Asia
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26 May 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Firing on Christians: Three injured in Karachi, threats to a Christian MP from Sindh
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - A group of extremists raided the Christian neighborhood of Essa Nagri, in Karachi, firing wildly and injuring three Christians: Aftab Bhatti Khairat Masih, 40 years old, the 22-year-old Khurram ...
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26 May 2012
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The "Emmaus community" in Mindanao: women consecrated to the service of dialogue with Muslims
Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - Christians and Muslims in Mindanao, the largest island in the southern Philippines, call them "maidens of Providence", "poor sisters", "flames of dialogue": they are the women of the "Emm ...
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26 May 2012
ASIA/SYRIA-Instability and violence, appeal of the Apostolic Nuncio: "Enough with atrocities"
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Instability, insecurity, violence, massacres: the scenario in Syria today is bleak. According to the "Syrian National Council", which leads the opposition in Houla, in the province of Homs, 88 ...
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25 May 2012
ASIA/SYRIA-"How to help the Christians in Syria?": we are waiting for the Pope's words in Lebanon
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "How to help the Christians in Syria and the Christians in the East? We are waiting for prophetic words from the post-synodal exhortation that Pope Benedict XVI will officially deliver in Lebanon ...
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25 May 2012
ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Taliban attack girls' schools in order to force the closure
Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - More than 120 students and 3 teachers have been intoxicated in the second attack reported after months in Afghanistan by radical conservatives in the north of the country. According to the Afghan ...
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25 May 2012
ASIA/HONG KONG- The journey toward the Congress on the ministry of the lay faithful has begun: "From the ministry to the testimony - living the light of Christ"
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The journey for the preparation of the diocese of Hong Kong toward the Congress on the ministry of the lay faithful to be held in Hong Kong from October 27 to November 1, 2012, on the theme "F ...
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25 May 2012
ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Religious minorities scapegoated in the Middle East, if Arab revolutions "soured"
London (Agenzia Fides) - If the revolutions initiated by the Arab Spring "soured", there are strong risks for ethnic and religious minorities in the Middle East: is what emerges from a new Report "People Under Threat", j ...
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25 May 2012
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Compensation and intimidation: the government asks for damages to the civil society movement
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Malaysian government of Prime Minister Najb Razak has sued 10 leaders of the civil society movement "Bersih" ("Cleaning"), consisting of over 60 NGOs that demand transparency in the ele ...
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24 May 2012
ASIA/CHINA - World Day of Prayer for the Church in China: pilgrimages and prayers of the Catholic communities throughout the month of Mary
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Today, May 24, feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary Help of Christians, the Day of prayer for the Church in China is celebrated around the World proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI. Mgr. Ma Da Q ...
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24 May 2012
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA-2012 presidential elections, the Bishops encourage "those who defend peace and the common good"
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The presidential elections to be held in Korea in December 2012, are intended to "have a great impact on international politics." Citizens are required to recognize and exclude candidates who are ...
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24 May 2012
ASIA/VIETNAM-A Jesuit: "Education and the fight against corruption, priorities for the country"
Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - The government should focus on education in the coming years, on the fight against corruption, on a legislative reform and on the protection of ethnic minorities and environment: So say ...
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24 May 2012
VIETNAM - 4 Catholic students in prison "subversives": they were promoting religious freedom and protection of life
Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Sentenced to prison for "propaganda against the State": is the fate of 4 Catholic students, tried by a court in Hanoi today for a crime that the Criminal Code punishes with prison sentences betwee ...
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22 May 2012
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The new Archbishop of Seul: “Priority to Evangelization and the reunification of Korea”
Seul (Fides Agency) – Priority will be evangelization in a country where the Catholic community is growing but also “missio ad gentes”; equally important is the work for reconciliation and reunification with North ...
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18 May 2012
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Religious Liberty but also “strengthening of the sharia” in the joint Declaration of Government and Islamic rebels
Cotabato City (Agenzia Fides) – The new “political subject” which the government and Islamic rebels are agreeing to create in the South Philippines, in the framework of a type of federal system – to substitute t ...
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18 May 2012
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Historic opportunities for peace in Mindanao” Missionaries and Civil Society at work
ASIA/PHILIPPINES
“Historic opportunities for peace in Mindanao” Missionaries and Civil Society at work.
Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) – There is an historic opportunity for an agreement of lasting peace in the ...
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