Asia

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  1 December 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Iraqi army involves sectarian militias in the protection of areas reclaimed from the jihadists of the Islamic State Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The areas in the Nineveh Plain, freed from the control of the jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) by the Iraqi National Army, are subjected to a system of security and self-defense that also in ...
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  30 November 2016
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal Tong’s pastoral letter for Advent - Family and marriage: foundation of society Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us together ensure that family and Christian marriage is the starting point for charity" urges Cardinal John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong, in his Pastoral letter for Advent 2016 signed o ...
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  30 November 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Armenian Parliament presents an interrogation on the expulsions of evangelical pastors Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The parliamentary of Armenian origin Selina Ozuzun Dogan, member of the Republican People's Party, addressed to Turkish minister of the interior Süleyman Soylu a Parliamentary interrogation on a ...
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  30 November 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The trial for the murder of Shahbaz Bhatti is moving slowly Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The anti-terrorism Military Court in Islamabad issued a forced subpoena for seven witnesses who did not present themselves in the trial for the murder of Catholic minister Shahbaz Bhatti, kill ...
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  29 November 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Catholic church of Santa Chiara under construction: threats by Islamic radicals Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "We will burn the church if the shipyard continues the work": with this threat more than 500 Muslims protested in Bekasi, a vast suburb of the metrolpolis Jakarta, to prevent the construction of ...
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  29 November 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - No trial for the authors of the threats to the Armenian newspaper Agos Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The two militants of the Turkish ultra-nationalist organization responsible for threats and intimidation regarding the newspaper Agos, the bilingual Armenian weekly published in Istanbul, were ...
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  28 November 2016
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The apostolate is oriented towards national reconciliation Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka supports the "steps of reconciliation" initiated by the national government after the civil war: is what was said to Fides by Bishop Harold Anthony Perera, who h ...
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  25 November 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: population census is urgently needed Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – A population census in Pakistan is urgently needed, to also update the data related to religious minorities: is the request raised by the Pakistani Bishops gathered in recent days in Lahore in ...
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  24 November 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Five death sentences for the murder of a Christian couple burned alive for blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A Lahore anti-terrorism court issued a ruling with five death sentences for the perpetrators of the lynching of a Christian couple: Shahbaz Masih, 26, and Shama Bibi, 24, killed in Kot Radha Kish ...
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  23 November 2016
  ASIA/CINA - Death of Msgr. Francis Tong Hui: zealous and caring Pastor Yan'an (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Msgr. Francis Tong Hui, Emeritus Bishop of Yan'an (Yenan), in Shaanxi province (Continental China) passed away on 27 October, at 10:15 pm. He had been admitted to hospital in Tangdu foll ...
• 22 November 2016
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Appointment of the Rector of the National Seminary "Our Lady of Lanka" in Kandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 July 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Jayakody Arachchige Don Mervyn Expeditus, of the clergy of the Archdi ...
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  21 November 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The difficult recovery of child soldiers Rangoon (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations Organization for Children continues its recovery program of child soldiers recruited by the Burmese army. No one knows exactly how many are enrolled. According to the United N ...
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  21 November 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Unity in Diversity: the people of Indonesia take to the streets for the common good Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Reaffirming Indonesia's motto, "unity in diversity" and the solid foundation of the nation, ie the Pancasila (the "Charter of five principles"): with this spirit the Indonesians of all faiths to ...
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  19 November 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - On the occasion of the closing of the Jubilee, the government releases 69 prisoners Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - A gesture of clemency, as requested by Pope Francis, on the occasion of the Jubilee of mercy: on the occasion of the closing of the Jubilee of mercy, 69 inmates of the central prison in Faisa ...
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  18 November 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - The Holy Doors in continental China close, but "the door of mercy in our hearts remain open forever" Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - "The Holy Door is closed, but the mercy of the Lord is upon us forever; the proclamation of the Lord's mercy continues; the door of mercy in our hearts remain open forever; the work of me ...