Asia

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  7 June 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Interfaith prayer for Prime Minister Sharif's health Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Religious leaders met in Lahore to pray "for the recovery and long life" of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, 66, who in recent days underwent a delicate heart surgery in London . The ...
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  6 June 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The young are "apostles of modern times" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Young Catholics in Pakistan are "apostles of modern times": said Fr. Saleh Diego, Vicar general of the Archdiocese of Karachi, who recently took part in a meeting of the "Jesus Youth Pakistan" ( ...
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  3 June 2016
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Holy Year celebration for priests: prayer, reconciliation and joyful witness, in communion with the Pope Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – Intense prayer, deep spiritual motivation, pastoral renewal, joyful public testimony: in this spirit the Catholic priests of Malaysia are celebrating this Holy Year of Mercy. Fides was ...
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  3 June 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Activist questions: “When will we have our own National Minorities Commission?” Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - “Since 1995 government members have been discussing a National Minorities Commission. Neighbouring India set up its National Minorities Commission in 1992, supported later in 2004 by with ...
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  2 June 2016
  ASIA/NEPAL - Justice for women after the civil conflict Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - In Nepal there is a national program to support and compensate the women involved in the long civil conflict that crossed the country until the middle of the century. Yet most women do not tur ...
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  2 June 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Christian woman caned according to Islamic law Banda Aceh (Agenzia Fides) - An elderly 60-year-old Protestant Christian woman was caned in Indonesia, the first time a Sharia law punishment, has been meted out to a non-Muslim. As Fides learns, this is what happened ...
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  2 June 2016
  ASIA/JAPAN - A missionary: "Helping even young Japanese for WYD" Takamatsu (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask the help for children from Japan who want to participate in the next World Youth Day to be held in Krakow in late July. It is a vocational pilgrimage, during which every young person w ...
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  2 June 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Over 300 thousand children forced to beg on the streets every day Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - A recent survey, carried out by the Indian police along with some humanitarian organizations, revealed that more than 300,000 children suffer abuse by criminals involved in human trafficking, ...
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  1 June 2016
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The Church prepares for the ordination of the first native priest Ulaan Baatar (Agenzia Fides) - "We will soon have the first native priest of Mongolia: Joseph Enkh, who will be ordained a priest in Ulaan Baatar on 28 August 2016 by His Exc. Mgr. Wenceslao Padilla, Apostolic Prefect of ...
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  1 June 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Shahbaz Bhatti, a crime still unpunished Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "After five years, the killers of Catholic minister Shahbaz Bhatti have not been brought to justice. In 2011, Bhatti, a well-known defender of human rights in Pakistan, was brutally murdered by t ...
• 31 May 2016
  ASIA/KOREA - Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 31 May 2016, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Daegu (Korea) Reverend John Bosco Chang Shin-Ho, assigning him the titular see of Vescera ...
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  30 May 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu nationalist leader helps Catholic nuns Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - Ashish Shelar, 41 Indian political leader, president of the Mumbai section of the "Bharatiya Janata Party", Hindu nationalist party in power in the Indian Federation, has initiated a project supp ...
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  30 May 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy on social networks: a Christian arrested, other five suspects Sheikhupura (Agenzia Fides) - Christian Usman Masih was arrested by the police in the village of Nabi Pura, near Sheikhupura, Punjab, on charges of blasphemy after a complaint was filed by some Muslims who accuse him of ...
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  25 May 2016
  ASIA/ISRAEL - The Israeli government does not keep its promises, Christian schools at risk Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the end of a difficult school year, which started with a 27-day strike, 47 Christian schools operating in Israel are facing a financial emergency from the potentially devasta ...
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  25 May 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Emergency in the Country for the exploitation of children in tobacco plantations Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The exploitation of child labor in tobacco plantations continues to be one of the most serious emergencies in Indonesia. The complaint comes from the recently published report by Human Rights Wa ...