Asia

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  12 May 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Protection of human rights: the government must put the National Plan into practice Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pakistani government must allocate the necessary funds and implement the National Action Plan on human rights in Pakistan, announced in February 2016". This is what Catholic Peter Jacob, Dir ...
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  11 May 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A two-year-old Christian child killed by a Muslim man Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - It is one of those cases where high social status and wealth turn into arrogance and arbitrariness towards the weakest and most vulnerable. A wealthy Muslim landowner owner, who has so many C ...
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  11 May 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Patriarchs of the Syriac-Antiochene Churches want their communities to have a representative in Parliament Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - A seat in the Lebanese Parliament for a politician belonging to the Syriac Orthodox Church, and another guaranteed by regulation to a representative of the Syriac Catholic community: is the concr ...
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  11 May 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary: the country wants a president who respects the dignity of all Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "It is the failure of the government in serving the citizens to give consent and popularity to extremists and violent people. For example, to obtain a registration document of a vehicle at the he ...
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  11 May 2016
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - The Patriarch of Moscow: "the fight against terrorism is a holy war" Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "Today the fight against terrorism is a holy war". This the strong formula used by Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, to support the need for a joint mobilization of the international co ...
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  10 May 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Rodrigo Duterte new President: "vigilant collaboration" from the Church Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Rodrigo Duterte is the new President of the Philippines, former mayor of Davao, called Digong, who won the presidential elections on May 9 with about 39% of the vote. Duterte succeeds Benigno Aqu ...
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  10 May 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch Rai: The international community has to recognize and proclaim the "neutrality" of Lebanon Paris (Agenzia Fides) - The neutrality of Lebanon with regards to the conflicts and contrasts between regional and global forces that disrupt the Middle East region of the opposing sides, must be officially recognized an ...
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  10 May 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - New church in a tribal area Vasai (Agenzia Fides) - The tribal population in the Archdiocese of Vasai has a new Catholic church: Archbishop Felix Machado blessed and officially opened it for worship on April 30, inaugurating it in Talasari, in the ...
• 9 May 2016
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Resignation of Bishop of Xuan Loc and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 7 May 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Xuan Loc (Viet Nam), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Dominique Nguyen Chu Trinh, in accordance wit ...
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  9 May 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church to voters: "Think of Christ when you vote" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Keep Christ in mind, when you vote in today's election, May 9: is the exhortation addressed to the voters by the Philippine Church on the occasion of World Communications Day, celebrated yesterda ...
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  9 May 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Luis Raphael I writes to the Chaldean diocese in the US: the priests who have emigrated without permission have to reflect on their vocation Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – To divide the ecclesial body in separate groups is a "serious sin", in a time when the Chaldean Church is also prompted by the dramatic historical circumstances which guards unity with speci ...
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  9 May 2016
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Catholicos Aram I inaugurates the school and the Armenian Cultural Center in Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of Armenian immigrants working in the United Arab Emirates took part, on Saturday, May 7, in the official inauguartion of the new Armenian cultural center, in the area of Musaffah, in ...
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  9 May 2016
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - In the Year of Jubilee 111 baptisms and 80 catechumens Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - There are 111 new baptized that enrich the Cambodian Church in the Year of Mercy, and 80 catechumens were admitted, during Lent, to prepare themselves for the Sacrament of Baptism: refers to ...
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  7 May 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church of Punjab united, beyond the Indo-Pakistani border Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – To overcome divisions, differences, political tensions that exist between India and Pakistan and rediscover the common roots, in the sign of culture, faith, fraternity: with this spirit the Dio ...
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  7 May 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch Rai again meets political leaders to discuss the institutional crisis Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Almost two years after the end of the mandate of Michel Sleiman, the office of President of the Lebanese Republic remains vacant due to the vetoes among different political blocs. In the face of ...