Asia
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10 October 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Taliban attack in Swat: Bishop defends "the right to life and education"
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Every person has a sacred right to life and education": so says His Exc Mgr. Rufin Anthony, Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi to Fides, the diocese which includes the Swat valley (province of Kh ...
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9 October 2012
ASIA/CHINA - The new church is not a monument, but a call to evangelization and the life of faith
Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - "The new church is not a monument to show to the public, but is a reminder of evangelization and the life of faith, especially in view of the Year of Faith": is the appeal launched by His Exc. ...
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9 October 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarch Gregory III, "May the Year of Faith be the Year of Reconciliation"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "May the Year of Faith be for Syria the Year of reconciliation: is the hope of Christians and all the Syrian people": is what the Melkite Patriarch of Damascus, Gregory III Laham, now in th ...
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9 October 2012
ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Catholic Bishops of the Holy Land: how to live the Year of Faith in these difficult days
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - With a pastoral Letter which has just been published, the Assembly of Bishops of the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land offers its contribution to the itinerary that the universal Church is ...
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8 October 2012
ASIA/CHINA - Initiatives for the Year of Faith flourish in Chinese dioceses and parishes
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the opening of the Year of Faith and taking advantage of the long holiday for the national holiday (from the 1st to 8th October), priests, women religious, seminarians and lay people ...
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8 October 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The floods have caused 450 deaths and 4.9 million people are severely affected
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - At least 450 people have died and 4.9 million have been affected by the floods caused by the monsoon that this year has hit Pakistan. About 275,000 homes and business activities have been seve ...
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8 October 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders: "It is urgent to change the blasphemy law and to condemn those who burned the church in Mardan"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "There should be no clash among civilizations because of the sin of one person. If anyone profanes Islam or commits a crime in the West or in America, none of the Christians in Pakistan must be i ...
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8 October 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - The Syrian Orthodox Bishop of Aleppo: a concrete diplomatic initiative that is inspired by the Pope's appeals is needed
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation here is getting worse. We cannot resist under these conditions for months. We leaders of local Christian Churches can do little. Even Muslim leaders appear divided. At this point, ...
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8 October 2012
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary: "The agreement government-rebels decisive for the future of Mindanao"
Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - The peace agreement reached between the Philippine government and the rebels of the "Moro Islamic Liberation Front" (MILF) "will be decisive for the future of Mindanao and the development ...
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5 October 2012
ASIA/HONG KONG - The diocese of Hong Kong prays for the victims of the collision between the two ships and provides moral and psychological support to survivors
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong, presided, at the Cathedral on the evening of October 3, the solemn Mass for the repose of the 38 victims of the collision between the two ships, on ...
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5 October 2012
ASIA/BANGLADESH - A Bishop: "Christian Children kidnapped and converted in madrassas or sold as slaves"
Chittagong (Agenzia Fides) - It is a phenomenon that "disturbs the Catholic community in Bangladesh" and that "has to be monitored by the police": Christian children, of the tribal communities, are kidnapped, sold to "m ...
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4 October 2012
ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - "Ecclesia in the Middle East": a document that gives hope to Christians in the region
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Christian and Muslim Communities read, spread, photocopy, studying the Post-Synodal Exhortation "Ecclesia in the Middle East", issued by Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Lebanon. As reported ...
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4 October 2012
ASIA/HONG KONG - "The love of the Good Shepherd: loyalty and sacrifice" theme of the Day of Catholic education
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "The love of the Good Shepherd: loyalty and sacrifice" was the theme of the Day of Education of the Diocese of Hong Kong held on 23 September. According to the Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese version ...
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4 October 2012
ASIA/INDIA - The marginalized communities march to protest against the exclusion from the development of the country
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - About 35,000 people left yesterday from Gwalior, a city in the center of northern India, to reach New Delhi in a-350-kilometer march. About 100 000 Indians are expected to arrive to protest th ...
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3 October 2012
ASIA/TAIWAN - Pastoral Letter of the Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan for the Year of Faith
Hsin Chu (Agenzia Fides) - The Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan published a Pastoral Letter for the Year of Faith, signed on September 8, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the document sent to Fides Agency, ...
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