Asia

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  21 September 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - "Arms embargo on the Burmese military to end its ethnic cleansing campaign against Rohingya Muslims" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – It is urgent to take immediate action to stop the Burma Armys campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya people, including an arms embargo against Myanmar: this is what Christian Solidar ...
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  21 September 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Cardinal Filoni in Osaka: The Church is not a 'service agency' Osaka (Agenzia Fides) - The opportunity to recover momentum in the proclamation of the Gospel, in Japan and elsewhere, "does not rest in the methodologies put in place by ecclesial apparatus but in returning to experienc ...
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  21 September 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - "Anti-conversion law" in Jharkhand: will give rise to violence and religious polarization Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - "Anti-conversion" laws, which in fact are instruments to restrict religious freedom, continue to exacerbate and polarise Indian society: says Jesuit Fr. Michael Kerketta, Indian theologian and pr ...
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  20 September 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Fr. Chito, released in Marawi: "the seizure was God's will" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "My seizure was God's will. A trial He wanted. I trust in him. I see my future only in Marawi: Christians and Muslims are brothers and we believe in the only, unique God": Fr. Teresito Soganub (c ...
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  20 September 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Cardinal Filoni: one becomes a Christian because he is "fascinated". The proclamation of the Gospel is not an ideological "indoctrination" Hiroshima (Agenzia Fides) - The proclamation of the Gospel "is not an indoctrination, or an imposition or a forging of minds and hearts". It adheres to the Gospel not for "ideological proselytism" but because is "fascina ...
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  20 September 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Cardinal Filoni: Hiroshima is the place where Christ renewed his sacrifice in the twentieth century Hiroshima (Agenzia Fides) - Hiroshima "is the place where Christ renewed his sacrifice in the twentieth century". And even for the Catholic Church, Hiroshima "today means a city of peace, in which God has not forgotten m ...
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  19 September 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Cardinal Filoni in Nagasaki: Christ is not just a "guru" of moral life Nagasaki (Agenzia Fides) - Missionaries who introduced the Gospel in Japan did not endanger their lives "just to announce Christ as an extraordinary wise man or guru of moral life, or as a promoter of social welfare". Th ...
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  19 September 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A common commitment: appeal of religious and political leaders for peace in Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – To sign and apply the cease-fire, negotiate a peace treaty, establish a long-lasting reconciliation era in the Korean peninsula: are the requests contained in a special peace appeal signed by 2, ...
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  19 September 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Catholic professor: "The educational system in Pakistan is a failure" Faisalabad (FIdes Agency) - "In Pakistan we are witnessing the failure of the educational system. The death of Sharon Masih, the Christian student lynched by his classmates with the utmost indifference of the teachers’ ...
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  19 September 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Cardinal Filoni in Nagasaki: in mission, the essential work is carried out by Grace Nagasaki (Agenzia Fides) - In Japan it is necessary to "resume missio for non-Christians". There is a need for priests, religious men and women and lay people "who put in the eyes of non-Christians the identity of Jesus ...
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  18 September 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Cardinal Filoni addresses Seminarians: to announce the Gospel is a great act of charity Fukuoka (Agenzia Fides) – The announcement of the Gospel “is a gift of love for our brothers and sisters in search of light. It is a pledge of the “extraordinary and generous gift of redeeming grace and mercy”, w ...
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  18 September 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Marawi, vicar released and mosque regained: the siege in its final stage Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "We are happy for the release of Fr. Chito. We thank the Lord and all those who in the world prayed for his release. We praise the efforts of the Filipino army who are doing their utmost to prote ...
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  18 September 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Assad to young Syriac-Orthodox Christians in Syria are not hosts or "migratory birds" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Syria are "no guests or migratory birds". They "are part of the origin of the nation, and without them there is no pluralistic Syria". This is what Syrian President Bashar Assad s ...
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  18 September 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian lawyer: "Sharoon Masih killed for a glass of water, like Asia Bibi" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "He was called with the nickname of 'choora', a pejorative which is used to define Pakistani Christians, identifying them with the caste of 'street cleaners' or 'untouchables'. He was beaten to d ...
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  16 September 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Marawi crisis: “amidst suffering we continue to hope”, Bishop says Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “The situation in Marawi continues to be critical, but we hope for a positive outcome. News is encouraging, we know our hostage Catholics are alive and that the army has guaranteed they will ...