Asia

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  8 February 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church is contributing to combatting the Zika virus Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in the Philippines offers its contribution in the effort to combat the spread of the Zika virus in the country, joining the widespread awareness campaign prepared by government authori ...
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  8 February 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - New Year of the Chinese Catholic community in the sign of Mercy Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Being a Catholic is wonderful!" This is the excitement and especially the astonishment of a woman who witnessed the visit of priests and lay people to the sick in hospital, on the eve of the Ch ...
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  6 February 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy: issue for the judiciary and the government Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The issue of the blasphemy law has become a legal issue, rather than religious. Parliament must take this issue seriously. The fight against hate speech becomes impossible to win if there exists ...
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  6 February 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Three Christian villages in Khabur turned into training camps of Kurdish militias Hassake (Agenzia Fides) - The militias of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) have set up three training camps in as many villages of the Khabur valley, previously inhabited by Assyrian Christians, fled en masse ...
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  6 February 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The poor, teachers of hope Cebu (Agenzia Fides) – We learn and understand what hope and mercy are from the poor: is what Redemptorist Karl Gaspar says, Headmaster at St. Alphonsus Theology and Mission Institute in Davao City, and committed with ...
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  5 February 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Arab Christians mourn the death of Geries Khoury Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - Arab Christians, as well as many friends from all over the world mourn the death of Geries Khoury, director of the al Liqa Centre for inter-religious dialogue, based in Bethlehem. Even the As ...
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  5 February 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - Lebanese Churches concerned about religious discrimination with regards to access to functions and public resources Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite Bishops express their concern over the imbalance that is being produced regarding access to public offices and state financial resources, with silent discrimination that see Christia ...
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  4 February 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Christian Associations react to false rumors about the discovery of weapons in a church in Diyarbakir Diyarbakir (Agenzia Fides) - The Federation of Assyrian associations have reacted harshly to the rumors - circulated in recent days on the Turkish media - that a cache of weapons and ammunition belonging to Kurdish armed ...
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  4 February 2016
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: "Peace and unity, the most important values for the nation" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace, unity, harmonious coexistence among all communities present in society": these are the most important values to be remembered on Independence Day in Sri Lanka, which is celebrated on Feb ...
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  4 February 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy law, the Church hopes for an imminent change Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We welcome the reflection and steps taken by the Council regarding the ideology and we hope that an amendment of the blasphemy law, to prevent further abuse, is imminent. Already the President o ...
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  3 February 2016
  ASIA/IRAN - The Chaldean monastery of the Virgin Mary in Tehran reopens Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of the meeting in the Vatican between Iranian President Hassan Rohani and Pope Francis, it was possible to reopen the Chaldean monastery of the Congregation of the Daughters of Mary in ...
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  3 February 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - UNESCO recognizes the baptism site of Jesus as a "World Heritage Site" Paris (Agenzia Fides) - The site of Jesus' baptism on the Jordan River has been officially declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, during a ceremony held in Paris on the evening of Tuesday, February 2. The ceremony w ...
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  3 February 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian threatened: "Convert yourself to Islam" Kasur (Agenzia Fides) – The choice was to convert to Islam or face ongoing violence and harassment: is what happened to Christian Patras Hanif, father of five children, victim of abuse where he worked. Patras, a worker ...
• 3 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Auxiliary of Trivandrum of the Latins Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 2, 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Christudas Rajappan, Rector of the St. Vincent's Seminary as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Trivandrum of the Latins (India). He w ...
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  3 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - A bicycle to children for 365 days of Eucharist Palai (Agenzia Fides) - Twenty Catholic children between 5 and 13 in the parish of St. Thomas in the diocese of Palai (Kerala) received an unexpected gift: a beautiful bike. As Fides learns, the gift comes from two of th ...