Asia

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  26 October 2016
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The new Superior of the Jesuits in Southeast Asia is a blogger Singapore (Agenzia Fides) – He is appreciated for his incisive and persuasive preaching and especially for his blog "Breaking The Word": we are talking about Fr. Christopher Soh, the new Regional Superior of the Jesuit ...
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  26 October 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Ecumenical prayer for the liberation of Mosul. The Chaldean Patriarch: may 2017 be the "Year of Peace in Iraq" Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - 2017 as "Year of Peace", celebrated by the Churches and the Christian communities in Iraq to promote national reconciliation and to save the country from the centrifugal forces that may continue t ...
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  25 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Terrorist attack in Quetta: "one lives with fear", says a missionary Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - "Ambulances and police continue to occupy the city. 60 people were killed and more than 200 wounded. They were all police officers and young people who were being trained in the military school. ...
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  25 October 2016
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Blogger arrestati: appello per il rilascio Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - La scorsa settimana la blogger vietnamita Nguyen Ngoc Quynh è stata arrestata con l'accusa di "propaganda" contro lo Stato. Il governo sostiene anche che la donna sia affiliata a un gruppo defin ...
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  24 October 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Battle of Mosul, the NGOs: "It is urgent to ensure the safety of civilians" Nineveh (Agenzia Fides) - While the Kurdish peshmerga are now at the gates of Mosul and Isis prepares its last resistance in Iraq's second city, the arrival of displaced people in camps in the southern areas of the gover ...
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  24 October 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - "Becoming a Nation": Christian philosophers confront each other Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are proud to live in a country that is sovereign, secular, a democratic republic, with a Constitution that protects the fundamental rights of its citizens. The Indian tradition of plurality a ...
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  21 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Laudato Sì" in Urdu: reference point for the care of environment in Pakistan Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – The encyclical 'Laudato Sì', translated in Urdu and distributed to the faithful, is the reference point for the care of environment in Pakistan: said Bishop Joseph Arshad, Pastor of Faisal ...
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  20 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Parliament discusses two measures in favor of religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In the Parliament of Pakistan two bills on issues that touch the lives of religious minorities are being discussed: the first is the establishment of a special "Pakistan Minority Rights Commissio ...
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  20 October 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Refugees want to return to Mosul Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - "The people hospitalized in refugee camps in Erbil, in Dibaga and Kirkuk are concerned: many have friends and relatives forced to stay in Mosul, but many are relieved because they think that one c ...
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  19 October 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - State of emergency, the prohibition against newspapers of minorities increase Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the ongoing "State of emergency" declared by the Turkish government after the failed coup of July 15, new rules to regulate the activities of newspapers and publications, where there a ...
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  19 October 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians and Hindus together for the care of creation Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - Hinduism and Christianity meet on the value of respect and care for creation: says a seminary organized by the "K.J.Somaiya Bharatiya Sanskriti Peetham" Hindu Institute, an organization that aims ...
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  19 October 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Possible support of the Sunni "Future" Movement to the presidential candidacy of Aoun. Cautious optimism of the Maronite Patriarch Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In the Lebanese political scene, paralyzed by a political and institutional crisis which for two and a half years has prevented the election of a new Head of State, there is news of a possible co ...
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  18 October 2016
  ASIA/THAILAND - The Bishops invite Christians to pray a whole year for the soul of the late King Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "The dreaded news has arrived: the King is dead. TV channels simultaneously, sadly issued a brief statement on Thursday, October 13 in the late afternoon. People are speechless for a moment and ...
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  18 October 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Turn of the screw on evangelical communities, in the name of defending "national security" Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Turkish authorities have decided to expel Pastor Andrew Craig Brunson, head of the Evangelical Church of Smyrna (Izmir Diriliş Kilisesi, Church of the Resurrection) along with his wife, Lyn Nori ...
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  18 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishop Rufin Anthony has passed away, "Pastor with a big heart for people" Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) - "An authentic Pastor has died, a person with a big heart. Mgr. Rufin Anthony was a priest and Bishop loved by the people because he was a simple, open, humble person. He totally dedicated him ...