Asia

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  9 April 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Former Italian missionary Del Torchio released Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) – Businessman and former missionary Rolando Del Torchio, kidnapped in Dipolog City last October, was released on Friday, April 8. The Philippine police - reported local military sources - pick ...
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  8 April 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Bishop: may the entry of Jesus in Egypt be celebrated as a national holiday Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Egyptian Coptic Christians are preparing to celebrate the feast of Jesus' entry into Egypt, which this year falls on July 1. In view of this liturgical and spiritual appointment, Coptic Orthodox B ...
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  8 April 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - In Gaza, the ruins of an ancient Byzantine church destroyed by bulldozers to make way for a shopping center Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The ruins of an ancient Byzantine church, re-emerged during construction work of a shopping center, have been removed by bulldozers and the local authorities did nothing to protect the precious his ...
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  8 April 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - A forum of NGOs to be closer to the poor New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – To set up a national network of non-governmental agencies to improve and better coordinate the work of support and development among the poorest of society: with this spirit the Indian Jesui ...
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  8 April 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Floods in the North, people isolated Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) - "The floods have mainly affected the extreme North of the country, the territory of Gilgit-Baltistan, a very difficult area to reach due to the conformation of the territory. Only the army is ...
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  7 April 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - A Christian attacked because he proclaimed the Gospel in the street Patna (Agenzia Fides) – Beaten and stripped naked in the street: is the fate of the Christian Pentecostal Indian citizen attacked in the state of Bihar because he preached faith in Christ publicly. As reported to Fides ...
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  7 April 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Karekin II and Aram I will soon visit Nagorno Karabakh for their "solidarity with the people" Antelias (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholicos of the Armenians, Karekin II, and Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, Aram I, will together in the coming days visit Nagorno Karabakh, the region, with an Armenian majority ...
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  7 April 2016
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "Come and you will see": a day for vocations in Seoul dedicated to teenagers Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Since 2009, the Archdiocese of Seoul celebrates the Day dedicated to vocations, in particular designed and conceived for teenagers: the Catholic Youth Day. As reported to Fides by the communicat ...
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  7 April 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Autonomous Region of Kurdistan takes charge of Christian civil servants forced to flee their lands Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The regional government of Iraqi Kurdistan has renewed, until the end of 2016, the commitment to pay the salaries of Christian civil servants and public employees who worked in Mosul, in the Ninev ...
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  6 April 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - In the Syrian city of Sadad, the Christians who had to flee to Europe are beginning to return Sadad (Agenzia Fides) - In the Syrian city of Sadad, Christian families who had to flee to Europe to escape the violence of the conflict are beginning to return. This was reported to the Russian media by Suleiman al Khal ...
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  6 April 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - New Franciscan fraternity in Turkey Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - To witness the Gospel, promoting ecumenical and interreligious dialogue and dialogue with culture, in specific ways, through Francis of Assisi’s example: this is the spirit with which the Fri ...
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  6 April 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Syriac Orthodox Church: the arrest of Metropolitan Swerios is offensive and humiliating Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - The Syriac Orthodox Church considers the way the Palestinian police arrested Metropolitan Swerios Malki Murad, Patriarchal Vicar of the Holy Land "insulting". Such police custody – which too ...
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  6 April 2016
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Caritas helps immigrants and migrants Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The work of aid of Caritas Sri Lanka reaches immigrant workers and those who migrate abroad in search of work. Caritas works with economic aid, education, professional training programs, in a ne ...
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  6 April 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - 6 children die or are injured every three days Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - The toll after a year of war in Yemen is that 6 children are killed or maimed every three days. For them it is also dangerous and difficult to play or sleep. With the intensification of the war ...
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  5 April 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Intrusion during a Christian assembly: faithful threatened, Bibles confiscated New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A group of about 40 Hindu extremists in a Pentecostal Christian Assembly stormed during a prayer meeting, interrupting the worship, threatening the faithful and seizing Bibles: as reported to ...