Asia

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  20 March 2017
  ASIA/PALESTINE - The seats reserved for Christians in the upcoming municipal elections have been confirmed Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) confirmed the number of seats reserved for each city to Christian candidates with a presidential decree, in view of the municipal elections sched ...
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  18 March 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Diocese of Pyongyang: 90 years praying for peace. Tension USA-Pyongyang. Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - As tensions rise on the Korean peninsula, the US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, in a press conference reiterated that the military option against North Korea is on the table if President Kim J ...
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  17 March 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Africa awards a priest and a Pakistani imam for interreligious harmony Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - An award for how interreligious harmony is carried out in daily work, a work that is an example for the entire African continent: with these reasons the African section of the "United Religions I ...
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  17 March 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church establishes National Youth Day Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - National Youth Day will be held every year on the first Sunday of August, which will unite all young Indian Catholics and will be a time to witness the Gospel, celebrated at a diocesan level: ...
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  16 March 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - 90 years of the founding of the diocese of Pyongyang: a Mass and an exhibition for the Catholics of North Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - In 2017, the Catholic diocese of Pyongyang celebrates its 90th anniversary of foundation: for the occasion the Archdiocese of Seoul has organized a series of initiatives, like a special Mass and a ...
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  16 March 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Aoun meets the Pope while Lebanese Maronite Christians call for more political representation Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Lebanon, Michel Aoun was received today, Thursday, March 16, by Pope Francis in the Vatican. In the course of the visit, Michel Aoun also met with the Cardinal Secretary of State ...
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  15 March 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Prime Minister Sharif: punish blasphemy on web and abuse of the law, to protect minorities Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif intervened again on the issue of blasphemy. Sharif ordered to remove "blasphemous" content on websites and social media in Pakistan and to punish t ...
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  15 March 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Six years of Syrian conflict. The Jesuits JRS: the war is not over Homs (Agenzia Fides) – Wednesday, March 15 marks the sixth anniversary of the conflict in Syria. And contrary to what is reported by international media, Syria "continues to suffer." This is the key message that the Je ...
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  14 March 2017
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Catholic Church in Ankara will host the liturgies celebrated by the Ecumenical Patriarchate for Orthodox Christians Ankara (Agenzia Fides) – Starting from March 2017, an Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople will celebrate the Divine Liturgy for the Orthodox faithful living in Ankara once a month, and will d ...
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  14 March 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Asian Youth Day 2017: celebrating diversity in a multicultural society Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - To encourage and accompany young people in Asia to live and promote a "culture of solidarity and encounter with the other, in the multicultural and multireligious societies of Asia", and increas ...
• 14 March 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Resignation of the Bishop of Jeonju, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On March 14, 2017 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Jeonju (Korea), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Vincent Ri Pyung-ho. The Holy Father a ...
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  14 March 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Even Assyrian Patriarch Mar Gewargis supports the aggregation process of political and social Christian acronyms Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Even Mar Gewargis III, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, supports the impetus promoted by political and social acronyms related to Christian communities in Iraq towards an aggregation ...
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  9 March 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Young people of all religions united against all forms of radicalism and intolerance Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - Over 3,000 young people from different religious communities gathered in Semarang, capital of Central Java province, to attend an interreligious meeting, committing themselves to "develop an in ...
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  9 March 2017
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The chapel of the Ascension, on the top of the Mount of Olives, damaged in an arson attack Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday, March 8th, the chapel of the Ascension, located at the top of the Mount of Olives, was damaged in an arson attack. According to the media of the Custody of the Holy Land, in all ...
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  9 March 2017
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - 80,000 people affected by the worst drought in 40 years Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - About one million people urgently need food aid and tens of thousands need urgent life-saving aid due to the drought that is severely hitting Sri Lanka. The alarm emerges from a statement of the ...