Asia

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  2 July 2016
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Terrorism in the country, the PMS Director: "We are afraid" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "After the attack in Dhaka, we are very concerned about the growth of terrorism. These terrorist acts are damaging the country and its image abroad. The situation we are experiencing is really dif ...
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  1 July 2016
  ASIA - For 35 years the JRS on a mission for refugees in Asia-Pacific Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - For 35 years the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) has been active in the Asia-Pacific area to assist refugees and displaced persons in seven countries: Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guin ...
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  30 June 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - New appeal of Egyptian President al Sisi to free "religious discourse" from extremist ideas Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi has returned to urge the Arabs and Muslims to make common front against terrorism, freeing "religious discourse" and activities inspired by it, from any con ...
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  30 June 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - A priest: "To bring to life Laudato Sì in people’s lives " Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - To bring to life Laudato Sì in people's lives: is the commitment of Fr. Magi Murzello, new Rector of St. Andrews College in Bandra, in the area of Mumbai. As Fides learns, Fr. Magi is a priest w ...
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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 ...