Asia

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  24 October 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian women suffers gang rape Kasur (Agenzia Fides) – A Christian woman was raped by three Muslim men who forced their way into her home in a village in the district of Kasur, at a time when the men in the family were out at work. The woman tried t ...
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  23 October 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA - El Nino brings drought and famine to farming communities Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Communities of farmers all over Indonesia are battling with drought caused by rising sea temperatures associated with the El Nino atmospheric phenomenon which affects rainfall all over the wor ...
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  23 October 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Christians in Hassakè denounce attempts to expropriate properties of emigrants Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) – Leaders of Christian Churches and institutions in the north-eastern province of Hassakè firmly condemn a “safeguard and administration” programme supported by the dominant local politica ...
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  23 October 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - 400 young Christians take part in Kirkuk Youth Day Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) – Some 400 Christian boys and girls belonging to different confessions took part in a Youth Day organised in Kirkuk by the local Chaldean Catholic archdiocese. The event, held on 17 October, was ...
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  23 October 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Remand for Christian charged with blasphemy Sargodha (Agenzia Fides) – A lower Court of justice has granted bail to a young Christian mas detained since 8 October for suspected blasphemy. Naveed John, aged 24, who offers healing prayers in his home at the reques ...
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  23 October 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Jesuit sees growing intolerance in India Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) – “The episode of lynching on 28 September 2015, when Muslim Mohammad Akhlaq was killed by the crowds after reports that he had eaten cattle meat, should not be considered a spontaneous act ...
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  22 October 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Five new Deacons, a gift for the Church Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Their mission is to serve the local Church: a service of proclaiming the Word of God, taking part in Liturgical celebrations, and in charitable work. With these words Rev Sebastian Francis Shaw ...
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  22 October 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Local Catholic Church demands protection for Dalits and prevention of violence against them New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – “This murder of two Dalit infants was an abominable crime. As representative of the office of the Indian Catholic Bishops’ Conference for the Development of Dalit peoples, I attended, t ...
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  22 October 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Leading members of Maronite Foundation stress necessity of recovery of nationality law for expatriate Lebanese Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – The law on the recovery of nationality for Lebanese expatriates is “necessary to preserve balance in Lebanon”, also from a religious point of view. This was affirmed by former MP Michel Edd ...
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  21 October 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The damage of Typhoon Koppu: Dead, missing, harvests destroyed Cabanatuan (Agenzia Fides) - According to local sources, at least 39 people have died due to Typhoon Koppu which in recent days has devastated the north-east of the Country, knocking down trees and electricity posts. Ove ...
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  21 October 2015
  AASIA/HOLY LAND - Olive harvest has begun in Gethsemane Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The olive harvest in the garden of Gestsemani began on Saturday, October 17 and will last at least one week. As usual, even this year the Franciscan friars, guardian of the Sacred Garden where ...
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  21 October 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite diocese of Zahlé supports the breast cancer awareness campaign Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the month of the breast cancer awareness campaign, Maronite Bishop of Zahle, Mgr. Joseph Mouawad, celebrated a Mass in the church of Our Lady of Zahle and Bekaa, during which t ...
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  20 October 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Six months after the earthquake, the country is still a multicoloured patchwork of temporary tarpaulins Charikot (Agenzia Fides) - Six months after a massive earthquake devastated Nepal, people are still living in temporary shelters as political wrangling has prevented the disbursement of billions between April and May ple ...
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  20 October 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New initiative to try to reduce maternal mortality Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) - The provincial government of Jiber Pajtunjwa, Pakistan, has created a program for the reduction of maternal mortality which consists in offering $ 10 per visit to every pregnant woman. Accordin ...
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  20 October 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Offensive in Aleppo. Archbishop Marayati: we pay the price of the 'Holy Wars' carried out by others Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The offensive in the region of Aleppo carried out by the Syrian government army with the support of Russian air raids, as well as mass emigration of the civilian population that still lived in th ...