Asia

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  11 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi: we hope our Christian brothers return to Mosul soon Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – After the liberation of the city of Mosul, from the militia of the self-styled Islamic State that had conquered the city in June 2014, now the ambition is "that all displaced people and the sons ...
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  10 July 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Initiatives of Maronite Institutions to preserve the National Memory of the Lebanese in Diaspora Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - This year more than six hundred Maronites from Lebanese emigrated families will come to Lebanon to participate in the "Maronite Youth Days" from 21 July. The initiative, conceived under the patro ...
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  10 July 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appeal of Filipino Bishops: "No more war in Marawi" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "No more war in Marawi! We ask the return to normality and peace as soon as possible in Marawi and in the area. We wonder if the extension of the martial law will lead to this. We believe that th ...
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  10 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian parliamentarian: after the liberation of Mosul, it is necessary to reintegrate all public employees to resume state administration Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Now that Mosul has almost been completely freed by the militia of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (Daesh), it is necessary to reintegrate as soon as possible all state employees and local public ...
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  7 July 2017
  ASIA/TURKEY - For now the expropriation of 50 Syriac Orthodox Churches, monasteries and cemeteries has been denied Mardin (Agenzia Fides) - Turkey declares that it has not yet implemented any measure to expropriate 50 Christian churches and monasteries scattered around Mardin, in the Turkish southwestern Tur Abdin region, to transfer ...
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  7 July 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Presidential vote, challenge between two Dalit candidates: who will defend the rights of minorities? New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Two seventy-year-old leaders who represent the dalit community (the untouchables) will run for president of the Indian Union in the upcoming July 17th elections. In India, the President of the ...
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  6 July 2017
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - UNESCO Committee: No to unilateral measures that alter the status of Jerusalem and its Holy Places Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The old city of Jerusalem and its historic walls remain in the list of world heritage sites to be considered "in danger". And all the "facts" and the legislative or administrative measures put ...
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  6 July 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishop of Marawi: "Let us pray and hope that the war ends soon" Marawi (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is exhausting: more than 40 days of guerrilla war have gone by and our beautiful city of Marawi has been reduced to rubble. We are suffering for Father Chito and the other hostages ...
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  6 July 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops: urgent measures against the proliferation of private weapons Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The proliferation of private weapons among civilians worries the Maronite Bishops who call upon the Lebanese authorities to counteract it with effective measures, without guaranteeing any toleran ...
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  6 July 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - New impetus from the first workshop of Evangelization Pechino (Agenzia Fides) - It is time to give new impetus to missionary mobilization, nourished by the Word of God and by prayer, led by the Holy Spirit, with greater involvement of the laity: are the reflections of the p ...
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  5 July 2017
  ASIA/NEPAL - After the earthquake, faith grows in the people of God Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - In a tragic event like an earthquake, God's grace is not lacking: this is what emerges from the context of Nepal where, after the 2015 earthquake, faith in the people of God has strengthened: ...
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  5 July 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian President Assad meets the new Patriarch and Bishops of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Melkite Greek Catholic Church and the other Churches and ecclesial communities in Syria played an "important role" at a national level during the Syrian conflict, to the effect of consolida ...
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  4 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: the right to talk about the future of Nineveh Plain are mainly the people of the region Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Discussions and even divisions among the Iraqi Christians increase around the future political-administrative settlement of the so-called Nineveh Plain, a region which has recently been liberated ...
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  4 July 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Targeted attacks on Muslim minorities: the climate of intolerance in society is worrying New Dehli (Agenzia Fides) - "Attacks on minorities seem to have become the norm. Throughout India, many Muslims have been attacked by crowds, often instigated by messages on WhatsApp, that accuse Muslims of killing cattl ...
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  3 July 2017
  ASIA - Cardinal D'Rozario: "Women, families and young people in Asia: witnesses of the Gospel" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Women and families in Asia witness the Gospel despite many challenges and difficulties": says to Fides Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario, CSC, Archbishop of Dhaka and President of the Office for the lai ...