Asia

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  9 March 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch at the forum on post-conflict: let us copy the distinction between politics and religion from the West Sulaymaniyah (Agenzia Fides) - When Mosul will be completely taken away from the jihadists of the self-proclaimed Islamic State, and the Iraqi people will be faced with the difficult task to reconstruct a torn political, ...
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  8 March 2017
  INDONESIA - Saudi king meets with religious leaders and praises tolerance and coexistence Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "We shared aspirations and hopes with the Saudi king. This meeting is symbolic and very important": said to Fides Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo, after the Interreligious meeting organized by the G ...
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  8 March 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The House approves the death penalty: the Church "in mourning" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Philippine Catholic Church is "in mourning" after the House of Representatives approved the re-imposition of capital punishment in the nation. On March 7, 217 to 54 with one abstention, lawm ...
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  7 March 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: corruption is a "social leprosy" Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - "The state of corruption, ethical degradation, political feudalism that the country is suffering from, the prioritization of personal and sectarian interests is hindering the enhancement of the ...
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  7 March 2017
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The drama of "bacha-bazi", boys kidnapped and sold, used as spies Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - For many years activists for human rights in Afghanistan have been putting pressure on government authorities to take action to prohibit and severely punish those responsible for the cruel practic ...
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  7 March 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - From the Philippines a gift of faith for Catholic couples in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Raman and Teresita Santiago, a Christian married couple from the Philippines, members of the Catholic movement "Couples For Christ", have arrived in Orissa in recent days for a meeting with ...
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  7 March 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - In Kirkuk, the political and Christian Social components try to unite into a single Council Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - The appeal repeatedly launched by Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael I to Iraqi Christians not to proceed "in random order" on the political and social ground, but to try to merge their forces in o ...
• 6 March 2017
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Kuching and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 4 March 2017 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Kuching (Malaysia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. John Ha Tiong Hock. The Holy Fathe ...
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  6 March 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Philippine Church is not "against Duterte" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - There is a gap between President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration and the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The faithful see the pronouncements of Duterte against the Church and against pries ...
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  6 March 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal of human rights organizations against the crimes committed against the Rohingya Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Thirteen organizations engaged in the defense of human rights have urged the United Nations to investigate the atrocities committed by the Burmese army against the Muslim minority Rohingya. "The ...
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  6 March 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Greek-Melkite Patriarchate: Patriarch Gregoire III continues to carry out his tasks Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A note released by the communications office of the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Greek-Melkite reports that Grègoire Patriarch Laham III continues to carry out his role, is preparing to laun ...
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  6 March 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Lenten seminar: "Seek the Kingdom of God and the good of the peoples" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Seek first the Kingdom of God" is the title of the Lenten seminar organized recently by the Diocesan Catechetical Centre in Karachi at Saint Patrick College. As Fides learns, the event, organiz ...
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  4 March 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The "Mother Teresa of Burma" takes care of AIDS patients Yangon (Myanmar) – They all call her the "Mother Teresa of Burma": Sister Marta Mya Thwe, a religious of the Congregation of St. Joseph of the Apparition (SJA), is tirelessly committed to taking care of people with AID ...
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  4 March 2017
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Letter of Apostolic Administrator Pizzaballa: We made mistakes concerning the University of Madaba Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Lent is "a new beginning, a path leading to the certain goal of Easter, Christ’s victory over death". Even the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, in this delicate moment of its history, is cal ...
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  3 March 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Bioethics and Pastoral Care of the sick: new and difficult issues that affect human life Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "During his recent visit to the Camillian mission in Flores, Father Leo Pessini, Superior General of the Camillians (MI), held a series of lectures on Bioethics and pastoral care of the sick", s ...