country a ...
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  7 April 2017
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Christian village attacked by the police: an investigation is urgently needed Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Bangladeshi police have carried out gratuitous violence on a Christian village: with this conviction several NGOs call for an independent investigation after the assault of police officers on ...
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  7 April 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Bishop Abou Khazen: baffled by the speed with which the US attack was decided and carried out Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "One thing that baffles, in the face of the US military attack on Syrian territory, is the speed with which it was decided and carried out, without any adequate investigation into the tragic mass ...
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  7 April 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Diocesan priests are inspired by Mother Teresa Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - Diocesan priests in India want Mother Teresa of Calcutta as a model and source of inspiration: This is what was said by 113 members of the Conference of Diocesan Priests of India (CDPI), from 6 ...
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  6 April 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - Palm Sunday: the first national collection for the victims of natural disasters Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, April 9, Palm Sunday, a national collection in all Catholic communities in mainland China will be celebrated for the first time. The initiative was launched by Jinde Charities, the ...
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  6 April 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops: the enactment of a new election law that guarantees fair representation of all citizens is urgently needed Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The enactment of a new electoral law that "guarantees fair representation of all citizens on the basis of coexistence and democracy which characterize our political system" is becoming more and ...
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  6 April 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Justice denied to the Christian victims in Orissa New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "There are many little-known and never recounted incidents which occurred in the district of Kandhamal. Justice was denied to the most vulnerable and marginalized people such as Adivasi and Da ...