Asia

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  2 October 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - "Come and see". The Chaldean Patriarch inaugurates the Extraordinary Missionary Month in Iraq Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Extraordinary Missionary Month "October 2019" also opened in Iraq with a liturgical celebration presided over by Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako in Baghdad, in the Cathedral of St. Jos ...
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  2 October 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Pakistani Church: the gift of the Word of God for the mission Karachi (Agenzia Fides): "We encourage the faithful, especially young people, to read the Word of God daily, at least two or three minutes each day, in order to become stronger in faith and to proclaim it to others. We h ...
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  1 October 2019
  ASIA - Turkey, Pakistan and Malaysia jointly support an "anti-Islamophobia" TV project Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The new television channel sponsored by the governments of Turkey, Pakistan and Malaysia with the declared aim of spreading correct information about Islam and countering the growing Islamophobia ...
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  1 October 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle: small acts of charity to reduce poverty in the country and in the world Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila wants to expand a program currently underway in the Archdiocese of Manila to all the Philippines and also abroad, which has the aim of reducing poverty and c ...
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  30 September 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - The government excludes candidates resident abroad from the process to elect the new Armenian Patriarch Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - At the forthcoming election of the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, scheduled for next December, members of the elected bodies will be able to orient their preferences only towards candida ...
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  30 September 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian Prime Minister praises the canonization of Sister Mariam Thresia New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed appreciation that an Indian is among the five Catholics who will be canonized by Pope Francis in October. "It is a matter of pride for every Indian that, ...
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  27 September 2019
  ASIA/MACAO - The Claretians: proclamation and distribution of the Gospel for the "Extraordinary Missionary Month" Macao (Agenzia Fides) - The Claretian priests in the Diocese of Macao have begun to spread copies of the Gospels among non-Christians, encouraging reading, reflection and confrontation, on the occasion of the Extraordina ...
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  26 September 2019
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Prayer as an instrument of peace in a scenario of new tensions Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "In recent centuries they have tried to convince us that religion was one of the main causes of division and lack of peace, and that it was therefore necessary to put it aside. Where can we go to ...
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  25 September 2019
  ASIA/THAILAND - Thai Catholics eager to meet Pope Francis Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Thailand are looking forward to Pope Francis' visit to the Country. Pope Francis will make a three-day visit to Thailand in November, ahead of an already announced trip to Japan fro ...
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  24 September 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Lynching of tribal people who eat beef: condemnation of civil society Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - Human rights activists, NGOs and Christian communities, civil society organizations condemn the case of the lynching of three members of a tribal community, one of them a Catholic, killed on Sept ...
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  24 September 2019
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - The commitment of the Catholic community to the protection of Creation, also with the "culture of recycling" Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic community of Tajikistan is constantly committed to promoting and disseminating practices for the safeguarding of Creation, for sustainable development and for the common good. An ...
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  23 September 2019
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - "Friday For Future" in Kabul: "We are fighting to give hope to future generations" Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "There are many problems in Afghanistan, linked to the fear of war and explosions. But, during our marches, we think: we young people are fighting for a better future, to give the next generation ...
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  23 September 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - More than 200 cases of violence against Christians in India in 2019 New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - There are over 200 episodes of violence against Christians reported in India in 2019: this is the data sent to Agenzia Fides by the NGO "Alliance Defending Freedom" (ADF) based in New Delhi. I ...
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  23 September 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - Apostolic Armenian Bishops: candidates resident abroad are not excluded from the election of the new Patriarch Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Exponents of the Commission of the Armenian Apostolic Patriarchate of Constantinople in charge of coordinating and accompanying the entire process for the election of the new Patriarch have exp ...
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  20 September 2019
  ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdallah II donates a minibus to the home for orphans in Anjara, promoted by the religious family of the Incarnate Word Anjara (Agenzia Fides) – As from yesterday the House of the Virgin Mary of Hope in Anjara, created to welcome and care for orphaned children and young people or those who come from problematic family situations, can ta ...