Asia
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29 March 2012
ASIA/TAIWAN - The diocesan Eucharistic Congress of Kao Hsiung to awaken the love for the Eucharist
Kao Hsiung (Agenzia Fides) - The Eucharistic Congress of the Diocese of Kao Hsiung will be held on April 21 on the theme "Mystery of Faith", in view of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin (Ireland from ...
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29 March 2012
ASIA/INDONESIA - Childhood tabagism: in Indonesia children start smoking even before the age of 4
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 10 years ago, the WHO (World Health Organization) estimated that, every day, between 80 and 100 000 children smoked their first cigarette. The figure has not been updated but the s ...
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29 March 2012
ASIA/INDIA- A message of hope and resurrection among the detainees in Orissa
Phulbani (Agenzia Fides) - Bringing a message of hope and resurrection to the inmates of Orissa, also and especially to those who are unjustly in prison: is what a Christian community did in Kandhamal, district of the st ...
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29 March 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - The fears of the minorities in Syria: the Armenians and plans for a "new exodus"
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Prayer and expectation, fears and hopes: with this attitude, the small Armenian community in Syria, almost entirely Christian, live the present historical phase, marked by violence, conflict, asp ...
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29 March 2012
ASIA/MYANMAR - The young and the Word of God: the future of the mission in Myanmar
Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - The Word of God "gift that gives courage and hope for the lives of young people; as a "point of reference for an authentically Christian life"; as a "valuable tool" in the hands of young people w ...
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28 March 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Pope’s Holy Thursday Mass collection to refugees: from Cor Unum to Caritas Syria
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Giving the donations collected during the evening Mass on Holy Thursday, which will be celebrated by the Pope in St. John’s basilica in favor of humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees "is ...
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28 March 2012
ASIA/CHINA - On the Feast of the Annunciation a new church was consecrated and the first stone was blessed
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - On the Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord a new church was consecrated, dedicated to the Annunciation, which is situated in the diocese of Xian Xian (today Cang Zhou), in He Bei provin ...
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28 March 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - From the "yes" to the UN peace plan "new hope for the Syrian people, who want unity and peace"
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "The acceptance by the Damascus government of the UN six-point plan is a source of great hope for all the Syrian people. The Christians in Syria support and hope for a rapid enforcement of Kofi ...
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28 March 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Persecution of Christians in Madhya Pradesh, accused of "forced conversions"
Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - Two episodes of persecution against Christians which occurred in recent days in the state of Madhya Pradesh (Central India) have alerted the local community. This was reported to Fides by the ass ...
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27 March 2012
ASIA/CHINA - The assessment of catechumens in the parish of the Immaculate Conception celebrated in the Seminary to promote vocations
Beijing (Fides Service) - The catechumens of the course of catechism in the parish of Na Tang in Beijing, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception (and is currently the Cathedral) celebrated the assessment during the visit ...
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27 March 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians under attack: attacks by Islamic extremists in a suburb of Karachi
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian population is terrified: violent raids are increasing, day and night, carried out by groups of Islamic extremists in Essa Nagri, Christian suburb of the city of Karachi. In the are ...
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27 March 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Every day a thousand people die of tuberculosis: every second a person is infected worldwide
Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - A third of the world’s population is currently infected with tbc and every second and a person in the world is infected. Only in 2009 1.7 million people died of tuberculosis, about 4700 deaths ...
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27 March 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Legal battle on interfaith marriage: the High Court says the Christians are right
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Christians have won a legal appeal and interfaith marriage takes again its full civil effectiveness: yesterday, March 26, with a landmark ruling, the High Court of Gujarat, declared the ma ...
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27 March 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - The UN: Child soldiers among the rebels, "a sign of the ongoing tragedy" says a Jesuit
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations has received information of the presence of child soldiers in the ranks of the free Syrian Army rebels, fighting President Bashar al-Assad. This was reported by the UN Specia ...
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27 March 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Human being trafficking increases in the province of Sindh: 190 cases in the first two months of 2012
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - So far this year a sharp increase in human being trafficking in the Pakistani province of Sindh has been registered, and the trend may continue, unless authorities do not intervene promptly. Acc ...
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