Asia

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  6 May 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - A new Home of the Missionaries of Charity in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) – The Missionaries of Charity open a new home in the state of Orissa, East India. As Agenzia Fides learns, the new Mother Teresa religious community is located in the famous district of Kand ...
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  5 May 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pakistani Christian condemned to jail for blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Christian Zafar Bhatti, falsely accused of blasphemy in 2012 and taken to trial, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Rawalpindi. This is what Agenzia Fides learns from local sources. ...
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  5 May 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Controversy regarding the political representation of Christians and the future of the Nineveh Plain Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of Christian politicians belonging to various Iraqi political groups wanted to meet the country's top institutional representatives to focus their attention on proposals and request ...
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  4 May 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Patriarch: In Egypt the Pope has opened many doors. We hope that Muslims will also benefit from his support Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "With the speeches and gestures of his trip to Egypt, Pope Francis has opened many doors: with Islam, with political authorities, among Christians. We hope that now Muslims also take the opportu ...
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  4 May 2017
  ASIA/YEMEN - Assaults on hospitals and health centers mainly affect children Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - Assaults on hospitals and health centers in Yemen continue to aggravate the well-being of children. This is what civil society denounces which in the Watchlist report describes in detail a series ...
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  4 May 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Myanmar in the Year of Peace Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese Church which declared 2017 the "Year of Peace", "the Holy See and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar have jointly agreed to establish diplomatic relations", reports a note of ...
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  3 May 2017
  ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdullah II claims his role as "protector" of Arab Christians Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Hascemite Monarchy will renew its efforts to protect the existence and identity of Arab Christians. This is what King Abdullah II of Jordan reiterated during a meeting with Archbishop Justin W ...
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  3 May 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian forum to the government: it is urgent to protect places of worship and the life of minorities New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – It is urgent to protect life, personal security and places of religious worship of Christians in the country: a report entitled "Minorities on the Margins: Freedom of Religion or Belief and ...
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  3 May 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syriac Orthodox Patriarch reconciles with four Bishops who had accused him of "betrayal of faith" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aprem II, Primate of the Syriac Orthodox Church, has forgiven four of the six Metropolitan Bishops of his Church who in February had accused him of "betrayal of faith". T ...
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  2 May 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Peace in Myanmar: religions will give their contribution Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We have come not to count the wounds of the past, but to count the blessings of peace. We have come not to remember the nightmares of the past, but to pursue the promise of peace for us and futu ...
• 2 May 2017
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of the Auxiliary of Xuan Loc Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father has appointed as auxiliary Bishop of the diocese of Xuân Lôc, (Viêt Nam), Rev. John Do Van Ngan, lecturer and vice rector of the St. Joseph interdiocesan major seminary ...
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  2 May 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians and Muslims in Punjab, among violence and gestures of friendship Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - An armed group of 20 to 25-year-old Islamic youths on motorcycles attacked a Christian neighborhood of Bhai Pheru in the Kasur district of Pakistani Punjab in recent days, terrorizing the communi ...
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  28 April 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A Jesuit: “In Indonesia it is not yet time for a Christian national leader” Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – “Indonesia has not yet reached the moment for a Christian political leader at the national level, as president, vice president or governor of Jakarta. We must have patience and look at hi ...
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  24 April 2017
  ASIA/NEPAL - Two years after earthquake child trafficking thrives Katmandu (Agenzia Fides) – April 25 marks the 2nd anniversary of the earthquake in Nepal which left 9,000 dead, more than 700,000 homes destroyed and at least three million people in dire need of assistance. “Two ...
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  24 April 2017
  ASIA/TURKEY - Armenian Genocide commemorated also in Istanbul. Message from US President Trump announced ASIA/TURKEY – Armenian Genocide commemorated also in Istanbul. Message from US President Trump announced Erevan (Agenzia Fides) – Events and ceremonies scheduled for April 24 all over the world to mark 102nd anni ...