Asia
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9 November 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - " The education system is at the root of religious extremism", says a Dominican
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The teaching of religious intolerance in schools is at the root of the rise of violent religious extremism in Pakistan, the weak religious freedom and national instability" is what the Dominican ...
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8 November 2011
ASIA/TAIWAN - On December 11, the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Diocese of Kaohsiung and the 150 years of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception of Wan Chin come to an end
Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) - After a year of spiritual journey, punctuated by intense celebrations, the solemn closing of the celebrations for the 50 years since the founding of the Diocese of Kaohsiung and the centenary ...
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8 November 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Four Hindus doctors in Sindh have been murdered: minorities without protection
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Four Hindus doctors have been murdered in the province of Sindh (southern Pakistan), in their clinic in Chak, a town near Shikarpur (in the North of Sindh). As reported to Fides by local source ...
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8 November 2011
ASIA/INDIA - Anti-Christian violence on the rise: it is urgent to approve a new law
Mangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The anti-Christian violence has increased in the last year and has registered over 1,000 cases. To stop this situation, the approval of the new "Law for the Prevention of inter-communal violen ...
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7 November 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG - Responding with Catholic values to the challenges posed today with regards to marriage
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. John Tong, Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong, encouraged the members of The Hong Kong Catholic Marriage Advisory Council, gathered for the annual meeting, to respond to the ch ...
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7 November 2011
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appeals to the international community: "For Fr. Tentorio’s case, more pressure on the government"
Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) – To have justice and truth with regards to the murder of Father Fausto Tentorio, PIME, killed in Arakan (on the island of Mindanao, Southern Philippines) on October 17, "the international comm ...
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7 November 2011
ASIA/INDIA - A Protestant Pastor "is judged by an Islamic court for fraudulent conversions"
Srinagar (Agenzia Fides) - A Protestant Pastor, accused of promoting "fraudulent conversions" in Kashmir, has been summoned to appear before an Islamic court and is in danger of life due to the threats of Islamic extremi ...
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7 November 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Minorities discriminated, while extremism is growing", says the President of the Episcopal Conference, one year after Asia Bibi’s sentence
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Religious minorities in Pakistan suffer discrimination in the silence of the government and institutions", and "Islamic extremism has grown strongly in recent years and affects the social and ...
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7 November 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Two women in the front line to defend the rights of minorities
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - A year after Asia Bibi’s death sentence – a Christian woman unjustly condemned for blasphemy on November 8, 2010 - Today two women in Pakistan have taken the leadership in defending the ri ...
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4 November 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian couple kidnapped and converted to Islam: hostage to kill another Christian considered "blasphemous"
Sheikhpura (Agenzia Fides) - The aim was to find and kill Amanat Masih, a Christian falsely accused of blasphemy, who was arrested but then released by a court that verified the falsity of the allegations. For this reaso ...
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4 November 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishop Tong encourages the formation of the laity for a better evangelization
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "Strengthen formation for a better evangelization" is the wish expressed by His Exc. Mgr. John Tong, Bishop of Hong Kong, speaking to the priests and faithful of the 7 parishes of the deanery ...
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4 November 2011
ASIA/VIETNAM - Religious leaders united for peace and the common good, in the name of Francis of Assisi
Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - Religious leaders in Vietnam "will work for peace and for the common good": this is the solemn commitment made by 35 Catholic, Baha'is, Buddhist, Muslim, Protestant , and native cult re ...
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4 November 2011
ASIA/MYANMAR - Chemical weapons against the Kachin rebels, restrictions on religious activities for Christians
Miytkina (Agenzia Fides) - In the war that rages between the Burmese army and armed rebel groups in Kachin, in the north of Burma, the military is using chemical weapons, said a local source of Fides in the Kachin people ...
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4 November 2011
ASIA/THAILAND - The Camillians assist the flood victims and disadvantaged people with disabilities: free medical care, psychological support, food and hygiene
Rayong (Agenzia Fides) - Relief work in favor of the Thai population hit by one of the worst floods in 50 years continues. At the forefront there are also Camillian missionaries, who through the Camillian Pastoral Centre ...
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3 November 2011
ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic communities of the continent pray for the deceased, especially for the pioneers of the faith
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The continental Catholic communities prayed for the deceased and visited their graves on the day when the universal Church commemorates all the dead. In particular, they remembered those ...
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