Asia

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  25 February 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Paul Bhatti: re-establish the Ministry of Minorities, recalling Shahbaz Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Re-establish the Ministry of Minorities in Pakistan, an organization that at a federal level takes care of the representation of religious minorities: is the proposal that Paul Bhatti launch ...
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  25 February 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Orthodox Archbishop: celebrate Easter and Christmas together is the desire of all Christians Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "I think there is not a Catholic or an Orthodox who does not have the desire to see a rapprochement between the Churches, and to find a common date to celebrate Easter and Christmas. We pray t ...
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  24 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Sarathi Jhalak: Community radio which every morning allows citizens to speak Anugondanahalli (Agenzia Fides) - Every morning, a group of Indian farmers of Anugondanahalli village are huddled around Sarathi Jhalak, a community radio station that broadcasts a program on climate change. The group of ...
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  24 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Franciscans: "In the Jubilee Year, freedom for a thousand prisoners" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Free a thousand prisoners, detained for minor offenses in Indian jails, granting them a special "pardon" in the Jubilee Year: is what the Indian Franciscans submit to the government, hoping th ...
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  24 February 2016
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Tension for minorities and missionaries heavily guarded Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Tension remains high in Banglasdesh, and the necessary monitoring of the missionary life "is causing some consequences on the exercise of the ministry", says a note from the Pontifical Institute f ...
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  24 February 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Mayor of Selciuk relaunches: we will build the biggest statue of the Virgin Mary in the world Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Turkish Mayor Zeynel Bakici, at the head of the town of Selcuk – where there is the archaeological site of the ancient city of Ephesus - has relauched plans to build the tallest statue in the ...
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  23 February 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Young people of different religions together invoke harmony and peace Semarang (Agenza Fides) – Get to know each other, share experiences, pray together and invoke harmony and peace in Indonesia: with this spirit young people of all religious communities came together in recent days at H ...
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  23 February 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Other 43 Assyrian Christians of the Khabur valley released by jihadists Hassakè (Agenzia Fides) - The jihadists affiliated to the self-styled Islamic State (Daesh) have released 43 other Assyrian Christians of the group of about 250 people who had been taken from the Christian villages of t ...
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  23 February 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Eucharist is mercy: meeting of the priests of Mindanao Kidapawan City (Agenzia Fides) - The Eucharist is the source of each pastoral work with families, with the poor, in the Church and in society, in need of the mercy of the Father: is the belief which emerged from the asse ...
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  23 February 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Patriarch: Arab identity of the Lebanese nation is not negotiable Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai expressed his full support to the recent statement with which the Lebanese government wanted to reaffirm that the Arab identity of Lebanon cannot be questio ...
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  20 February 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - A new beginning for Maison d’Abraham, a "house of the poor" in the Holy City Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In the infinite variety of homes and Christian foundations scattered in the neighborhoods in Jerusalem, Maison d’Abraham occupies a special place: it accommodates pilgrims and visitors most ...
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  20 February 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Fifty years at the service of the Gospel, an example for young people Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Lahore celebrated the priestly Jubilee of Fr. Benjamin Joseph, who has been proclaiming the Gospel, celebrating the sacraments, carrying out charitable initiatives and d ...
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  20 February 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Premier: the government does not make discrimination based on religion Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi government does not discriminate its citizens based on their religious affiliation, it also considers Christians as a "genuine part" of national identity, and will do everything possib ...
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  19 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Young people of all religions against religious fundamentalism Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "Unity in diversity" and "condemnation of all religious extremism". These are the themes that characterized the recent meeting of more than 500 young people of different religions, gathered in Mu ...
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  19 February 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian Girl kidnapped: threats also to the lawyer Kasur (Agenzia Fides) - A Christian girl, Nabila Bibi, was kidnapped, converted to Islam and forced to marry a Muslim man in Pattoki, in Kasur district, in Pakistani Punjab. Bashir Masih, the girl's father, went to the p ...