Asia

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  30 January 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - 42 Christians have been released, accused of "riots" after attacks on the Churches of Lahore Lahore (Agenzia Fides): "Justice prevailed and hope was restored, thank God. We appreciate the work of the special anti-terrorist Court of Lahore for their decision to release 42 Christian prisoners accused of participat ...
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  30 January 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle: "To be a gift for the other, following the example of Christ" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Welcoming the other as a gift. Being ourselves a gift for the other, following the example of Jesus Christ who is a gift for humanity. He is the greatest gift we have received, and that gift bea ...
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  29 January 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Heads of Churches: no to street violence. Support for the new Lebanese government Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Openness and encouragement towards the new government, denunciation of the scourge of corruption, together with the warning that the legitimate right to demonstrate cannot be invoked to justify ...
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  29 January 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Evangelization, faith, dialogue: the Church of Manila in assembly Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Between "religious devotion" and "authentic faith" there can be great distance. Attendance at Sunday mass and the sacraments can only be considered "an optional" by many baptized. For this reason ...
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  28 January 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle personally thanks and greets the faithful: "Do everything in the name of Christ" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Every action you do is a Eucharistic action. Your life is an endless Eucharist. Everything is done in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to thank him for his call, his goodness, his mercy". With ...
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  27 January 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Nessuna notizia sui 4 membri di SOS Chrétiens d’Orient scomparsi a Baghdad Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Four men working in Iraq for SOS Chretiens d'Orient (SOS Eastern Christians), a French Christian charity, have been missing since Monday 20 January in Baghdad. The missing workers were in Baghda ...
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  25 January 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Week of prayer for Christian unity: the Council of the traditional Kazakh Church is born Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - The Kazakh Catholic Church, together with the Russian Orthodox Church and the Lutheran Church present in Kazakhstan, gave birth to the "Council of the traditional Christian Church of Kazakhstan". ...
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  25 January 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - "Fratelli Project": Lasallians and Marists together to help Syrian and Iraqi children Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The cooperation of the religious "Fratelli De La Salle" and "Fratelli Marists" bears fruit in Lebanon: the "Fratelli Project", promoted jointly by the two religious institutes, is a sure point of ...
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  25 January 2020
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics remember a young Chinese priest and missionary of Tibetan ethnicity, who devoted his life for the Gospel Di Qing (Agenzia Fides) - Everyone remembers him as a holy man and as an ardent missionary: on the night of January 17, the feast of St Anthony Abate, a hermit, a man of solitary life and prayer, Fr. Joseph Ma Zha Xi, wh ...
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  25 January 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Human rights abuses, sectarian violence and discrimination in society: a new Report Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The standard of respect for human rights in Pakistan is worrying, especially for those who live in poverty, are of lower social status or belong to ethnic or religious minorities: this is what ...
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  24 January 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Caritas project for children with disabilities: new collaboration with the state and with companies Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - In 2020, the project dedicated to children with down syndrome carried out by Caritas Kazakhstan will grow, thanks to new partnerships in the public and private sector. This is what the National D ...
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  24 January 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - 10 Christians and 7 Muslims (4 Shiites and 3 Sunnis) among the ministers of the next Lebanese government Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Almost three months after the resignation of the government led by Saad Hariri, in a political and social climate still marked by unresolved tensions, Lebanon is preparing to have a new governmen ...
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  23 January 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Human promotion and solidarity: Caritas Malaysia set up Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Being more present in Malaysian society with initiatives of charity, human promotion, solidarity development, a sign of closeness to every man and a powerful sign of God's love: with this s ...
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  23 January 2020
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Prayer and mission: Ignatian spiritual exercises on the banks of Lake Issyk-kul Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) – To live a week of spirituality, according to the charism of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, and propose this experience of immersion and closeness to God as a form of evangelization, in a nation whe ...
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  22 January 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi's lawyer: "Too many religious pressures for cases of blasphemy" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In Pakistan, lawyers who defend cases of blasphemy are severely attacked, abandoned and isolated. Although the Qur'an defends those who are wrongfully convicted of false accusations, the mentality ...