Asia

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  6 February 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - The government shuts down 16 child care institutions: including the orphanage of the Missionaries of Charity Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - The Government of India has cancelled the license of 16 child care institutions including "Nirmal Hriday" run by the Missionaries of Charity of Mother Teresa in Ranchi. The provision follows a re ...
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  6 February 2019
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The future of the country is in the hands of women Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "In the female universe of Afghanistan, awareness is underway: there is not much talk about it, but in Afghanistan the most active people are women, who are the bearers of a positive vision of the ...
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  5 February 2019
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - "Neither arguments nor disagreements". The Pope indicates the path of the Beatitudes to the Christians of the Arabian Peninsula Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - The baptized "let them not get into arguments or disagreements, but be subject to every human creature out of love for God, and let them profess that they are Christians". This is the famous q ...
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  5 February 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop Machado: "The Pope brings hope of peace and harmonious coexistence in Asia" Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pope's presence in Asia, especially in the Middle East, for the great inter-religious meeting in Abu Dhabi, represents a ray of hope: he leaves us a sign and a message so that we can live ...
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  5 February 2019
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Faith leaders: it is not faiths, but men who promote violence Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - "Religion itself is not a a factor of conflict: it is its followers who promote wars because of a lack of knowledge of religion itself or politicizing it to their advantage". Terrorist organiz ...
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  4 February 2019
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Global conference on fraternity: No to hatred and extremism Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - "As a multicultural event that encourages compassion, respect and understanding among different communities, cultures and religions, the gathering enables us to counter extremism, prejudice, h ...
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  4 February 2019
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The Pope in the Arabian Peninsula with a message of peace, tolerance and fraternity Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - With a message of peace, fraternity and tolerance, Pope Francis arrived in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Pope Francis is the first pontiff to have embarked on the f ...
• 1 February 2019
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Appointment of the Rector of the interdiocesan Seminary "Maria Mater Ecclesiae" in Karaganda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 20 July 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Pawel Martyniuk, of the clergy of the diocese of Zamosc-Lubac ...
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  31 January 2019
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Fr. Moretti: "The democratically elected government cannot be cut out from an agreement" Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "With regard to the recent agreement announced between the United States and the Taliban, I can only agree with the position of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani: in a situation concerning a specific ...
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  31 January 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians: Asia Bibi’s acquittal is "a milestone in the history of the nation" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Pakistan appreciate the Supreme Court’s decision and recite prayers of thanksgiving for the acquittal and definitive freedom granted to Asia Bibi, the woman sentenced to death ...
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  31 January 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: one million Iraqi Christians have emigrated in recent years Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In recent years, with the migratory flows of the Iraqi population to other countries, about a million indigenous Christians have left Iraq. Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako recalls this in ...
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  30 January 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Orthodox Patriarch Yohanna flies to Moscow and thanks Russia for supporting the reconstruction of Syrian sanctuaries Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, Yohanna X, thanked Russia once again for its contribution to the fight against armed groups, and the Patriarchate of Moscow for the support offered to the ...
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  30 January 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bomb in mosque, while the Week for inter-religious harmony is approaching Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "There are various reasons behind the recent terrorist attacks: a mix of political problems and misunderstanding of religion by some groups, in particular for the attack in Jolo, where threats ...
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  29 January 2019
  ASIA/IRAQ - The "return" of Christians in the Nineveh Plain remains uncertain Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - 85 percent of the population who fled from the Nineveh Plain when that territory was conquered by the jihadists of the "Islamic State" (Daesh) is not yet ready to return to their region of origin, ...
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  29 January 2019
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishops: "Respond to evil with good" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to fight the "cycle of hatred" that is taking place in society: this is what the Filipino Bishops say at the conclusion of their 118th Plenary Assembly held in Manila from 26 to 28 J ...