Asia

• 17 October 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Jowai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 October 2016, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Victor Lyngdoh, Bishop of Nongstoin as Bishop of the Diocese of Jowai (India). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 17/10/2016) ...
• 17 October 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Apostolic Administrator of Nongstoin Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 October 2016, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Dominic Jala, S.D.B., Archbishop of Shillong as Apostolic Administrator "sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the diocese o ...
• 17 October 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary to President Duterte: "Even violence is a drug" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In the face of the campaign of summary justice and extrajudicial executions against traffickers and drug dealers who for months have raged in the Philippines, and has claimed about 3,500 victims, ...
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  17 October 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The army calls for a ceasefire with ethnic minorities Naypyitaw (Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal to ethnic minority groups, who have not yet laid down their arms and should sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement before the political talks: was launched by the Commander-in ...
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  14 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - An application to the Supreme Court: a new judge for Asia Bibi’s trial Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - To appoint another judge immediately or a new college to hear the case of Asia Bibi: as Fides learns, this is the request sent to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by Asia Bibi’s legal ...
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  14 October 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu campaign against a Christian school Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - Three Hindu teachers have denounced the leaders of the Christian school of the Holy Trinity School in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, in the diocese of Indore, complaining of "being hurt in t ...
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  14 October 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - UNESCO resolution on "Temple Mount". Negative reactions in Israel New York (Agenzia Fides) – UNESCO's Executive Board adopted a decision that calls on Israel to allow the restoration of the historic status quo of Al Aqsa Mosque/Al Haram Al Sharif. The decision on Jerusalem was taken ...
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  13 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The hearing of the Supreme Court for the case of Asia Bibi postponed Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The hearing before the Supreme Court of Pakistan for the case of Asia Bibi has been postponed. The Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy in first degree (in 2009) and on appeal (in ...
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  13 October 2016
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - The King of Bahrain donates land for the construction of a new Coptic church Manama (Agenzia Fides) - Coptic Orthodox priest Royce George, engaged in the pastoral care of the Orthodox Coptic community in Bahrain, has confirmed the donation of land by King Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa for the construc ...
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  12 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "It is in the interest of the institutions that Asia Bibi is acquitted" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "We are confident and hope in the acquittal of Asia Bibi. Having consulted expert lawyers in Pakistan, it is clear that the case has faults both regarding merits, in terms of evidence, and at ...
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  12 October 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Young Indonesians, salt and light in a world without boundaries Manado (Agenzia Fides) - "The Day of Indonesian youth was a typical expression of Indonesia's diversity: we know that Indonesia is a plural country, cradle of the diversity of cultures, languages and faiths; the Church i ...
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  12 October 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian conflict, the Pope calls for a ceasefire. The Armenian Archbishop of Aleppo: we know that his heart is with us Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "We know that the Pope’s heart is with us. We also saw it when he chose to include Archbishop Mario Zenari, Apostolic Nuncio in Damascus, in the list of future Cardinals. But while he calls for ...
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  11 October 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: the liberation of Mosul must not become the occasion to dismember the Iraqi unity Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - While there are multiplying warnings of an imminent attack to free the city of Mosul from the domain of the jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh), Chaldean Patriarch Raphael Louis I Sako recall a ...
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  11 October 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Reintroducing death penalty is a false solution to crime Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Death penalty does not solve the problem of crime. It is a false hope": says, in a note sent to Fides, the Commission for the prison ministry of the Episcopal Conference of the Philippines, urgi ...
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  11 October 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Christian Parties demand a new electoral law Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In the continuing institutional impasse that characterizes the Lebanese political scene, recent hypotheses to overcome the paralysis and revitalize Parliament by resorting to a "law of necessity" ...