Asia

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  30 June 2016
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Mothers commit suicide with their children due to poverty and violence Vahdat (Agenzia Fides) - Violence against women is rising, as well as the level of aggression and cruelty in society as a whole is growing. The alarm was lauched by a representative of the NGO Women With Higher Education ...
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  30 June 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Patriarch: the heavy burden of refugees is compromising the identity of the Lebanese nation New York (Agenzia Fides) - The huge mass of Syrian refugees who have taken refuge in Lebanon, threatens to upset the balance and the identity of the Lebanese nation, partly because the multitudes of refugees who drag the ...
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  30 June 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslims seek revenge: gang rape of a Christian woman Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A Christian woman, Samrah Badal, was the victim of a gang rape by four Muslim men who wanted to avenge the alleged "honor" of a Muslim family: as reported to Fides by Christian lawyer Aneeqa M. A ...
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  28 June 2016
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - 116 young people confirmed in Dinajpur Dinajpur (Agenzia Fides) - 63 girls and 53 boys of the parish of the Cathedral of Dinajpur recently received the sacrament of Confirmation. "Day of joy, colors, new commitment in the Church and for all. A new advent of t ...
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  28 June 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Suicide bombers in Qaa, a predominantly Christian village; Church Leaders express shock and sorrow for the victims Qaa (Agenzia Fides) - The series of four suicide bombings that on Monday, June 27 devastated the Lebanese village of Qaa, inhabited mostly by Christians belonging to the Greek Melkite Church, has caused five deaths and a ...
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  28 June 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A national plan and a "toll free number" for the protection of human rights Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - A "toll free number" for citizens, 24 hours a 24, to denounce human rights violations and provide the first legal assistance to victims: is the initiative launched by the Federal Ministry for ...
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  28 June 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - A new church for Christian refugees from the Nineveh Plain was inaugurated in Ankawa Ankawa (Agenzia Fides) – The new, large church inaugurated on Monday, June 27 by Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael I in Ankawa, a Christian-majority suburb of the city of Erbil, where many Christians fled their villages ...
• 28 June 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of Bishop of Malang, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 June 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Malang (Indonesia) by His Exc. Mgr. Herman Joseph Sahadat Pandoyoputro, O. Carm., in ...
• 28 June 2016
  ASIA/JAPAN - Appointment of the Bishop of Hiroshima Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 June 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Fr. Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama, P.S.S., rector of the National Catholic Seminary of Fukuoka as Bishop of the vacant Diocese of Hiroshima (Japan) ...
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  27 June 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The commitment of the Dominicans of Lahore for poor children Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Dominican Sisters in Pakistan have completed the construction of a new school building in Lahore with 12 classrooms, a teachers room and a playroom for all the children. The school has been o ...
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  27 June 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Christians in Antioch celebrate the feast of Saints Peter and Paul together in the "Cave Church of Peter " Antakia (Agenzia Fides) - This year in Antakya, Turkey, Catholics and Orthodox will celebrate together the feast of Saints Peter and Paul at the "Cave Church of Peter", the ancient cave church on Mt. Silpius, reopened to ...
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  27 June 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Archbishop of Vasai: "The laity is protagonist in the Church" Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "The laity have a very important role in the Church. In India we want to build a Church where the laity is the protagonist": is what His Exc. Mgr. Felix Machado, Archbishop of Vasai said, presidi ...
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  24 June 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Archbishop: the Pope is right, the definition of 'genocide' applied to the plight of Christians in the Middle East is misleading Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - "What the Pope said on the definition of the 'genocide' applied to the sufferings of Christians in the Middle East is beautiful and useful, because it brings us back to reality and helps us not ...
• 24 June 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of the Archbishop of Taunggyi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 24 June 2016 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Basilio Athai as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Taunggyi (Myanmar). The newly-elected Archbishop was born on July 22, 1956 in Kyek ...
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  24 June 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Sufi singer killed: pain and condemnation of the \Bishops Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Deep sorrow and condemnation for yet another murder that has shaken the nation": in a statement sent to Fides, the "Justice and Peace" Commission of the Episcopal Conference of Pakistan, said i ...