Asia

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  16 July 2016
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Christian Association criticizes the new law on NGOs Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - On July 11th, the Israeli parliament passed a controversial bill requiring non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that receive more than fifty per cent of their funding from foreign governments ...
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  15 July 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Caritas: the theater for social change Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The theater is a powerful means for social change among young people and for spreading a culture of peace and tolerance: with this conviction Caritas in Lahore organized a theatrical performance ...
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  15 July 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Aedicule of the Holy Sepulchre remains open to pilgrims, despite the restoration work Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The restoration work, which started a few weeks ago, have completely surrounded the Holy Sepulchre Aedicule with scaffolding and tarpaulins, but the place where, according to tradition, the bo ...
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  15 July 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Tempted burning of a Christian church New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Some unidentified persons tried to set fire to a church belonging to the Protestant Indian community, "Church of South India", in the Indian state of Karnataka. As Fides learns, the attempted ...
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  14 July 2016
  ASIA/ISRAEL - A law is being studied to punish those who oppose Christian Arabs to join the Israeli army Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Committee on the Constitution, Law and Justice of the Israeli Parliament passed a bill providing for criminal penalties - up to imprisonment - for those who try to dissuade Arab Christian ...
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  14 July 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - Summer camp: an opportunity to strengthen solidarity and cooperation among communities Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The summer camp for children and young people is now a traditional activity of the Chinese Catholic continental communities, and this year has also become an opportunity to consolidate so ...
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  14 July 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops: "We are grateful to God for the judgment on the South China Sea" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "We have welcomed the court's decision with favor and with gratitude to God. We ask everyone to be magnanimous and not to brag, but to take it with simplicity and humility": with this spirit the ...
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  14 July 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - A coordinating committee of Maronite organizations has been established Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The institutions and organizations that respond to the Maronite Patriarchate and are involved in social, educational, health care and environmental activities from now on will be linked to a coor ...
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  13 July 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Civilians killed in Orissa, the Church in alarm Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Orissa is on alert after the killing of five civilians, including two Christians in the district of Kandhamal in the Indian state of Orissa. As Fides learns, the five ...
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  13 July 2016
  ASIA/THAILAND - 45 million Thais invited to vote for the draft of the new Constitution Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - On August 7, about 45 million Thai people will be invited to express their consent on the draft of the new Constitution approved in January 2016. "Everywhere you see huge posters, billboards, an ...
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  13 July 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic schools, the beating heart of the nation Naga City (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic schools are essential to the mission of the Church in the Philippines and represent the beating heart of the nation: is what was stated by the general assembly of the Association of C ...
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  13 July 2016
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Palestinian President Abu Mazen gives the Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal the "Medal of Jerusalem" Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - A few days after the end of his mission at the head of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, emeritus Patriarch Fouad Twal was honoured by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with the "Medal of ...
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  12 July 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - At World Youth Day in Krakow young Iraqis will pray the 'Our Father' in Aramaic before the Pope Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - There will be more than two hundred young Iraqi Christians who from all the dioceses of the Country will participate in the forthcoming World Youth Day (WYD), to be held in Krakow in late July. ...
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  12 July 2016
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - "Forgive us" say the Bengali people after the massacre in Dhaka Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - In the place in Dhaka, where terrorists on July 1 killed 22 people, someone brought flowers, including an unnamed wreath, with two words on the ribbon: "Forgive us". "I think that it expresses the ...
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  12 July 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy via WhatsApp: Christian arrested, risk of "collective punishment" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Digital blasphemy" is gaining ground in Pakistan. According to Fides sources complaints of blasphemy that record the alleged crime of insulting Islam or Prophet Muhammad committed on the web or ...