Asia

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  16 February 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Beginning of the Year of Education in Faisalabad Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - In the Pakistani diocese of Faisalabad, during the Jubilee of Mercy, the special "Year of Education" has begun. As reported to Fides, in the solemn opening ceremony, which took place on Febru ...
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  16 February 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - Be the face of the merciful Lord in the community and in society Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in mainland China experienced the beginning of Lent in communion with the universal Church, particularly in tune with the Jubilee of Mercy, as witnessed by the information ...
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  15 February 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Maronite Archbishop of Damascus: despite the conflict, we build new churches Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A "gesture of revolt against death and destruction" is how Archbishop Samir Nassar, leader of the Maronite archdiocese of Damascus, describes the three chapels that the local Maronite community ...
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  15 February 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Election campaign begins: the challenge of poverty at the center Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign for presidential elections in the Philippines has officially begun. There are five main presidential candidates: current Vice President Jojo Binay, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, ...
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  15 February 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The murderer of Salman Taseer asks presidential pardon Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Mumtaz Qadri, the confessed criminal of Salman Taseer, Governor of Punjab, gunned down five years ago for defending Asia Bibi, has applied for clemency to the President of Pakistan. The death ...
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  15 February 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Jihadists of Daesh to the inhabitants of Mosul: forbidden to celebrate Valentine's Day Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Posters and banners were placed in recent days by the jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) on the busiest crossroads of Mosul, to remind the population that it is forbiden to celebrate the feast ...
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  12 February 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Bishop of Aleppo: the meeting between Francis and Kirill is also the fruit of our suffering. And this comforts us Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill is perceived by Christians as the fruit of the cross they are experiencing. The suffering of all Christians in the Middle East bears the fru ...
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  12 February 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Government reassures: soon a new legislation for minority foundations Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - During a recent parliamentary hearing, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Yalcin Akdogan gave assurances on the overcoming future of the institutional impasse in which foundations linked to ethnic, cu ...
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  12 February 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops' Message: "During Lent rediscover chastity" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Created for love, created for chastity": is the title of the message of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines who express their concern regarding the phenomenon of pornography. ...
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  12 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The survivors of the massacres in Orissa express solidarity with Christians in the Middle East Kandhamal (Agenzia Fides) - Profound sympathy and solidarity for Christians in the Middle East, particularly in Syria: is what was expressed by the survivors of the anti-Christian massacres that occurred in 2008 in Oriss ...
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  10 February 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle: "During Lent charity without hypocrisy" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Charity without hypocrisy: is what the Archbishop of Manila, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said, who during the Mass of Ash Wednesday tackled some concerns such as poverty and environment, but rese ...
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  10 February 2016
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The United Arab Emirates create the "Ministry for happiness and tolerance" Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - The rulers of the United Arab Emirates have decided to create a "Ministry for happiness and tolerance". The new institution was established in the context of the broader reorganization of gove ...
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  10 February 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Medical report confirms: Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople needs a "guardian" Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The health body appointed by the Turkish judiciary to check the health conditions of the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, Mesrob II, confirmed the status of dementia suffered by the Patria ...
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  10 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - In the Holy Year two new priests in Orissa, theater of anti-Christian violence Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "A gift and a blessing, in the Year of Mercy": is how the Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, in Orissa, His Exc. Mgr. John Barwa described the two new priests ordained in the district of Kan ...
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  9 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Sharing hope and justice: meeting with the survivors of the anti-Christian massacres in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - On 9 February, the first meeting among the survivors of anti-Christian massacres that occurred in 2008 in Kandhamal district in the Indian state of Orissa will be held. As reported to Fides ...