Asia

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  29 January 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Muslims fighting Isis: "sign of sincerity" says a missionary Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a very positive step. It demonstrates the sincerity of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the search for peace": this is how Fr. Angel Calvo, a Claretian missionary, for severa ...
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  28 January 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops of Kerala meet political and social leaders Kochi (Agenzia Fides) - To understand the perspectives and ideas of the various political parties and civil society organizations; express the views of the Church on social and political issues: with these intentions the ...
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  28 January 2016
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Jubilee Year, fruitful time for interreligious dialogue Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Let yourself be touched by the grace of God to have a heart open towards others, in a frank and friendly atmosphere: is what His Exc. Mgr. Olivier Schmitthaeusler, Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Pe ...
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  28 January 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Discovery of a church which dates back to the fourth century in Cappadocia with precious frescoes on the life of Christ Nevsehir (Agenzia Fides) - Archaeological excavations in the underground city discovered in 2012 in the city of Nevsehir, in the historical region of Cappadocia, have brought to light an underground church carved into th ...
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  27 January 2016
  ASIA/ISRAEL - The Jewish of the Menhir Tag group pay homage to the desecrated cemetery in Beit Jamal Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - A group of more than sixty Jews wanted to express their conviction and shock at the desecration of the Salesian cemetery in Beit Jamal and paid homage to the cemetery where last December serio ...
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  27 January 2016
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Twenty new priests and thirty deacons will be ordained in Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Korea, which thrives in vocations to priesthood, will be enriched with 20 new priests: Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul, will ordain 20 priests on February 5. Given ...
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  27 January 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Lawyers threatened: they defend a Christian accused of blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Two lawyers who offer their professional services at the NGO Pakistani "Lead" (Legal Evangelical Association and Development) were stopped in the street and threatened by unknown people on their ...
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  27 January 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - The alarm of Archbishop Hindo: Deir el Zor is starving Hassakè (Agenzia Fides) - In neighborhoods and suburbs of the Syrian city of Deir al Zor, under siege by the jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh), at least 120 thousand Syrian civilians are starving. The alarm was lau ...
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  26 January 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Ecumenical prayer during the Week for Christian Unity Semerang (Agenzia Fides) - In the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the Archdiocese of Semarang (Central Java) invited the Pastors of different Protestant churches to an ecumenical celebration that brought together Cat ...
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  26 January 2016
  ASIA/KUWAIT - MPs reject building new churches Kuwait City (Agenzia Fides) - The Municipality has initially approved requests to build new churches in Kuwait, but faces opposition from lawmakers and councilors. Islamist lawmaker Ahmad Al-Azemi said he and other MPs ...
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  26 January 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Dialogue between the Church and Hindu fanatics? New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The news relaunched by some newspapers that the Hindu nationalist group "Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh" (RSS, "National Volunteer Corps") intends to initiate dialogue with the Catholic Church and ...
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  26 January 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: the "evil hand" of "external players" has brought chaos in the Middle East Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "It seems that the evil hand has put in place all that was planned to change the situation", causing untold suffering to the peoples of the Middle East. And "it is no secret" that "the interven ...
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  26 January 2016
  ASIA/THAILAND - Illegal fishing and slavery: a serious phenomenon which penalizes the Country Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - From informed sources we learn that: "in Thailand there are increasingly numerous testimonies of extreme slavery carried out on illegal fishing vessels that have not docked at a port for year ...
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  25 January 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Attack in the Christian area in Qamishli: 3 dead and 10 wounded Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - At least three people were killed and 10 others wounded in a bomb attack in Syria’s northeastern Kurdish city of Qamishli, on on the evening of Sunday, January 24. The attack took place in th ...
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  25 January 2016
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Youth Seminar in Seoul: "God loves you just as you are" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "When you feel frustrated, think of the unconditional love of God and remember that God loves you just as you are. When we experience the power of God's love, the world will begin to change", is ...