Asia

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  15 October 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Religious leaders and Shimon Peres against sectarian violence Tel Aviv (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of different faith communities and religious traditions met former Israeli President Shimon Peres to talk about the escalation of violence that is bloodying the Holy Land again. The ...
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  15 October 2015
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Minister of Culture to Christians in Abu Dhabi: "We have learned a lot from you" Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - Sheikh Nayan bin Mubarak al Nayan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development of the UAE, spoke at the ceremony organized on the occasion of the completion of the restoration of the ...
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  14 October 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Peace and prosperity, the duty of every citizen Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Every Pakistani citizen has a responsibility and a key role in building peace in Pakistan": said His Exc. Bishop Joseph Arshad, Bishop of Faisalabad, speaking at a recent seminar dedicated t ...
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  14 October 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu extremists demand an anti-conversion law in Jharkhand Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - Hindu extremist groups have begun a campaign to promote the adoption of a new "anti-conversion law" in the Indian state of Jharkhand, in north central India. As Fides learns, after the news of th ...
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  14 October 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Director of Caritas Jerusalem: the block of East Jerusalem feeds anger and feelings of revenge Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "The imposition of Israeli checkpoints in Palestinian areas of Jerusalem represents a 'safety measure' that provides no security, but on the contrary increases anger and frustration, and thus ...
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  13 October 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo: who defines military operations against the jihadists as a "Holy War" is foolish Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - "I have heard that senior officials of the Patriarchate in Moscow have blessed the Russian military operations against jihadi militias operating in Syria as a 'Holy War': I want to clearly say ...
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  13 October 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy: bail for a Christian, final hearing for another case Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - There is good news for the Christian community in Pakistan: the Christian Pervaiz Masih, arrested in the district of Kasur on September 2 for alleged blasphemy (see Fides 03/09/2015), was granted ...
• 13 October 2015
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Resignation of the Bishop of Jaffna, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 October 2015, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Thomas Savundaranayagam Emmanuel, in acc ...
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  12 October 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Fears for the Catholic headmaster's family Kasur (Agenzia Fides) - Fear and insecurity prevail in Siddique Azam's family, headmaster in the village of Pernawa, in the district of Kasur in Punjab, who was beaten by fellow Muslims. The latter do not recognize the h ...
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  12 October 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Father Jihad (Community of Deir Mar Musa): we thank Christians and Muslims who prayed for the release of father Murad Homs (Agenzia Fides) - "We are grateful to the Lord and give praise to the merciful God for this gift. And we thank all the friends in the world who prayed for Jacques and for our monastic community, Christians, Muslims ...
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  10 October 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christians in Erbil protest against corruption, "our neighborhoods are being filled with infamous clubs" Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of Iraqi Christians, inhabitants of Ankawa, a suburb in Erbil, participated in a peaceful demonstration on Friday, October 9 to protest against corruption and degradation that are making ...
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  9 October 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Tentorio's murder is "a blood stain on justice" Kidapawan (Agenzia Fides) - Four years after the killing of Fr. Fausto Tentorio, PIME missionary who was shot dead on October 17, 2011 in Kidapawan on the island of Mindanao, the case remains unsolved and investigations ...
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  9 October 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Two Iraqi sisters go and live among the Christian refugees camped in Erbil Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The two Little Sisters of Charles de Foucauld are called Afnan and Alice and have chosen to live in a camp in Ankawa, on the outskirts of Erbil, where thousands of Christians of the Nineveh Plain, ...
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  8 October 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The jihadists release the video of the execution of three Assyrian hostages Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - Three of the Assyrian Christians in the valley of Khabur held hostage by jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) were subjected to capital punishment by their kidnappers. The video of the execut ...
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  8 October 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary: "The Italian Del Torchio kidnapped for money" Zamboanaga (Agenzia Fides) - "The news is very vague and nothing is known about the perpetrators of the kidnapping of Rolando Del Torchio, today a restaurant owner and former missionary of PIME (Pontifical Institute for ...