Asia

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  3 December 2015
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Radio Maria on 8 December will begin broadcasting in Arabic Erba (Agenzia Fides) - Radio Maria, an Italian Catholic radio station established in 1982 at Arcellasco d'Erba (Como) which today broadcasts in more than 50 countries and in as many languages, will begin programmes in Ar ...
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  3 December 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle calls some of the city’s poorest to help him open the Holy Door in Manila Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The Holy Year call to show mercy means each of us must open our eyes and our ears to see the poor and listen to their needs. But this is not enough: we must do something to change our ...
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  2 December 2015
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: “Reconciliation is closer” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Reconciliation in Sri Lanka is closer. We are confident, the social and political atmosphere bodes well. The sides are determined to turn a new page and work together for peace and pro ...
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  2 December 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Bethlehem church bells will chime for peace but Christmas this year will have less events Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) – Next Saturday, 5 December at 7.30 pm local time, the bells of churches in Bethlehem will chime for peace and they call on churches all over the world to do the same. The announcement was mad ...
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  2 December 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - December 8 opening of Erbil Catholic University Erbil (Agenzia Fides) – December 8 is the date chosen for the opening of a new Catholic University, Erbil Campus, CUE in Iraq. The Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil has warmly invited everyone to take part in the ...
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  30 November 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - "When we are nourished by the Eucharist, we can nourish others": a program for the Jubilee Nagpur (Agenzia Fides) - "When we are nourished by the Eucharist we can nourish others" is the appeal launched by Abram Viruthakulangara, Archbishop of Nagpur, for the Jubilee Year of Mercy. As reported to Fides, in the ...
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  30 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal of jurists to repeal the blasphemy law Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In Pakistan it is necessary to repeal the blasphemy law: this is what the "International Commission of Jurists" an organization consisting of more than 60 eminent jurists from around the world, w ...
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  30 November 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Inauguration of the "multipurpose room" of the Catholic parish in Gaza Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - A multipurpose room has been completed in the Catholic parish in Gaza, which now can be used as space equipped to meet the diverse needs of the local community. The room, equipped with a large stag ...
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  30 November 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: during Advent let us pray for the liberation of Mosul Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In all the Chaldean churches in the world, during Advent and during the daily celebrations, the faithful will pray to invoke the gift of liberation of Mosul and the entire Nineveh Plain, and ask ...
• 27 November 2015
  VATICAN - Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples: missionary awareness and young Churches 50 years after the Ad Gentes Decree Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, November 30 at 9 am, the XIX Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (CEP) begins at the John Paul II Auditorium of the Pontifical Urbaniana Univ ...
• 27 November 2015
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of the Coadjutor Bishop of Bà Ria Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 27 November 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Emmanuel Nguyen Hong Son, Vicar general of the same diocese as Coadjutor Bishop of the diocese of Bà Ria (Vietnam). The new Coadjutor wa ...
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  27 November 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Moratorium on the death penalty: appreciation of civil society and the Church Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Indonesia has declared a moratorium on executions. According to observers, the decision was taken for economic reasons, given that several countries had feared a reduction of trade relations wit ...
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  26 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Kidnapping and conversion of a 13-year-old Christian girl to Islam Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - It is a case that has shaken the Christian community in Pakistan's Punjab: Sana John, a 13-year-old Christian teenager was kidnapped and converted to Islam by force in Haji Pura, near Silakot. T ...
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  26 November 2015
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Prayer initiative for the Jubilee: "The Church in North Korea is in my heart" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "North Korean Church in My Heart": is the name of the new prayer initiative launched in the Archdiocese of Seoul. As reported to Fides by the communications office of the local Church, the initiat ...
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  25 November 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Day for Dalits dedicated to climate and environment New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Day for the Liberation of Dalits will be dedicated to "Climate, castes and care for the Earth", that every year the Catholic Church in India celebrates in proximity to the UN Human Rights ...