Asia

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  17 June 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Approval of the new electoral law. The National Director of the PMS: "compromise for stability" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The approval of the new electoral law by the Lebanese Parliament confirms and reasserts "the great compromise among different forces, which represents the essential key to reading this phase of L ...
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  16 June 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - 500 Years of the arrival of the Gospel in the Philippines: A Time for Mission Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Preparations to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the Gospel in the Philippines (in 1521) is underway throughout the country: "To prepare oneself properly for this important event ...
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  16 June 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Kurdistan, the "separatists" seek Christian support Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Masrour Barzani, head of the intelligence in the autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan and President Masud's son, wanted to meet a delegation of representatives of the most rooted Churches in the r ...
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  14 June 2017
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Patriarch emeritus Sabbah: the people of Gaza are victims of Western irrationality Gaza (Agenzia Fides) – The dramatic living conditions of the people in Gaza penalized in the last few days with a further cut in power supply, cannot be explained only on the basis of the dynamics of regional poli ...
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  13 June 2017
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Christian women against violence and for rights and dignity Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - “Women in Bangladesh are subject to violence all through life and this prevents them from realizing their dignity and violates their rights as human beings. Daily submission prevents them fr ...
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  13 June 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch concerned: priests with less theological grounding and deplorable media hyper-activism Bkerkè (Agenzia Fides) – The Maronite Church sees a “weakening of theological, dogmatic and spiritual grounding” among the clergy, but a growing phenomenon of priests who appear eager to catch the attention of t ...
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  13 June 2017
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Three lay Catholics foundation for new parish dedicated to Divine Mercy UlaanBaatar (Agenzia Fides) – The little Catholic Church in Mongolia has a new parish: on the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, 11 June 2017, the Church of Divine Mercy in Erdenet, 380 km north of Ulaanbaatar, was ...
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  12 June 2017
  ASIA/JORDAN - Caritas distributes food parcels to Muslims during Ramadan Amman (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas in the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan has organised the distribution of food parcels for the most needy Muslim families in the poorest parts of Naur district, western urban area of the city ...
• 12 June 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - St. John Vianney major interdiocesan seminary opened in Loikaw, Rector appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) –Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 4 August 2016, instituted a new inter-diocesan Major Seminary to be known as the St John Vianney ...
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  12 June 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Family rejoices for return of Christina kidnapped 3 years ago by DAESH militia Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Christina Kader Ebada is the name of a Christian girl from Qaraqosh who has been returned to her family after being abducted three years ago by militia of the Islamic State group. The girl, now ...
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  9 June 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Three years on, Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Baghdad, Louis Raphael Sako returns to Mosul districts taken back from jihadist militia Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – Exactly three years since Mosul was taken by the so called IS Islamic state terror group (DAESH), Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako was able to return to the northern Iraqi city ...
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  9 June 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The priests of Jakarta: a pastoral movement to defend unity in diversity Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – To create a pastoral movement inspired by the Gospel to defend "unity in diversity", fundamental principle of Indonesia: as Fides learns, this is the goal expressed by the priests of the Archd ...
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  9 June 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - In Gujarat, a book defines Jesus "devil": Christians ask for its withdrawal Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) - A high school textbook in Hindi language, published by the "Gujarat State School Board for school books", being used in public schools in the state of West India, mentions and defines Jesus Ch ...
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  8 June 2017
  ASIA/IRAN - Iranian priest following the massacres in Tehran: terrorists will not succeed in frightening our people Teheran (Agenzia Fides) - "As Iranian Assyrian Chaldean Catholic priest, I am saddened by such inhumane acts, mostly accomplished by people who present themselves faithful to God and Islam, and therefore spread a false i ...
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  8 June 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Over 15,000 Aids patients treated with compassion in Catholic structures Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) – Currently over 15,000 patients infected and affected by HIV/AIDS are treated with love and compassion in Catholic structures run by the Catholic Medical Association of India (CHAI), a natio ...