Asia

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  14 December 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church: a new policy towards the Dalits New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - To build a truly inclusive community is an ethical imperative: motivated by this intent the Indian Bishops' Conference (CBCI) has launched a new policy of inclusion, support and development of ...
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  14 December 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Christian governor stands trial: a test for democracy in Indonesia Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian governor of Jakarta shed tears yesterday, 13 December during the hearing in court, on the first day of the trial in which he is accused of blasphemy. The trial will continue with t ...
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  13 December 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Two priests ordained in Orissa, in the district of the anti-Christian massacres Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Kandhmal district in the Indian state of Orissa, which was the scene of the anti-Christian massacres of 2008, welcomed two new priests at the end of the Jubilee Year. As reported to Fides, m ...
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  13 December 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Bishops to the government: "We urgently need a moratorium on the death penalty" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Indonesian Bishops have officially asked the government for a moratorium on the death penalty. As reported to Fides by Fr. Paulus Christian Siswantoko, executive secretary of the Commission ...
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  12 December 2016
  ASIA/LAOS - Laos has its first martyrs Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - Historic Step for the Catholic Church in Laos where yesterday December 11, the solemn liturgy of beatification of 17 new martyrs, including missionaries and lay Laotians was held in the Cathed ...
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  12 December 2016
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The "bacha posh": little girls dressed as boys to avoid early marriages with adults Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - Afghan families who want to protect their underage girls from early marriages are having to decide whether to hide their sex to avoid grown men to marry them. Parents who choose not to be groped b ...
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  12 December 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence on Ahmadis, in defiance of the rule of law Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Arbitrary actions are committed both by public forces and by a masse of radical Muslims, carried out in defiance of the rule of law and fundamental freedoms of every citizen of Pakistan: this is ...
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  9 December 2016
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Children forced to work 64 hours every week Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The children who live in the Bangladeshi slums are often forced to work 64 hours a week in textile factories of major international brands. This is what emerges from a study carried out by the Bri ...
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  9 December 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Lebanese "Mission" for the Grand Mufti of Syria: meetings with President Aoun and Patriarch Bechara Rai Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, Grand Mufti of Syria, on Wednesday, December 7 made a brief but significant visit to Lebanon, where he was received by the first President of Lebanon Michel Aoun ...
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  9 December 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Earthquake: over one hundred dead, thousands homeless and destroyed homes, schools closed Banda Aceh (Agenzia Fides) - At least 102 people have died and hundreds injured because of the strong earthquake that on December 7 hit the province of Aceh, in the north of the island of Sumatra. According to the latest ...
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  7 December 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - The parish of St. Francis Xavier celebrated the patron saint's day in the name of charity Xian Xian (Agenzia Fides) - "Healing the physical and spiritual health of the elderly" with the works of mercy: the parish of Wu Qiao dedicated to St. Francis Xavier, located in the Diocese of Cang Zhou (Xian Xian ) of H ...
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  7 December 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Members of the Commission of Inquiry on the failed coup intend to investigate the links between Gulen and the Vatican Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Some influential members of the Turkish Commission of Inquiry in charge of investigating the failed coup of July 15, have expressed their intention to investigate the contacts made in the past be ...
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  7 December 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The governor of Jakarta on trial for blasphemy on 13 December Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian governor of Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, said "Ahok", will be taken to trial on December 13 by the North Jakarta District Court for the case of alleged blasphemy against him, a ...
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  6 December 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The exploitation of children in the worst forms of child labor does not stop New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In India there are more than 200,000 children who are exploited in very poor conditions in the world of manufacturing jobs. Forced to work, deprived of education and their basic needs, these c ...
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  6 December 2016
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Political crisis: even Catholics for the resignation of President Park Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The political tension in South Korea is skyrocketing, due to a serious crisis that has shaken the country to its foundations. For more than a month massive demonstrations have taken place in Seoul ...