Asia

• 19 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "St. Paul" Seminary in Vijayawada Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 13, 2015 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Fr. Gangarapu Anil Kumar, of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) as ...
• 19 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of "St. John" Seminary in Visakhapatnam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 13, 2015 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Fr. Mallavarapu Rayanna, of the Salesian Society of Don Bosco (SD ...
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  19 February 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - "Solar power energy" used in the schools of the Latin Patriarchate Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Schools of the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem that choose to use solar panels to produce electricity increase. This is what is referred by official sources of the Latin Patriarchate, announci ...
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  18 February 2016
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Young people seek God through the Bible Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "We find God, not worshiping images or beautiful words, but when we apply the teachings that the Bible reveals to us": this is how Archbishop Osvaldo Padilla, Apostolic Nuncio in Korea, addressed ...
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  18 February 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Justice and Peace: the plight of the Palestinians is "inhuman" Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The present situation for the Palestinians in Holy Land is "inhuman" because of "settlers who occupy, day after day, Palestinian land ", from the poverty suffered by a million and a half inha ...
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  18 February 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - A Rosary and the "Misericordiae Vultus" sent by the Pope for the "hermit Bishop" Jounieh (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai in recent days paid a visit to the convent of Our Lady of Tamiche, between Beirut and Jounieh, to meet with Maronite Bishop Charbel Merhi, who now lives in ...
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  17 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Donating blood is an act of mercy Secunderabad (Agenzia Fides) - Donating blood as an act of mercy and compassion, to be rediscovered in the Jubilee Year: with this intention the "Catholic Health Association of India" (CHAI) organizes sessions of "blood ...
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  17 February 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian and Muslim children "ambassadors of peace" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Children are the hope of society and the first messengers of peace and harmony, starting from families and schools: in this spirit the "Council for Interreligious Dialogue", based in Lahore, form ...
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  16 February 2016
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Church: Justice, the path to reconciliation Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The path of Justice is important to reach authentic reconciliation in Sri Lanka": says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Cyril Gamini Fernando, head of social communications in the Archdiocese of Colombo. " ...
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  16 February 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Caritas volunteer killed in Aleppo by a mortar shell Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - His name was Elias Abiad and was only 22 years old. The young volunteer of Caritas Syria was killed on Saturday, February 13th in Aleppo by mortar shells which fell in the area of Sulaymaniyah. T ...
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  16 February 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Beginning of the Year of Education in Faisalabad Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - In the Pakistani diocese of Faisalabad, during the Jubilee of Mercy, the special "Year of Education" has begun. As reported to Fides, in the solemn opening ceremony, which took place on Febru ...
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  16 February 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - Be the face of the merciful Lord in the community and in society Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in mainland China experienced the beginning of Lent in communion with the universal Church, particularly in tune with the Jubilee of Mercy, as witnessed by the information ...
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  15 February 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Maronite Archbishop of Damascus: despite the conflict, we build new churches Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A "gesture of revolt against death and destruction" is how Archbishop Samir Nassar, leader of the Maronite archdiocese of Damascus, describes the three chapels that the local Maronite community ...
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  15 February 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Election campaign begins: the challenge of poverty at the center Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign for presidential elections in the Philippines has officially begun. There are five main presidential candidates: current Vice President Jojo Binay, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, ...
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  15 February 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The murderer of Salman Taseer asks presidential pardon Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Mumtaz Qadri, the confessed criminal of Salman Taseer, Governor of Punjab, gunned down five years ago for defending Asia Bibi, has applied for clemency to the President of Pakistan. The death ...