Asia

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  17 July 2017
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - More money to teachers and professors. President Atambayev aims at education to counter religious fanaticism Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - Over the past five years, an average teacher's salary has grown fourfold in Kyrgyzstan. And more than 20% of the national budget, according to government data, goes to education. These are the d ...
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  17 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Clash between self-proclaimed "Christian militias" operating in the Nineveh Plain Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) Niniveh Plain Protection Units (NPU) have blamed the so-called "Babylonian Brigades" for having broken into one of their posts to seize military supplies and, above all, to release six of their m ...
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  15 July 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Church will celebrate the "Day of the Martyrs of the Eastern Churches" on 31 July Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite Church will celebrate next July 31 "The Day of Martyrs of the Eastern Churches" in the context of the Year of Martyrdom and Martyrs" proclaimed by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros ...
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  15 July 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Aleppo, Mozart's Mass in the church still in ruins. The Maronite Archbishop: It is a sign of the rebirth of the martyred city Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite cathedral of Sant'Elia, in the historic Al-Jdayde area, is still without a roof, hit by the many mortar blows that devastated it during the Syrian conflict. Right there on the evenin ...
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  15 July 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - 'Everything is possible for those who believe': New Camillian Theology Seminary in Flores Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the feast of San Camillo, just celebrated, the Camillians of Indonesia inaugurated a new theology seminary in Maumere, Flores Island. The Camillian Mission began in Flores in ...
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  14 July 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Fighting still continues in Marawi, but "it is not a war of religion" Marawi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are anxiously waiting for the fate of our 15 Christian parishioners, hostages in the hands of Maute terrorist group in Marawi. The crisis continues. But it is not a war of religion: as Bishop ...
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  14 July 2017
  ASIA/SIRIA - Kurdish "autonomist" offensive in Hassaké. Archbishop Hindo: they feel protected by Americans Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The militants and militiamen of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (PKY), Syrian branch of Karkeren Kurdistan Party (PKK), have begun to realize in facts their intent of creating an autonomous Kurd ...
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  13 July 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Livestock and beef trade: the Supreme Court suspends the ban New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - India’s Supreme Court suspended a government ban on the sale of cattle for slaughter throughout India. It is a fundamental right and it is the freedom of every citizen to choose their own fo ...
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  13 July 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - Maximum transparency in the use of the first national collection Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Maximum transparency and an accurate study of the real needs have been assured by Jinde Charites, the Chinese Catholic charity body, in the use of about 100,000 euros collected in the first Nati ...
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  12 July 2017
  ASIA/JORDAN - Ecumenism of charity: Catholics and Anglicans share educational projects for Syrian children Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The episcopal Church of Jerusalem, belonging to the Anglican Communion, signed a partnership protocol with Caritas Jordan on Tuesday, 11 July, to jointly set up a project regarding school assistan ...
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  12 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Kurdish leader Barzani sponsors referendum on independence: we will respect self-determination for the Nineveh Plain Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - The referendum convened by the government of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan to sanction their independence from Iraq is a decisive step for the future of that region. And if Europe ca ...
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  12 July 2017
  ASIA/TAIWAN - San Camillo hospital has been a reference point for hundreds of people for 60 years Makung (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 July, San Camillo Hospital in Makung, Pescadores islands, Taiwan, celebrated 60 years of activity. The hospital was built by Camillian Missionaries (MI) when, expelled from China in 1952, ar ...
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  12 July 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Tension and violence among Hindu and Muslim radicals New Dehli (Agenzia Fides) - Tension and violence among Hindus and Muslims in India: in the past few days clashes and violent protests of the local Muslim community occurred in the Western Bengal state, after the provocat ...
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  11 July 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Armed forces have released 67 child soldiers Naipyidó (Agenzia Fides) - Myanmar's armed forces released 67 child soldiers under pact with UN. This is its first discharge this year as part of a process to end forced recruitment of underage fighters. This is the fir ...
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  11 July 2017
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - "Gratitude to God": the Catholic Church celebrates the Silver Jubilee in Mongolia Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - 2017 marks the 25th anniversary of the Catholic Church's presence in Mongolia and 25 years since the liaison of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Mongolia. As Fides learns, this ...