Asia

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  23 May 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - The Catholic community committed to fighting the spread of tuberculosis Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Medical Association of India (CHAI) is leading a campaign to tackle cases of tuberculosis, in collaboration with government agencies and other civil society organizations: this is ...
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  23 May 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A Bishop represents Korea to celebrate 70 years of diplomatic relations with the Holy See Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Korea and the Holy See celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations in 2017: in particular, the commemoration of the sending of the first permanent Apostolic Delegat ...
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  22 May 2017
  ASIA/NEPAL - In the delicate transition phase, the Church is committed to peace, stability, secularism of the state Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Peace, stability, freedom, human rights, secularism of the state; but also committment in social service and education: these are the themes on which the Catholic Church in Nepal "will continu ...
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  22 May 2017
  ASIA/THAILAND - Teachers and pupils in the south of the country targeted by rebels Pattani (Agenzia Fides) - Every day, army jeeps escort Buddhist teachers to schools in the south of the Country, whose area is guarded by paramilitary groups and armed volunteers while children study and play. This tensi ...
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  19 May 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - No to death penalty: a petition to the Senate Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Today, May 19, the "March for Life" reached Manila, to say "no" to the death penalty, a caravan of pilgrims who left from Midanao (Southern Philippines) on May 6, along a route that crossed the ...
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  19 May 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Caritas committed to countering the plague of child labor New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas India multiplies its commitment to counteract the plague of child labor in the country. According to the 2011 Census data, the total number of working children (between 5 and 14 years ...
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  17 May 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - President Moon invites a pastor to bless the Blue House: "Be Wise as Solomon" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - As a good Catholic, before entering and settling in a new home, newly elected Korean President Moon Jae-in wanted the new home to be blessed. We are talking about the "Blue House", the official re ...
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  17 May 2017
  ASIA/YEMEN - Cholera hits Yemen: One third of cases in the Country concern children Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) – There is a cholera emergency in Yemen. The pandemic is spreading throughout the Country. According to data from the United Nations Children's Organization, a third of registered cases concern c ...
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  17 May 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Fake documents to those who illegally sold Christian homes: two officials from Baghdad arrested Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Criminal Court of Karrada, district of Baghdad, confirmed on Tuesday, May 16, the measures taken against two corrupt officials who gave impostors and organized groups of swindlers false prop ...
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  17 May 2017
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Religious minorities and activists are targeted Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Over the last three years, religious minorities in Bangladesh have faced targeted attacks. During and after the 2014 elections, villages inhabited by non-Muslim religious groups were subjected to ...
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  16 May 2017
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Russia finances the restorations of "Star Street" in Bethlehem Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - The Russian government has decided to finance $ 4 million in restoration and reconstruction work in the historic center of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus. In particular, urban renovation w ...
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  15 May 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Three Syriac Bishops ask for international protection for Christians in the Nineveh Plain. But the Chaldean Patriarchate dissociates itself Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The widespread statement released on Friday 12 May by three Syriac Bishops (a Syirac-Catholic and two Syriac-Orthodox) in northern Iraq, asking for the creation of a protected area reserved for Ch ...
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  15 May 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Diocesan priests "with the smell of the sheep", in the spirit of Evangelii gaudium Palembang (Agenzia Fides) - The diocesan priests in Indonesia are called to "have the smell of the sheep, to accompany the people of God in moments of joy, sorrow, in failures as in successes, and always instill joy and ...
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  13 May 2017
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The Church celebrates 25 years of its presence: mission theology course for clergy and laity Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "2017 marks a historic step for the Catholic Church in Mongolia and the Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar. In fact, we celebrate a double anniversary: the 25th anniversary of diplomatic re ...
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  12 May 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops praise the establishment of the "ministry for the fight against corruption" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The national emergencies that all Lebanon's political forces must urgently face are the fight against the "cancer" of corruption and the search for a widest possible consensus around a new electo ...