Asia

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  12 May 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Civil society: abolish the blasphemy law, as pro-Ahok demonstrations multiply Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "Indonesia should seriously examine the implementation of the Law on blasphemy and abolish it. The government needs to develop a standard to eliminate religious hatred": this is what the Asian H ...
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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 ...
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  11 May 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo: the population in Hassakè is at the mercy of the Kurdish factions armed by the West Hassakè (Agenzia Fides) - Tension returns in the city of Hassakè and across the northeastern area of Syria. While the pressure exerted for years around the main cities of that region by jihadist militants from Jabhat a ...
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  11 May 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom to President Moon: "become all thing to all" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Become all thing to all" as St. Paul says in the Letter to the Corinthians: this is the far-sighted and original wish that Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul, addressed to the new ...
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  11 May 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Focolare Movement: unity and peace among young people belonging to different religions New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Promoting unity, peace and solidarity among young people belonging to different religions in India: this is the aim of a series of events that the Focolare Movement in India have organized in ...
• 10 May 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of "San Paolo" interdiocesan Seminary in Tiruchirapalli Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 2, 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Savarimuthu Arockiaraj, of the clergy of the diocese of Tiruchirapa ...
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  10 May 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A Jesuit: "Islamic populism, danger for Indonesia" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - For many Indonesians, yesterday was a sad day. Defeated in the run-off in the elections for the seat of governor in Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, a Protestant Christian of Chinese ethnicity, ...
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  10 May 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops: "May the new president work for the peace and reconciliation of the Koreas" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Over the past year we went through the difficult moments of impeachment and anticipated presidential elections. Now the Korean people have elected a new president. We need a leader who paves the ...
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  9 May 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Former Christian governor of Jakarta condemned for blasphemy: Christians appeal to the Pancasila Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as "Ahok", a Christian of Chinese ethnicity, former governor of Jakarta was found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison for blasphemy by a court in Jakarta. I ...
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  9 May 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate: "incendiary rhetoric" against Christians fuels Islamophobia Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Cases of preachers and self-proclaimed Muslim leaders, who from mosques and social media entrusted to them, define Christians, Jews and Gentiles as "infidels" and instigate their followers to tr ...
• 8 May 2017
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Resignation of the Bishop of Bà Ria and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 6, 2017, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Bà Ria, Viêt Nam, presented by His Excellency Msgr. Thomas Nguyen Van Tram. He is succe ...
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  8 May 2017
  ASIA/JORDAN - The first network of Islamic and Christian university institutes in the Arab world Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The first permanent liaison network between Islamic and Christian university institutions and centers in the Arab countries has just been inaugurated in Amman. The initiative took place during th ...
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  8 May 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - Death of Mgr. Andrea Wang Chongyi, one of the oldest Bishops in mainland China Guiyang (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday, April 20, His Exc. Mgr. Andrea Aniceto, Wang Chongyi, Archbishop Emeritus of Guiyang, Guizhou Province, died. He was 97 years old and was one of the oldest Bishops in Mainland China ...
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  8 May 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian Leaders in Lahore: "Stop to the preaching of interreligious hatred on Tv" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Words of anti-Christian hatred on Pakistani TV have been strongly condemned and an appeal to stop the denigration campaign that instigates violence against religious minorities: this is what the ...
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  6 May 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Patriarch: In this critical phase, Christians must keep calm and put aside unrealistic projects Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - While the anti-caliphate forces progressively re-conquer Mosul, and interventions tighten on the future political structure of the regions subjugated to the control of the jihadis of the self-pr ...