Asia

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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 ...
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  3 November 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Youth Pastoral in India: "Young people like eagles" Trivandrum (Agenzia Fides) - "Why do you need and how to set up Youth Pastoral in India? A typical pessimistic answer to this question should not be given: 'Young people are not interested in faith, young people are led ...
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  28 October 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops: pray for corruption-free nation on Diwali New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A nation free of corruption, violence and divisive: is what the Catholic bishops in India want on the occasion of Diwali, the festival of lights which is celebrated on October 30. In their wa ...
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  28 October 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Aoun almost President. The "congratulations" of Maronite Patriarch Rai Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The streets of Beirut are already filled with posters and pictures with the image of former General Michel Aoun, the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement who is preparing to become the new Presi ...
• 28 October 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Princesa, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 October 2016, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa (Philippines), presented by His Ex ...
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  28 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Peace in Kashmir: religious leaders' appeal Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – Condemnation of the atrocities committed in Kashmir and a strong plea for peace: is the message spread by the representatives of various faiths, Muslim, Christian and Hindu, gathered in the "A ...
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  27 October 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch visits the liberated towns of the Nineveh Plain: "It is our Holy Land" Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) - His Beatitude Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako with his auxiliary Bishop Basileo Salim Yado visited the five Christian towns of the Nineveh Plain already released in the concerted military operat ...
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  27 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A case of alleged blasphemy solved thanks to political and religious leaders Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - Christian and Islamic religious leaders who intervened to resolve a case of alleged blasphemy in Quetta, the Pakistani province of Baluchistan played a decisive role regarding two Christians. As ...
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  26 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Supreme Court judge, who refused to hear Asia Bibi’s death penalty appeal, resigns Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge, Iqbal Hameedur Rehman, who on October 13, 2016, suddenly withdrew from the final death sentence appeal of Asia Bibi, causing a postponement of the hearing, ...
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  26 October 2016
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The new Superior of the Jesuits in Southeast Asia is a blogger Singapore (Agenzia Fides) – He is appreciated for his incisive and persuasive preaching and especially for his blog "Breaking The Word": we are talking about Fr. Christopher Soh, the new Regional Superior of the Jesuit ...
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  26 October 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Ecumenical prayer for the liberation of Mosul. The Chaldean Patriarch: may 2017 be the "Year of Peace in Iraq" Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - 2017 as "Year of Peace", celebrated by the Churches and the Christian communities in Iraq to promote national reconciliation and to save the country from the centrifugal forces that may continue t ...
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  25 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Terrorist attack in Quetta: "one lives with fear", says a missionary Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - "Ambulances and police continue to occupy the city. 60 people were killed and more than 200 wounded. They were all police officers and young people who were being trained in the military school. ...