Asia

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  15 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Three public universities are committed to following Mother Teresa’s footsteps Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - Three public universities in the Northeast of India are committed to keeping the legacy of Mother Teresa alive, working in society with greater attention towards social issues, at the service o ...
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  15 September 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian refugees in Ankawa participate en masse in the celebration of the Holy Cross Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The week of liturgical and community celebrations on the occasion of the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Ankawa, a predominantly Christian suburb in Erbil, ended on Tuesday, September ...
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  15 September 2016
  ASIA/NEPAL - The Apostolic Vicar: "99% of the earthquake victims we help are not Catholics" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very busy with earthquake victims: the Church did everything it could do with regards to the first phase of humanitarian assistance and relief, which ended today. A year and a half ...
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  14 September 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Appeal of the Chaldean Patriarch: help us to demine the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - In these days the media evoke "the preparations for the battle of Mosul" and once again, the need to launch a "great humanitarian project" begins in order to revive the city and the entire region, ...
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  14 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Indian Church in the forefront to tackle poverty and hunger Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in India is at the forefront to tackle poverty and hunger: said Franciscan Fr. Nithya Sagayam, OFM Cap, speaking at a national Seminar on the theme of "answers to hunger and extreme ...
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  14 September 2016
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - President Nazarbayev decrees the creation of the Ministry for Religious Affairs Astana (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has recently signed the decree ordering the establishment of a Ministry for religious and civil affairs. The text of the decree, published on the ...
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  14 September 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Young Catholic teacher killed in Papua: investigations are underway to understand the reasons Timika (Agenzia Fides) - "We are shocked and condemn the barbaric act of gratuitous violence against the innocent. We immediately looked for information to understand the reasons of the crime. We asked all the young peop ...
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  13 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Stones against Pentecostal Christians Lucknow (Agenzia Fides) - For more than half an hour a small Pentecostal Christian church packed with faithful was hit by a hail of stones organized by Hindu extremist militants who accused the Christians of proselytism: ...
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  13 September 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - New attacks against Gulen, "Trojan horse of the Vatican" Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign unleashed by pro-government Turkish press against Fethullah Gulen - the Turkish Islamic preacher who was expatriated to the United States and indicated by Turkey as the inspiration b ...
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  13 September 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Punjab belongs to Pakistan thanks to Christians Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The province of Punjab, the most important of Pakistan, the most important center of political, economic and cultural life of the country, belongs to Pakistan thanks to the decisive vote of three ...
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  13 September 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Even the Chaldean Bishops in Georgia to welcome Pope Francis Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - "We will also go to Tbilisi to receive the Pope. After celebrating our Synod, at least 13 Chaldean Bishops will be present at the meeting that the Bishop of Rome will have in Georgia with the Assy ...
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  12 September 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - First parish in China dedicated to "Saint Teresa of Calcutta", to follow her footsteps in charity Cang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, September 4 the first parish dedicated to "Saint" Teresa of Calcutta was consecrated in China on the same day of her canonization, at the Vatican. In fact, several other parishes in ...
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  12 September 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Lepers and refugees at the celebration of Mother Teresa in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Lepers, refugees, the poor, children who are taken care by the Missionaries of Charity Sisters and Brothers run by the Sisters of Mother Teresa in Orissa (eastern state of India) were presen ...
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  12 September 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslims pay homage to Our Lady of Mariamabad Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "A large presence of Muslim faithful leaders and believers, are paying visit today, the feast of the Holy Name of Mary, to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mariamabad, in the diocese of Lahore. ...
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  12 September 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Initial reactions to the initiatives made in the USA for the creation of a "protected" area for religious minorities in the Nineveh Plain Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The intention to submit to the US Congress a resolution sponsored by both Republican and Democrat politicians to demand the establishment of an autonomous province in the Nineveh Plain "under th ...