Asia

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  10 February 2017
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Fr. Neuhaus’ appeal to the Israeli Government against the expulsion of 14 Filipino teenagers without residence documents Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Jesuit Father David Neuhaus, Patriarchal Vicar for Hebrew-speaking Catholics of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, as coordinator of the Pastoral Care of Migrants, addressed an open letter t ...
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  8 February 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "There is a wakeup call for democracy. May 2017 be the year of peace" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Myanmar is going through one of the most harrowing moments of its history. The people of Burma are deeply saddened. Myanmar needs the attention of the world in order to strengthen its fragile pa ...
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  8 February 2017
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Bishop Shomali: the "legalization" of illegal Israeli settlements is against the virtues of justice, which comes from God Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The law the Israeli Parliament passed yesterday which "regulates" even retroactively houses and Israeli settlements built illegally on Palestinian territory illegally occupied by the army of ...
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  1 February 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - President Aoun gives Metropolitan Georges Khodr the national honor of the Order of the Cedar Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Lebanon Michel Aoun gave Greek-Orthodox Metropolitan Georges Khodr of Mount Lebanon the National Order of the Cedar, the honor for great services rendered to Lebanon, for acts of ...
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  1 February 2017
  ASIA/LAOS - Two new priests for Laos in 2017 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The small Catholic community in Laos (less than 1% out of seven million inhabitants) is preparing to celebrate two new priestly ordinations in 2017: say to Agenzia Fides the Laotian Bishops ...
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  1 February 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: "foreign bullies" or sectarian militias to protect Christians in the Nineveh Plain are not needed Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – There is no need for foreign forces to protect villages and areas of the Nineveh Plain where sooner or later Christians who lived there until August 2014 will return, when those territories we ...
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  31 January 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - A Muslim lawyer killed: "An attack on democratic transition" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Strong condemnation and outrage for the murder of Muslim lawyer U Ko Ni, adviser of the National League for Democracy (NLD): is what civil society organizations, associations and other Christian ...
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  31 January 2017
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Commission of Inquiry into the failed coup of July 15 also collects information on the visit of Fethullah Gulen in the Vatican Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission of Inquiry into the failed coup of July 15 is also collecting information on the visit of Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen Fethullah Gulen - indicated by the Turkish authorities as ...
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  31 January 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Are US borders open only to Christians? "Who makes these differences feeds fanaticism" says Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "We Christians of Syria and the Middle East do not like any speeches that make differences between us and Muslims when justice, peace and aid to those in need are at stake. Who makes these differ ...
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  30 January 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Gracias: "Climate change affects the poor and women" Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "Women, the poor and the vulnerable are the first victims of climate change. We are administrators and we are not masters of creation. We have a moral obligation to protect and preserve it", said ...
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  30 January 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: the selective reception of migrants based on religion announced by Trump is "a trap for Christians" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The option foreshadowed by US President Donald Trump to maintain a "fast track" open for Christian refugees to enter the US, while the doors are closed to citizens of seven countries with a Musl ...
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  30 January 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - A "day for Lebanon" will be celebrated at the Shrine of Fatima Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In June, a "day for Lebanon" will be celebrated at the Marian Shrine of Fatima, Portugal. The program will begin with the recitation of the Holy Rosary in the evening of June 24, and will end the ...
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  28 January 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Trump: stop immigrants from entering the USA to 7 Muslim-majority countries. But for him the reception of "persecuted Christians" is a "a priority" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - President Donald Trump signed an executive order that will limit immigration and refugees from 7 Muslim-majority countries to the USA for three months and acknowledged as "a priority" the imp ...
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  27 January 2017
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The commitment of Caritas Bangladesh with regards to coping with climate change Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Bangladesh Caritas is working to address the issues of climate change: says to Agenzia Fides Anjalina Diana Podder, Program officer for Social welfare and community development sector of Caritas B ...
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  27 January 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch visits the Nineveh Plain; the first funds to rebuild houses and churches have been allocated Telkaif (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday, January 26, a delegation of the Chaldean Church led by Patriarch Raphael Louis Sako I visited the area of the Nineveh Plain recently reconquered by the government army, also welcome ...