Asia

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  21 April 2016
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Young missionaries of mercy Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - With a mission to help their peers in every circumstance of life, for study, human, material and spiritual difficulties, a group of students in middle and high schools in Seoul have been named "yo ...
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  21 April 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo: Armed clashes between the Syrian army and Kurdish militias in Qamishli Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Qamishli, in the northeastern Syrian region of Jazira, has been since yesterday the scene of intense armed clashes between Kurdish militias and army forces loyal to the regime of Ba ...
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  21 April 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Turkish State opens a case to recover the lands returned to the Ecumenical Patriarchate in recent years Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Turkey has opened a case against the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, to cancel the legal acts with which some land were returned to the Orthodox Patriarchal See, in compliance with the ...
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  20 April 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - A thousand young Indians at WYD in Krakow New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - There will be over a thousand young Indians who will attend World Youth Day (WYD) in Krakow, Poland, and about two million young people are expected. This is what the Indian Bishops' Conferenc ...
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  20 April 2016
  ASIA/NEPAL - One year after the earthquake, Caritas is committed to ensuring a future for the affected families Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - A year after the earthquake that on April 25, 2015 devastated Nepal, followed by that of the equally strong earthquake on May 12, about 2.8 million (more than 10% of the population) people are ...
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  20 April 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Christian School workers take to the streets to demand the reform of the Palestinian social security system Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - Even Christian school workers participated in the demonstration in which thousands of Palestinians called for a new social security reform and expressed their disagreement with the decree law t ...
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  20 April 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Exhibition of "old missionary postcards" from Anatolia Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - An exhibition of postcards was inaugurated in recent days at the Tophane-i Amire Culture and Arts Center, sponsored by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which offers a historical testimo ...
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  19 April 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The suspect of the lynching of two Christian spouses released on bail Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The main suspect of the double murder of the Christian couple Shahzad Masih, and Shama Bibi, burned alive by a mob of Muslims for alleged blasphemy on November 4, 2014 was released on bail. As re ...
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  19 April 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Christian communities file an appeal against the expropriation of the churches in Diyarbakir Diyarbakir (Agenzia Fides) - The representatives of the Syriac Foundation and representatives of the local evangelical Christian community have appealed to the Court in Diyarbakır against the provision of urgent expropr ...
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  19 April 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - "We do not forget". A demonstration to remember the two Bishops of Aleppo kidnapped three years ago Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Tuesday, April 19, militants of associations and Lebanese organizations find themselves in the municipal office of Sin el Fil, eastern suburb of the Lebanese capital, to remember the story ...
• 19 April 2016
  ASIA/KOREA - Resignation of the Bishop of Masan and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 19 April 2016, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Masan (Korea), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok, in accordance with ...
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  19 April 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A week of reflection on "communication and mercy" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - A week of reflection, with pastoral and social implications, on the theme "Communication and Mercy: a fruitful meeting", chosen by the Pope for World Day of Social Communications, 2016. This is ...
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  18 April 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Care and solidarity to the victims of terrorism Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Need to express concrete solidarity and to take care of the victims of the recent terrorist attack in Lahore, which took place on Easter Day: is the initiative launched by the "Cecil Chaudhry & ...
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  18 April 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Marian Center in Tel Aviv: an oasis for migrants Tel Aviv (Agenzia Fides) - It is a place where migrant communities get together to practice their faith and participate in the numerous pastoral activities organized: the pastoral center dedicated to "Our Lady Woman of V ...
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  15 April 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Church establishes a committee to monitor the changes of Christian property ownership Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Patriarchate has announced the creation of an hoc committee to monitor sales and transfers of property ownership - houses and land - belonging to Christian citizens in Baghdad. The ...