Asia

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  3 March 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Violations of religious freedom increase Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Violence against religious communities and religious freedom abuses increased in Indonesia in 2016: says the Report on Religious Freedom in Indonesia 2016, carried out and just published by the ...
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  2 March 2017
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - A new church dedicated to St. Therese of Lisieux and new baptisms at Easter Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - There is great vitality in the Catholic community in Cambodia: on 18 February after the consecration of the new church of St Peter in Pot hon (North of Phnom Penh), the Apostolic Vicariate of ...
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  2 March 2017
  ASIA/TURKEY - Agreement reached on the procedures to elect the new Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Yerevan (Agenzia Fides) - The summit convened in Yerevan (Armenia) by Patriarch Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, to try to resolve the increasingly tangled dispute in place concerning the next election of the Arm ...
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  1 March 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Lent, time to help Christians in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians in different parts of India, especially in Kandhamal district in Orissa, need constant prayer and support from everyone, especially during Lent": says to Agenzia Fides Archbishop ...
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  1 March 2017
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - For the Lunar Year celebration, Lenten penance postponed Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "Tsagaan Sar", which literally means "White Moon", rich in symbolism and rituals that take place in families, such as a thorough cleaning of the house, wishes pronounced by the elders, praye ...
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  1 March 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Maronite Archbishop: Bitter Lent for the Syrian churches, many priests have fled Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Christians of Syria are preparing to live a "bitter Lent", and among the many factors of suffering and sorrow afflicting the Churches of Syria there is the fact that many priests who during ...
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  27 February 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "Repent to save the planet: urgent ecological conversion" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Today we are faced with an environmental holocaust. It is a very delicate moment. Pope Francis raised his voice against this impending disaster talking about modern sins, 'ecological sins' made ...
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  24 February 2017
  ASIA/JORDAN - Tourism of the Hashemite Kingdom focuses on "Christian places" Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Biblical religious tourism and especially national "Christian heritage" are increasingly at the center of the Jordanian government strategies to encourage the flow of foreign visitors to the Hashe ...
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  23 February 2017
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocesan Yearbook: 591 thousand Catholics in Hong Kong, 5 thousand more than last year Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of August 2016, there were 591,000 Catholics out of a population of 7,346,700 inhabitants in Hong Kong. The Catholic figure is contained in the new Yearbook of the Church of Hong ...
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  23 February 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Peace Center: "The answer to terrorism is unity" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Our response to terrorism is unity. We will continue to promote peace, justice, harmony with all men and women of good will in Pakistan, in the face of the terrorist threat that has bloodied the ...
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  22 February 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Health education seminars for students and a medical mission for over 600 sick people Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - Since their arrival in the diocese of Maumere on the island of Flores, Indonesia, in 2009, the religious Camillians have promoted the celebration of World Day of the Sick with various initiative ...
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  22 February 2017
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Israeli army begins the demolition of Bedouin villages. Even the "School" at risk Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Israeli army bulldozers have already taken action to implement the announced demolition of Bedouin villages situated within the territories of the occupied West Bank, east of Jerusalem, in ...
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  22 February 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Lynching in Lahore: 42 Christians convicted of terrorism Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Lahore anti-terrorist court sentenced 42 Christians for terrorism. As Fides learns, the Court pronounced the sentence for Christian citizens accused of lynching which occurred after the terroris ...
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  22 February 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - One more seat reserved for Christians in the new bill on parliament Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - A bill to review the distribution of seats in the House of Representatives among the different Iraqi electoral districts, published by the relevant parliamentary institutions on Monday, February ...
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  21 February 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Thousands of victims due to air pollution: for the Church "conscience and action" are needed New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Eighteen thousand Indians die every day from direct or indirect causes of air pollution. And the progressive air poisoning is often linked to climate change. This is what a new study published ...