Asia

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  26 January 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians united in prayer and deed, in the name of "clemency" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Week for the unity of Christians in Pakistan, today concludes in Lahore, with an ecumenical prayer vigil, which saw the four largest Christian denominations pray, meet, reflect and share expe ...
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  26 January 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - The path of charity of the Catholic communities intensifies for the Lunar New Year Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis’ wish and hope for the people who are preparing to celebrate the Lunar New Year, is that families "become more and more a school where you learn to respect each other, comm ...
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  26 January 2017
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Controversial debate on Christians in the Middle East Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The condition and the future destiny of the Middle Eastern Christian communities continue to be the focus of different approaches and also geo-political controversy implemented by political leade ...
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  26 January 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The new yearbook of the Korean Church also in e-book Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The first is St. Andrew Kim Dae-geon, ordained a priest on August 17, 1845, the most recent is Don Kwang-Kyu Gi, who became a priest on September 24, 2016. Since 1845 (considered the "Official" da ...
• 25 January 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Mysore, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Mysore (India), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Thomas Antony Vazhapilly. The Holy Father appointe ...
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  25 January 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Muslim family in Telkeif secretly hosts a Christian woman in the years of the jihadist regime Telkeif (Agenzia Fides) –Government troops found the Christian Iraqi, Georgette Hanna, 60 years old in the house of a Muslim family in the town of Telkeif last week when they regained the town which was for almost thre ...
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  25 January 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Restore dignity to women and include them in the working world Serang (Agenzia Fides) - The status of women is very precarious in Indonesia, they often remain isolated from the working world and very often work without receiving any salary. The phenomenon is widespread in Pandeglang ...
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  24 January 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Debate to amend the blasphemy law in Senate Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The debate to amend the controversial "blasphemy law", composed of the articles of the Penal Code that punish with life imprisonment or the death penalty insults against Islam has begun in the ...
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  23 January 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate distances itself from the Hatune Foundation: "It does not represent us in any way" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch distances itself from the "Hatune Foundation", the organization headed by the religious Syrian Orthodox Hatune Dogan. The foundation presents itself ...
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  23 January 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: "positive signs" from Islam in the fight against religious extremism Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The expected defeat of jihadist militants and their campaigns of terror provides the opportunity for a real change of pace in Iraqi politics, which aims to build a democratic State based on the ...
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  23 January 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Young Catholics march for peace and for the common good Mangalore (Agenzia Fides) - A large gathering of young Catholics prayed, reflected and demonstrated for peace in Karnataka, the Indian state crossed by anti-Christian violence due to the presence of extremist movements a ...
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  20 January 2017
  ASIA/JAPAN - Takayama Ukon, "Samurai of Christ" will be beatified on February 7 Osaka (Agenzia Fides) - The solemn ceremony of beatification of Justo Takayama Ukon (1552-1615), the "Samurai of Christ", a person dear to the Japanese Church, will be held on February 7 in Osaka. This was announced to A ...
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  20 January 2017
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Bishops of the "Holy Land Coordination": let us oppose the "de facto annexation" perpetrated through illegal settlements Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - The military occupation for fifty years on the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza violated "the human dignity of both Palestinians and Israelis". And now all the people responsible are called ...
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  20 January 2017
  ASIA/TURKEY - Father Santoro’s killer provides an unbelievable version of the murder Trabzon (Agenzia Fides) - Oğuzhan Akdin, the 26-year-old murderer of Don Andrea Santoro, after his early release - which took place last August - has released for the first time to the Turkish press his version of the m ...
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  19 January 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Two Christians have disappeared in Kachin state, while the conflict continues Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - Two ethnic Kachin Christian leaders have disappeared in Kachin state, Burmese state where fighting between separatist groups and the regular army continues and where the flow of refugees conti ...