Asia

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  2 February 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - 10 years since the murder of Father Santoro. Bishop Bizzeti: a misssionary and a man of dialogue, he has much to teach us Trabzon (Agenzia Fides) - Father Andrea Santoro, an Italian priest killed in Turkey on February 5, 2006, will be commemorated with liturgical celebrations in Trabzon - a Turkish city on the Black Sea where he was killed ...
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  2 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic priest and three lay people beaten New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Conviction for the serious gesture, solidarity with the victims, need for an immediate investigation: is what Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, President of the Bishops' Conference of India asks for, ...
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  2 February 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - Encouraging pastoral evaluation for Catholic communities Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Consolidate faith and incentivize spiritual life, especially sacramental life in this Year of Mercy, promote evangelization through the witness of life, renew the parish council, promote ...
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  2 February 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - A Bishop: "The new Parliament, a positive step" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The opening session of the new Parliament is a very positive step. We are living a constructive atmosphere in politics and society. We are going in the right direction, marked by transparency, d ...
• 1 February 2016
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Appointment of the Bishop of Dili Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 January 2016, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Fr. Virgilio Do Carmo Da Silva, S.D.B., Provincial Superior of the Salesians in East Timor as Bishop of Dili (East Timor). The newly-elec ...
• 1 February 2016
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Emile Descombes, Bishop who taught to have trust in God Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "We remain, whatever happens". These are the words that Father Emile wrote on 8 April 1975 a few days before the entry of the Khmer Rouge in Phnom Penh. Emile was there, among the people wh ...
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  1 February 2016
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Lessons at the new Catholic Institute of Vietnam begin Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - The newborn "Catholic Institute of Vietnam", the first Catholic institution at university level in the country, opens its doors and welcomes its first students in September 2016: is wha ...
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  1 February 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Israeli High Court rejects the appeals to stop the "Cremisan Wall" Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) - The Israeli High Court rejected the appeals that had been presented to counter the resumption of the construction of the "wall of division" in the Cremisan Valley. The appeals were presented b ...
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  29 January 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Church in Diyarbakir hit during the military offensive against Kurdish positions Diyarbakir (Agenzia Fides) - A Syrian Orthodox church in Diyarbakir, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was damaged during the Turkish military offensive against the positions of the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK). The damage w ...
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  29 January 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian dies in prison: an urgent investigation Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Need to proceed with a serious and independent investigation to identify and punish those responsible for the death of Liaqat Masih, a 35-year-old Christian who died following torture and il ...
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  29 January 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Muslims fighting Isis: "sign of sincerity" says a missionary Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a very positive step. It demonstrates the sincerity of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the search for peace": this is how Fr. Angel Calvo, a Claretian missionary, for severa ...
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  28 January 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops of Kerala meet political and social leaders Kochi (Agenzia Fides) - To understand the perspectives and ideas of the various political parties and civil society organizations; express the views of the Church on social and political issues: with these intentions the ...
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  28 January 2016
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Jubilee Year, fruitful time for interreligious dialogue Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Let yourself be touched by the grace of God to have a heart open towards others, in a frank and friendly atmosphere: is what His Exc. Mgr. Olivier Schmitthaeusler, Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Pe ...
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  28 January 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Discovery of a church which dates back to the fourth century in Cappadocia with precious frescoes on the life of Christ Nevsehir (Agenzia Fides) - Archaeological excavations in the underground city discovered in 2012 in the city of Nevsehir, in the historical region of Cappadocia, have brought to light an underground church carved into th ...
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  27 January 2016
  ASIA/ISRAEL - The Jewish of the Menhir Tag group pay homage to the desecrated cemetery in Beit Jamal Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - A group of more than sixty Jews wanted to express their conviction and shock at the desecration of the Salesian cemetery in Beit Jamal and paid homage to the cemetery where last December serio ...