Asia

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  30 March 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - In the offensive against Kurdish militias, the Turkish government even "expropriates" the churches in Diyarbakir Diyarbakir (Agenzia Fides) - In the context of the military operations carried out in southern Turkey against Kurdish positions of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the government in Ankara ordered the expropriation of ...
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  30 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders together for peace against terrorism Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Christian and Muslim leaders came together to pray for peace and to reaffirm their common commitment against terrorism, in the aftermath of the Easter massacre, which took place in Lahore: as Fid ...
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  23 March 2016
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom: "May Easter bring blessings, light and peace in Korea" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "May the light of the Risen Lord shine upon you all. Let us pray for our brothers and sisters in North Korea: may the blessings on them be abundant. Let us pray for peace on the Korean Peninsula a ...
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  23 March 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Prayer vigil for the release of the Salesian kidnapped in Yemen Goa (Agenzia Fides) - Expressing grief and mourning for the massacre of the four Missionaries of Charity in Yemen, the Archbishop of Goa and Daman, His Exc. Mgr. Filipe Neri Ferrao, also invoked for the release of the Sa ...
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  23 March 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Protestant Pastor attacked in Rajasthan New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Pastor Sumati Prakash Kharadia, of the Protestant community "Assembly of God," was attacked and brutally beaten by a mob of about 25 extremists in the village of Sabli, in Rajasthan. The Pasto ...
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  23 March 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Archbishop on the massacres in Brussels: unfortunately, Europe is reaping what has been sown in Syria and Iraq Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - In the massacres in Brussels, after those in Paris, "unfortunately innocent people reap what European powers have sown in Syria and Iraq in the last few years". This is the bitter reflection re ...
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  22 March 2016
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Experience of evangelization in the street for the youth in Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A witness of public faith, with a Christian message in the streets, and an appeal for the gift of peace on the Korean peninsula: is the initiative launched by young people in Seoul who experienced ...
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  22 March 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - Holy Thursday in prayer for peace and for Fr. Tom, kidnapped in Yemen Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A call to prayer for peace, with a special intention for Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, the Salesian kidnapped in Yemen (see Fides 04/03/2016, 17/03/2016): is what Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime asks all the Sa ...
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  22 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Peace built by children Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A peace march, carrying signs with messages of peace and harmony for the country: is the initiative experienced by Muslim and Christian children of the group created by the Council for interrelig ...
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  21 March 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians call for protection and security for Easter New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in India are asking the government for the protection of churches and safety, in view of the Easter celebrations. As reported, in a statement sent to Fides, the Global Council of In ...
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  21 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The ordeal for Christian Fouzia Sadiq continues: recaptured Kasur (Agenzia Fides) – She has been recaptured by her tormentor who wants her as his bride: the ordeal of Fouzia Sadiqe continues, a Christian woman who lived with her parents until a Muslim kidnapped and forced her t ...
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  18 March 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Catholic Bishop: the declaration of the USA on the "genocide of Christians" is "an instrumental geopolitics operation" Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The path that led the US administration to recognizing the violence perpetrated by the Islamic State on Christians as "genocide", is "a geopolitical operation" that "exploits the category of ge ...
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  17 March 2016
  ASIA/HONG KONG - More than 3,000 catechumens will be baptized during the Easter Vigil Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "You have not only found the light, you also have to transform into light that illuminates the world", said Cardinal John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong, to the catechumens on the fourth Sunday ...
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  17 March 2016
  ASIA/THAILAND - The tragic odyssey of Pakistani Christian refugees in Thailand Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – The escape of thousands of Pakistani Christians that left their homeland seeking refuge in Thailand continues. They escape from pressures, harassment, threats and reprisals. Due to the Pakista ...
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  17 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: "Justice for the massacre in Lahore" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – To bring to justice the perpetrators of the massacre that on 15 March 2015, following the explosion of two bombs in front of two churches in Youhanabad, Lahore district, killed 21 people and in ...