Asia

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  21 December 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - 600 Israeli "permits" to Christians in Gaza to visit the holy places at Christmas Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The Israeli authorities issued 600 permits to many Christians living in Gaza Strip to allow them to visit the Holy Places during the holiday season. Permits have a monthly period, starting from Sun ...
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  21 December 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A violent year: religious extremism worries Christians and activists Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "2015 has been a year of unprecedented violence and serious violations of human rights in Bangladesh. Women, children and elderly were hit, innocent people killed. Schools, institutions, mosques, ...
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  19 December 2015
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The President of the Bishops: "The theological Institute becomes reality in the Holy Year" Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic university of Vietnam becomes reality and will be inaugurated in Ho Chi Minh City during the Jubilee Year: this was confirmed to Agenzia Fides by His Exc. Mgr. Paul Bui Van ...
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  19 December 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Presidential elections, the Maronite Patriarch still considers "Franjieh's option" valid Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai continues to consider Sleiman Frangieh as a credible presidential candidate thanks to the consent of the Lebanese political forces that allow the election o ...
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  19 December 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Salesians: compassion towards the flood victims in Chennai Chennai (Agenzia Fides) - The Salesians of Tamil Nadu are actively engaged in helping the flood victims that hit the city of Chennai, former Madras. This is what Don Raphael Jayapalan, SDB Provincial of the Salesians in ...
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  18 December 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - An NGO: need to recognize and welcome persecuted Christians of Pakistan in Europe Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Pakistan who escape religious persecution have to be recognized and welcomed in Europe: is what the NGO "Global Minorities Alliance" (GMA), based in the United Kingdom asks Europ ...
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  18 December 2015
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Netanyahu: Israel is the only State in the Middle East that protects Christians Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In the Middle East, Christians are persecuted and killed "by radical Islam", and the only State in the region that protects Christians "is the State of Israel". This is how the Israeli Prime M ...
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  18 December 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - The Archbishop of Calcutta: "upcoming canonization of Mother Teresa, a gift to the whole of India" Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - "This Christmas is very special. We are grateful and overjoyed at upcoming canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. We are deeply grateful to God and to the Holy Father. Today there is an atm ...
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  18 December 2015
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The closure of schools increases the recruitment of children on behalf of the Taliban Lashkar Gah (Agenzia Fides) - The escalation of conflicts in the Afghan province of Helmand has forced the closure of more than 150 schools, leaving about 100,000 students exposed to the recruitment by the Taliban. For a ...
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  17 December 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - No quorum for the election of the president. Maronite Patriarch: politicians play with the destiny of the Country Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Lebanese parliament failed yesterday for the 33rd consecutive time to convene and elect a new president due to a lack of the constitutionally required quorum. The presidential office, that th ...
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  17 December 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians and Muslims united in the fight against terrorism: the path is education Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Christians and Muslims are united in the fight against terrorism and urge the Government of Pakistan to implement the National Action Plan against extremist and terrorist groups: is what civi ...
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  17 December 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - Christians of the Hashemite Kingdom have been celebrating Christmas together for forty years Amman (Agenzia Fides) - This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the unification of the date on which all the Churches and Christian communities in Jordan celebrate Christmas. In 1975, the heads of Christian Churches ...
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  17 December 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - For the Indian Church Christmas in solidarity with flood victims in Tamil Nadu Chennai (Agenzia Fides) - Churches in South India will experience a Christmas of solidarity and humanitarian aid, to help the victims of the flooding that occurred in recent days in the area of Chennai, in the state of T ...
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  16 December 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Mercy is religious tolerance New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Religious tolerance is an expression of mercy and is a hallmark of Indian society. India is not a theocracy, it is not a mono-religious state but is a deeply pluralistic nation. Its Constitut ...
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  16 December 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - During the Jubilee Pakistani Catholics study Latin Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the Catechetical Centre of the Diocese of Karachi did not think they would have had such a great success when they proposed a specific course to learn Latin, in the Jubilee Year. ...