Asia

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  26 June 2019
  ASIA/NEPAL - Nepal's Christian youths commit to combat AIDS Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Nepal's Christian youths commit to combat HIV and AIDS. As Agenzia Fides learns, a specific training course was organized by the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) and hosted by the National ...
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  25 June 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - Controversy over a Docu-film dedicated to the "Islamized" Armenians after the 1915 massacres Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The documentary "The hidden Cross", produced by the two journalists Altan Sancar and Serhat Temel, which traces the life of the "Islamized" Armenians after the 1915 massacres in the Diyarbakir ...
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  25 June 2019
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Caritas commitment to society to reduce poverty and educate young people Jalalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "The projects carried out by the Caritas of Kyrgyzstan are many and can be summarized in two large areas: charity and education. Every year, for example, we create annual summer rehabilitation ...
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  24 June 2019
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Melkite Church launches an extensive program of study and dissemination of the Abu Dhabi Document Ain Traz (Agenzia Fides) – The Greek-Melkite Catholic Church is preparing to dedicate ample space to its pastoral planning to the dissemination and deepening of the Document on Human Brotherhood for World Peace and Com ...
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  24 June 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Proclaiming the Gospel with courage, as a family: the path of "Couples for Christ" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Proclaiming the Gospel with courage, as families living faith: this is the invitation addressed to the ecclesial movement "Couples for Christ", CFC by Mgr. Broderick S. Pabillo, Auxiliary Bishop ...
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  24 June 2019
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Prayer as the focus of attention of the lives of the faithful Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "As every year, in June we had a meeting with all the Catholics of Uzbekistan in our church in Tashkent. The meeting was led by Bishop Clemens Pickel, of the Russian diocese of Saratov, who mad ...
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  24 June 2019
  ASIA/CHINA - Mgr. Stefano Li Side, Bishop of Tianjin: an authentic witness of the Gospel of Christ Tianjin (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of Pentecost, June 8, 2019, at 11 am, His Exc. Mgr. Stefano Li Side, Bishop of the Diocese of Tianjin (Mainland China) passed away. He suffered from a chronic illness for many years, ...
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  21 June 2019
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Seventy years of "Pontifical Mission", at the service of "Israelis and Palestinians" Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The "Pontifical Mission" in the Holy Land turns 70, and redefines its field of action on the occasion of its anniversary. The organization, founded in 1949 on the initiative of Pope Pius XI ...
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  21 June 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal of civil society: Need to implement the protection of minority rights Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Need to implement the order of the Supreme Court for the protection of minority rights, issued on June 19, 2014 and has remained a dead letter: is the appeal launched during a conference of ...
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  19 June 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Prayers for peace among the ruins of the ancient church in the area of Karbala Karbala (Agenzia Fides) - Prayers and Christian hymns along with the reading of verses from the Koran echoed among the ruins of the church of Al Aqiser, in the area of Karbala, the holy city of Shiite Islam. All this too ...
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  19 June 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Interreligious dialogue to overcome prejudices and live human fraternity Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "The Year of interreligious dialogue, promoted by the Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines in 2020, in preparation for 2021, a special moment of celebration of the 500th anniversary of the ...
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  18 June 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Project to reform Islamic schools: Christians approve Islamabad (Agenzia Fides): "Updating and reforming the education system in Islamic schools (madrasas) is a good step of the government of Pakistan. It is a new path to fight extremism, fundamentalism and terrorism in the ...
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  17 June 2019
  ASIA/TURKEY - Luys TV inaugurated, first Turkish-Armenian TV station launched in Turkey Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Luys in Armenian means "light". "Luys TV" is the first television channel in Armenian and Turkish, inaugurated in recent days in Turkey. Turkish Armenian journalist Aram Kuran, the station’s c ...
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  14 June 2019
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - The Minister of tolerance presides over the official opening of the Christian archaeological site of Sir Bani Yas Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - The oldest Christian archaeological site of the island of Sir Bani Yas, 200 km west of the city of Abu Dhabi, was opened on Thursday, June 13 following extensive improvements to the site that ...
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  14 June 2019
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Sri Lankan government establishes a Council for reconciliation between religions Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Sri Lankan government has announced that it will establish a special "Council for reconciliation between religions", with the aim of building interreligious coexistence in society and avoid ...