Asia

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  14 June 2019
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Caritas launches sustainable agriculture project: it will provide livelihood and professional training Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "The construction of the two greenhouses in Almaty and Talgar has been completed. This means that we are about to start the operational phase of the sustainable agriculture project. The first asp ...
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  13 June 2019
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Heads of the Churches of Jerusalem: Ateret Cohanim's real estate operations in the Old City threaten coexistence among monotheistic faiths Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Heads of Churches and ecclesial communities present in Jerusalem express "great surprise" at the speed with which the Supreme Court of Israel expressed itself in favor of the Jewish Ateret ...
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  13 June 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Bishop in Flores: "The boom in vocations arises from faith lived in the family" Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "Our local Church today is a missionary Church. We have over 500 priests and religious sent as missionaries to Indonesia and the world. We are a Church blessed by the Lord with many vocations to ...
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  12 June 2019
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Impressive figures on the decline of the Christian presence in the cities of the West Bank Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - In the Arab city of Jenin, 26 km north of Nablus, out of 70 thousand inhabitants there are only 130 Christians, almost all Catholics of the Latin rite. In Tubas, another Arab town in the northe ...
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  12 June 2019
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Caritas Kyrgyzstan joins the Caritas Internationalis family: "Mission is service to the needy" Biskek (Agenzia Fides) - "The official recognition of Caritas Kyrgyzstan within Caritas Internationalis means very much to us, because it makes us feel part of a large family and offers us more opportunities to serve the ...
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  11 June 2019
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Bishops of Myanmar: it is urgent to stop the dam on the River Irrawaddy, a harbinger of a catastrophe Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We Catholic Bishops of Myanmar, representing the Catholic Christians of 16 dioceses, earnestly request all the stakeholders to seriously reconsider the ill-conceived conception regarding Myitson ...
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  11 June 2019
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Jerusalem, appeal of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate on the disputed buildings has been rejected Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Israel has rejected the appeal with which the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem had tried to block the sale of three buildings of its property in the Old City of Je ...
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  11 June 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop pays visit to a mosque: "Muslim leaders have a precious role in promoting harmony and peace" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Muslim leaders and scholars play an important and valuable role in promoting peace and harmony in Pakistan. We assure you of our support in this work. We pray for peace, prosperity and well-bein ...
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  10 June 2019
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh to the confirmation candidates: "To live the Good News and share it" Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "We are here to celebrate the life that God gives us in his Holy Spirit. May peace and joy, forgiveness and faith, love and truth abide in us and lead us to God our Father who loves us so muc ...
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  8 June 2019
  ASIA - Cardinal Bo: "At Pentecost, a new breath of the Holy Spirit to witness the Gospel in Asia" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "On the occasion of Pentecost 2019 let us pray for a truly missionary conversion of the whole Church": this is what Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, President of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Confe ...
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  8 June 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Orionines: a year dedicated to youth to rekindle the missionary spirit Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "To live every encounter with others always under the sign of charity": this is the message that the charismatic family of Saint Luigi Orione launches on the occasion of the Year of the Orionine ...
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  7 June 2019
  ASIA/INDONESIA - New priests in Indonesian Papua, including tribal groups Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - The Indonesian Church celebrates the presence of nine new priests who received the sacrament of priestly ordination, by the Bishop of Jayapura, Franciscan Mgr. Leo Laba Ladjar, in a solemn cele ...
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  6 June 2019
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Church accompanies young people suffering from depression Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Malaysia accompanies young people suffering from depression. "The mental condition of depression is a growing phenomenon among young Malaysians", says Catholic lay leader Jose ...
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  6 June 2019
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Mutual support between the elderly and adolescents: the Caritas project starts again Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) – To encourage support and mutual cooperation between the elderly and adolescents: this project is based on the project undertaken by Caritas Tajikistan in the context of social activities aime ...
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  5 June 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - In Mosul, young Christians distribute roses to Muslims for the Eid al Fitr festival Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Young Christians, Yazidis and Shabaks, offer white roses and sweets to their Muslim fellow citizens on the occasion of Eid al Fitr, the Islamic festival that ends the holy month of Ramadan. This i ...