Asia

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  13 April 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Five new Franciscan priests in Lahore Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Pakistan has welcomed the gift of five new Capuchin Franciscan friars ordained priests: as reported to Fides by the Provincial of Pakistan, Fr. Francis Nadeem, the ordination was he ...
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  13 April 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appeal to the new leaders: a governance enriched by mercy Manila (Agenzia Fides) - To ensure good governance and an action-oriented policy for the common good, the new leaders of the Philippines should adopt the approach of mercy: this is what Redemptorist Fr. Amado Picardal, e ...
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  13 April 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: priests must not favor or even arrange the exodus of Christians Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Church as such, and especially priests, should in no way be involved directly in operations and programs to plan and organize the exodus of Iraqi Christians to foreign countries, and anyone ...
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  13 April 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Assad invites a "high-level delegation'' of the Patriarchate of Moscow to Damascus Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad has invited a ''high-level delegation'' of the Russian Orthodox Church to visit Syria, at a time when the Syrian government army seems to have reversed the dest ...
• 12 April 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Erection of the Diocese of Rayagada and appointment of the First Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 April 2016 the Holy Father erected the new Diocese of Rayagada, in India, with territory taken from the Diocese of Berhampur, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Cuttack- ...
• 12 April 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Dindigul Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 April 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Mgr. Thomas Paulsamy, Pastor of St. Anthony's Church in Kallukuzhy, former Vicar General of the diocese of Tiruchirapalli as Bishop of the Di ...
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  12 April 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The South Asian Franciscans are committed to the poor and marginalized Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscans of the South Asian countries reaffirm their commitment to serve the poor and marginalized, helping, in particular, to respond to the most pressing social issues that occur in S ...
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  12 April 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: need to remove the contents of hatred in school textbooks Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to remove the contents of hatred and prejudice towards religious minorities in school textbooks in use in schools across the country: is the appeal launched by the National Commissi ...
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  12 April 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Clarification on Christians killed in Qaryatayn, denial regarding the news about the "jihadist" massacre Qaryatayn (Agenzia Fides) - In recent months, in the Syrian city of Qaryatayn, many Christians were killed in different circumstances, in different ways related to the fact that the region in which that city is situated ...
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  11 April 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - The memory of the dead in the light of faith urges evangelization Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - According to Chinese tradition and culture, following the lunar calendar, the Day of the Dead falls on April 5. Even the Chinese Catholic community, which dedicates the memory of the dead on Nov ...
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  11 April 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - Bishop Hinder: we hope that the Pope's appeal for Father Tom reaches the consciences of his kidnappers Aden (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no news about the kidnapping of Father Tom. But the appeal Pope Francis launched for his release yesterday from St. Peter's square gave us comfort. Now we hope it also reaches the conscie ...
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  11 April 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops: pain and prayer for the victims of the explosion at a Hindu temple New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian Bishops are saddened by the tragic explosion that took place yesterday morning, April 10, in a local Hindu temple near Kollam in the Indian state of Kerala, where over 100 people we ...
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  11 April 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian disabled brutally killed Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Nazir Masih, 50, a Christian disabled and father of four children, was attacked by three Muslims who brutally killed him. As Fides learns, the complaint of the tragic incident, which occurred on ...
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  11 April 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The construction work of the separation Wall in the Cremisan have started again; condemnation of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) - The construction work of the separation wall in the Cremisan has intensified at the beginning of April 2016 and has entered its operational phase. After excavators and bulldozers, cranes are n ...
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  9 April 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - The critical health situation after a year of conflict Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - Data reported by WHO: Since the escalation of the conflict in Yemen, more than 6000 people have been killed and 30 000 injured in Yemen. More than 21 million people, 82% of the total population a ...