Asia

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  14 January 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Prime Minister defends religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not far off when Pakistan will be recognized as a friendly country of minorities; the government is taking measures to improve the lives of religious minority groups": said Prime Minister ...
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  14 January 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarch of Moscow Kirill invited in Syria Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - Scholars and official representatives of Syrian Islam, together with the Syrian Ministry officials for endowments and religious affairs (waqf), sent an invitation to the Patriarch of Moscow Kiril ...
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  13 January 2017
  ASIA/PALESTINE - President Abbas will inaugurate the Palestinian Embassy to the Holy See Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, January 14 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), is scheduled to meet with Pope Francis in the Vatican and inaugurate the new Palestinian embassy to the Holy See, situated ...
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  13 January 2017
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh: "The time of mercy for Cambodia starts now" Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "How many times this year, in our Vicariate, I saw God in the faces of children and in your faces! Once again, these days, I have seen God in our midst many times: I saw him in the few faithf ...
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  12 January 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholics know the plight of the Rohingya, but cannot help them Pyay (Agenzia Fides) - While Korean Yanghee Lee, Special United Nations Rapporteur on the situation of human rights is in Myanmar, for a visit from 9 to 20 January, the serious humanitarian situation of the Muslim minori ...
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  12 January 2017
  ASIA/YEMEN - The death toll among children due to armed conflict worsens Naham (Agenzia Fides) - The war in Yemen began in 2014 and has intensified since the military coalition led by Riad in favor of the president, Abdo Rabu Mansur Hadi intervened. Since March 2015, the Country has recorded ...
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  11 January 2017
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - All children, including stateless children, must have access to education Petaling Jaya (Agenzia Fides) - No child, whether or not in possession of a birth certificate, should be denied access to education. The complaint comes from a Malaysian lawyer, a human rights advocate. Stateless childre ...
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  11 January 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Lebanese President Aoun, Maronite Christian, mends relations with Saudi Arabia Riyadh (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Lebanon Michel Aoun, a Maronite Christian, began his first trip in the Arabian Peninsula with the first result of mending relations with Saudi Arabia, which last year had experie ...
• 11 January 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi communists to Chaldean Patriarch: thanks for your contribution to national reconciliation Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Iraqi communists pay tribute to Chaldean Patriarch Raphael Louis Sako I, and thank him for his contribution to national reconciliation and for his continuous efforts to encourage the involvement ...
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  10 January 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic Students denounce an Islamic leader for "blasphemy" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Union of University Students in Indonesia (Perhimpunan Mahasiswa Katolik Republik Indonesia, PMKRI) filed a complaint for blasphemy regarding a Muslim religious Habib Rizieq Shihab, ...
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  10 January 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Official of Iraqi Kurdistan: at least 100 places of worship destroyed or damaged by jihadists in the Nineveh Plain Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - At least 100 places of worship have been vandalized or completely demolished in the territories of Mosul and Nineveh Province since June 2014, when the jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) impos ...
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  9 January 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The laying of the foundation stone of the Indonesian Camillian Theologate in Maumere Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "It seems incredible ... but the Indonesian Camillians are in urgent need of new spaces for their young religious and novices", says to Agenzia Fides Father Luigi Galvani, MI, missionary in Flor ...
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  9 January 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Archdiocese of Manila strengthens the commitment for the rehabilitation of drug addicts Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Manila, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, signed an agreement which establishes a partnership between the Archdiocese of Manila and "Fazenda da Esperança" ("Farm of Hope"), a specia ...
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  9 January 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian neighborhood of Mosul freed. Chaldean priest: not all refugees will return Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, January 8 the Iraqi regular army regained control of al Sukkar, an area in eastern Mosul once inhabited mostly by Christian families. This is what local sources reported to online magaz ...
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  5 January 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary: "A death sentence every day" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "There are over 6,000 deaths, suspected marijuana drug dealers or other drugs, and 1,000 people killed, only on the basis of a suspect, in the last month. For some it may be a great success: it i ...