Asia
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26 March 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - The Jesuits: "Christians have fled from Homs, not thrown out by Islamists"
Homs (Agenzia Fides) - The faithful Christians living in the Bustan Al Diwan and Hamideh neighborhoods, in the city of Homs, have left the area and fled on their own initiative because of fear and conflict and were not f ...
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26 March 2012
ASIA/CHINA - Lenten spiritual retreat of the Diocese of Lan Zhou: St. Paul as an example of priesthood
Lan Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - Continue to take St. Paul as an example of priesthood: is the invitation addressed to the priests of the Diocese of Lan Zhou, in Gan Su province, during the 5-day Lenten spiritual retreat for d ...
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26 March 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Pressure from civil society increases for the release of the Italian hostage of the Maoists
Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) - After the release of Claudio Colangelo - one of the two Italian hostages kidnapped by Maoist rebels a few days ago - "there are strong pressures from civil society and there is great public ...
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24 March 2012
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Churches and NGOs to the government: "More efforts on human rights"
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation concerning human rights violations are worrying in the Philippines. Libel, harassment, torture, displacement due to military operations and other inhuman treatment of political pri ...
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24 March 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Orissa and Kerala: momentary crisis between Italy-India but Christians are "optimistic"
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The cases of the two Italian marines in jail in Kerala and of the two Italians kidnapped in Orissa "cast shadows in the relationship between India and Italy", but Indian Christians "remain opt ...
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23 March 2012
ASIA/HONG KONG - The gratitude of the diocese of Hong Kong for the Poor Clares, who arrived in 2000
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The immense gratitude of the diocese of Hong Kong for the Poor Sisters of St. Clare (known as the Poor Clares, OSC) who celebrate 800 years of foundation, was expressed by Cardinal John Tong, ...
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23 March 2012
ASIA/MIDDLE EAST-The Italian Minister Terzi: "The respect of human rights in the Middle East is measured with the protection of minorities"
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "There is an indicator, a litmus test, to verify the respect of fundamental freedoms in the Middle East: it is the protection of minorities, especially religious ones" This is what the Italian Mini ...
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23 March 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - More than 20,000 refugees in Lebanon: for Caritas it is "humanitarian emergency"
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - There are approximately 20 thousand Syrian refugees in Lebanon and it is already "humanitarian emergency": this is what Caritas Lebanon tells Fides, engaged in humanitarian assistance in the Nor ...
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23 March 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Nearly a thousand women were killed in 2011, accused of "crimes of honor"
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - According to a recent report by an organization for the defense of human rights, almost a thousand women were killed in 2011 in Pakistan accused of "crimes of honor", very common in South Asia ...
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23 March 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Civil society and tribal people demonstrate Orissa for the release of the Italian hostages
Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) – Tribal people, women, civil society associations, priests, religious demonstrated peacefully today in different places of Orissa for the release of the two Italian hostages, Paolo Bosusco ...
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22 March 2012
ASIA/CHINA - Young Catholics bear witness to faith, dedicating themselves to social voluntary
Xi An (Agenzia Fides) - The 60 young Catholic volunteers from the parish of Nan Tang of the Archdiocese of Xi An, in the province of Shaan Xi, have renewed their commitment to devote themselves to volunteering in the yea ...
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22 March 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - The Apostolic Nuncio: "Full support for the UN plan to end violence"
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The UN document on the conflict in Syria "is very good in content and should be fully supported as it is really urgent to put an end to violence": is the assessment of the Apostolic Nuncio to S ...
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22 March 2012
ASIA/SYRIA-Melkite Patriarch Laham calls for "dialogue and unity in the country"
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Dialogue, reconciliation, unity in the country is the appeal launched by the Melkite Patriarch of Antioch, Gregorios III Laham, who spoke at a prayer meeting held yesterday in the church of St. ...
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22 March 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Orissa, imminent negotiations for the Italians kidnapped: pressure of the Church and civil society
Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) - Negotiations for the release of the two Italians kidnapped in Orissa, Francesco Colangelo and Paul Bosusco, are imminent: "It could start tomorrow, as both parties, the government and rebel ...
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21 March 2012
ASIA/VIETNAM - A nun and a lay healed through the intercession of Cardinal Van Thuan
Hue (Agenzia Fides) - The Vietnamese Church is working to gather evidence relevant to the cause of beatification of Vietnamese Cardinal Francis Xavier Van Thuan, promoted by the Pontifical Council "Justice and Peace", of ...
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