Asia

• 23 November 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appointment of the Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 21 November 2015 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. David William V. Antonio, Titular Bishop of Basti and Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia as apostolic administrator "s ...
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  21 November 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "A nation on the threshold of hope" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Almost 80% of our people, rich and poor, old and young, have voted for a change. You have led a silent revolution":is how Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, addresses the Burmese populat ...
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  21 November 2015
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Academic Seminar on the integration of the catholic Church in China with the society Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "The integration of the catholic Church in China with the society": is the theme of the fifth edition of the Seminar organized by Faith Institute for Cultural Studies (FICS), Yuan Dao Study So ...
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  21 November 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Caritas Jerusalem: "collective punishment" of the Palestinians must cease Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - With each passing day the people of the Holy Land "are losing any sense of empathy, any sense of mutual understanding of our common humanity and common future". This is how the message release ...
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  20 November 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Gracias: "This is how we will live the Jubilee of Mercy" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – To carry out a "revolution of mercy" in India, thanks to the daily acts of believers, thanks to special "agents of reconciliation", thanks to the embrace of compassion dispensed to people "w ...
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  20 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Need to recognize the persecution of minorities London (Agenzia Fides) – It is necessary to recognize the persecution of religious minorities in Pakistan: says the appeal sent to Fides, launched by the NGO "Global Minorities Alliance" (GMA), based in the United King ...
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  20 November 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian and Muslim leaders in Kurdistan celebrate together the "day of tolerance" Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - A "day of tolerance" was celebrated in Erbil, capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, on Thursday, November 19, at the initiative of local and international organizations, starting from the UN mission in Iraq ...
• 20 November 2015
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Melaka-Johor, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 19 November 2015 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.I., in accordan ...
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  19 November 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appeal for inclusive growth in the Asia-Pacific area Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Do not forget the poor and the last in Asian societies: this is the appeal to world leaders, gathered in Manila for the APEC Forum summit (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation), by the Church in the ...
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  19 November 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Missionary wounded, his life is not in danger Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – The life of Father Piero Parolari, PIME missionary, wounded yesterday in an ambush in Dinajpur, is not in danger. The missionary, 64, taken to hospital in Dhaka, is still hospitalized but is out ...
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  18 November 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Assad: "Putin is the only defender of Christian civilization" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - According to Syrian President Bashar Assad, Russian leader Vladimir Putin "is the only defender of Christian civilization we can trust". This is what President Assad said in an interview, rele ...
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  18 November 2015
  ASIA/TURKEY - "Religious culture" exam for Armenian students Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – As from this year, more than two hundred Armenian students who attend schools in Istanbul linked to the Armenian community will have to take a "religious culture and moral knowledge" exam to ...
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  18 November 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Attack against a PIME missionary Dinajpur (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Piero Parolari, 64, of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), was hit this morning, on his way to the public hospital where he was serving the sick. He has two wounds to ...
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  18 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Francis of Assisi and the encyclical "Laudato Sì" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscans in Pakistan reflect on Francis of Assisi's love towards nature and Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Sì": as reported to Fides, this was discussed in a recent meeting organized b ...
• 18 November 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - The bull distributed to the faithful of Our Lady of Carmel parish in Beijing Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Six hundred copies of Misericordiae vultus, the extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy bull proclaimed by Pope Francis, were distributed to the faithful of Our Lady of Carmel parish in Beijing during Ma ...