Asia

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  2 April 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - NGOs: "The government has given in to pressure from extremists" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Pakistan has given in to seven out of ten requests presented by Islamic radical groups, supporters of Mumtaz Qadri, the confessed criminal of the governor of Punjab, Salman T ...
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  2 April 2016
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Caritas Korea: Solidarity Campaign for Syrian refugees Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Five years after civil war in Syria - Let's wipe out their tears": is the new fundraising and solidarity campaign launched by "Caritas Korea" to give support to Syria. The funds, reported a state ...
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  1 April 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Against terrorism, mentality must change through the work of education Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Today many young people in Pakistan are brainwashed and then kill or become suicide bombers in the name of God. These heinous attacks will continue unless a change of mentality and culture take ...
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  1 April 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - Bishop Hinder: still no news of the Salesian kidnapped in Aden Aden (Agenzia Fides) – There is still no news of Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, the Salesian priest kidnapped after the massacre perpetrated by a terrorist commando in the nursing home of Aden almost a month ago (see Fides 04/03/ ...
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  1 April 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - "Mission Sonshine ": Jesus Christ the Son of God is the light of the world Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - It is a very old church, older than the Taj Mahal in Agra, and one of the oldest churches in Mumbai: the church of St. Andrew in Bandra celebrates its 400th anniversary in 2016. The church was bu ...
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  31 March 2016
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The Mufti of Singapore to the Archbishop: "the massacre in Lahore is against Islam" Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The terrorist attack in Lahore, which targeted civilians indiscriminately, "is not only against Islamic teachings, but it is also an attack against all humanity": is what the Muslim leader in ...
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  31 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Archbishop of Lahore: "For the wounded: peace be with you" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "In this moment of deep sorrow and grief, in a traumatic situation, we can only make ours the preaching of Jesus after the Resurrection and console the wounded and the survivors with his words: P ...
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  31 March 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - A "March for Peace" in the streets of Aleppo, to remember the two Bishops kidnapped Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - A "march for peace in Syria", led by the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Mar Ignatius Aphrem II, was held in Aleppo, also with the aim to keep the attention on the matter of the two Bishops of the batt ...
• 31 March 2016
  ASIA/KOREA - Resignation of the Bishop of Wonju, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 31 March 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Wonju (Korea), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Jacobus Kim Ji-Seok, in accordance with Canon 40 ...
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  30 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Massacre in Lahore: Bishops seek protection and decisive action on behalf of the State Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The killing of innocent people, especially women and children, in the name of religion is unacceptable. Along with Christians, many of our Muslim brothers, women, children and families have be ...
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  30 March 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - In the offensive against Kurdish militias, the Turkish government even "expropriates" the churches in Diyarbakir Diyarbakir (Agenzia Fides) - In the context of the military operations carried out in southern Turkey against Kurdish positions of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the government in Ankara ordered the expropriation of ...
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  30 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders together for peace against terrorism Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Christian and Muslim leaders came together to pray for peace and to reaffirm their common commitment against terrorism, in the aftermath of the Easter massacre, which took place in Lahore: as Fid ...
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  23 March 2016
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom: "May Easter bring blessings, light and peace in Korea" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "May the light of the Risen Lord shine upon you all. Let us pray for our brothers and sisters in North Korea: may the blessings on them be abundant. Let us pray for peace on the Korean Peninsula a ...
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  23 March 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Prayer vigil for the release of the Salesian kidnapped in Yemen Goa (Agenzia Fides) - Expressing grief and mourning for the massacre of the four Missionaries of Charity in Yemen, the Archbishop of Goa and Daman, His Exc. Mgr. Filipe Neri Ferrao, also invoked for the release of the Sa ...
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  23 March 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Protestant Pastor attacked in Rajasthan New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Pastor Sumati Prakash Kharadia, of the Protestant community "Assembly of God," was attacked and brutally beaten by a mob of about 25 extremists in the village of Sabli, in Rajasthan. The Pasto ...