Asia

• 18 April 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Quilon and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of the Diocese of Quilon (India), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Stanley Roman. The Holy Father has ...
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  18 April 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - The joy of the Gospel and dialogue, 800 years after the encounter between Francis and the Sultan Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - During the Easter season "the friars, together with the people they serve, live the joy of the Gospel and represent a bridge of dialogue with people of other religions, especially Muslims and J ...
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  17 April 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A church burned in Lahore by unknown persons Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A church in the city of Shahdara, near Lahore, was burned by unknown persons. As ascertained by the investigators, the arson broke out Sunday, April 15 because in the liturgical hall a sort of "a ...
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  16 April 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New terrorist attack on Christians in Quetta: two deaths Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - Unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle entered the Christian area of Essa Nagri, in the city of Quetta, capital of Beluchistan, yesterday evening, April 15th and opened fire on Christian worship ...
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  14 April 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church to Duterte: it is right to welcome the Rohingya Muslim refugees Manila (Agenzia Fides) - President Rodrigo Duterte has offered Muslim Rohingya refugees asylum in the Philippines. In the face of this possibility, the Catholic Church approves the gesture, hoping that the idea is put in ...
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  13 April 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai’s pastoral guidelines: those who speak of faith and doctrine in the media should follow the teaching of the Church Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) – The teaching of the Church must always be taken into consideration and strictly followed by those who, in traditional media or through social media, deal with issues that call into question th ...
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  13 April 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian senator and a Dalit senator elected in the province of Sindh Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Anwar Lal Dean, 62, is the first Christian senator in the province of Sindh. Kirshna Kolhi, 39, has become the first-ever Hindu dalit woman Senator. The presence of the two members of minority ...
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  12 April 2018
  ASIA/SYRIA - Brother Jihad: "The monastic life of prayer and work has resumed in Mar Musa" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "In Mar Musa the situation is calm and even in the Valley of Christians, where I was born and raised, there are no tensions. However, the overall situation of the country is still precarious". ...
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  12 April 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Three new nuns: persecutions have encouraged us to follow Christ Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "The anti-Christian massacres of 2008 did not discourage me, but rather encouraged me to follow Christ": this is what the three new nuns of the Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of Saint Te ...
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  11 April 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - Turkish sources: US politicians ask to witness the trial against evangelical pastor Brunson Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Some US senators have sent the Turkish Ministry of Justice the request to be present at the upcoming trial against Andrew Craig Brunson, the US evangelical pastor detained in Turkey on charges of ...
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  11 April 2018
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - New families for a new world Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "Family is the cell of society and in the family God invites us to become a small holy community, so that the light illuminates the darkness of the human heart and a source of inexhaustible g ...
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  11 April 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A reform of the educational system is urgently needed to promote religious harmony Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In the Pakistani educational system, reforms and improvements are needed to promote tolerance and religious harmony in society: this is what Catholic Peter Jacob, director of the "Center for Soci ...
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  10 April 2018
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Camillians in Asia: "The life of the Spirit walks in the mission" Loudong (Agenzia Fides) - "The Camillian missionaries in Asia today have the same joy and enthusiasm as their first years of mission. They are engaged in teaching catechism, in pastoral work, in the most remote areas, in ...
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  10 April 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Your vote counts": the Church promotes an inclusive electoral system of religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Your vote is important": this is the title of the campaign launched by the National Commission "Justice and Peace" (NCJP), within the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Pakistan, to encourage Chr ...
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  10 April 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - A thousand sister doctors are dedicated to health care for the most disadvantaged Bombay (Agenzia Fides) - More than a thousand sister doctors in India silently contribute to the health care of the poorest and most marginalized. As Agenzia Fides learns, the "Sister Doctors Forum of India" (SDFI) is a ...