Asia

• 10 November 2016
  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of the Bishop of Incheon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 10 November 2016, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. John Baptist Jung Shin-chul, titular Bishop of Cuicul and Auxiliary of the same diocese, as Bishop of Incheon (Korea). (SL) (Age ...
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  10 November 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Justice for the Christian couple burned alive for blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Two years after the terrible murder of the Christian couple Shama and Shahzad, burned alive for alleged blasphemy on November 4, 2014 in Kot Radha Kishan, in Kasur district, the fight for justice ...
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  9 November 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Gracias: "The hospital for the terminally ill is a monument to mercy" Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "The hospital that takes care of the terminally ill and cancer patients is a monument to mercy": this is what Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Mumbai said during his visit to the "Shanti Av ...
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  8 November 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - No to nuclear energy: the Church applauds president Duterte Manila (Agenzia Fides) - No to nuclear power in the Philippines: the position of President Rodrigo Duterte, who has rejected to revive the nuclear power plant in Bataan province (west of Manila) and assured that during h ...
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  8 November 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The mission of the Rachel Center: To welcome and take care of migrant children Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - It is a structure that wants to witness the commitment and contribution of Catholic faithful with regards to the issue of immigration, which has tragic social consequences, especially for chil ...
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  8 November 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Orthodox Patriarchal Vicar of Aleppo, wounded by a gunman: "I share the cross of those who suffer" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "I thank God who protected and kept me alive. I thank God because in this condition and in this experience I can share the cross with so many people that today suffer in Syria, especially in Alep ...
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  7 November 2016
  ASIA/AZERBAIJAN - Seizures of religious literature at "unauthorized" retailers Baku (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, November 4 the State Committee for the work with religious organizations carried out a joint inspection with representatives of the Ministry of the Interior, in shops that sell religious ...
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  7 November 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Patriarch: the condition of the Country does not allow delays in forming a government Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The economic and social emergencies that mark the present situation of Lebanon does not allow any delays or postponement in the formation of a government that would help the Country. This is what ...
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  7 November 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Discrimination and violence against Hindu minorities Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The Hindu population in Pakistan suffer due to discrimination and violence which often go unpunished: this is what Ashok Kumar Jay denounces, a Hindu activist for the rights of religious minorit ...
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  5 November 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Maronite Archbishop of Aleppo: "truce has failed. Firing on civilians who wanted to flee the rebel-held neighborhoods" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The truce in Aleppo did not have concrete effects, announced by the Syrian army and the Russian military forces for Friday, November 4 with the motivation to allow civilians of eastern areas - in ...
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  5 November 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Blasphemous pub: Catholics call for its closure Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic activists call for the closure of a blasphemous resto-pub towards Christian faith: as stated in a note sent to Fides, movements like the Catholic Secular Forum (CSF) and the Maharashtra ...
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  4 November 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Heads of Churches and Christian politicians: may our unity lead the way to national reconciliation Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - In the delicate phase that Iraqi is going through, ahead of the uncertain prospects that will open after the total liberation of Mosul by jihadist militiamen of the self-styled Islamic State (Daes ...
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  4 November 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Fight against corruption: the Catholic minister of the Indonesian government intervenes during the Assembly of Bishops Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The focus is on corruption as a social and moral evil that plagues the nation and that also religious communities, for their weight on human consciousness, help to counter: this is the central t ...
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  3 November 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Clashes between Jews at the Western Wall for the request of a common space for prayer for men and women Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – Riots between ultra-Orthodox Jews and Jews belonging to the "conservative" and egalitarian Judaism, occurred on Wednesday, November 2 at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City. Physical cl ...
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  3 November 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A new educational center in Youhanabad Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A new social and educational center in Youhanabad has opened in the entirely Christian Lahore district, upset by a serious attack in front of two Christian churches in 2015. We are talking about ...