Asia

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  16 December 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Twal: "Mercy is a political act par excellence" Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – "Children of the world dream of a wonderful celebration with gifts, lights, decorated trees and crèches". However, and I repeat the same words of Pope Francis, everything is distorted "beca ...
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  16 December 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - As a sign of "solidarity with Christians", even December 24 will be a public holiday in Kirkuk Kirkuk (Fidess Agency) - This year, the birth of the Lord for the Churches that follow the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday, a public holiday for Muslims. This is why, as a sign of solidarity of the institutions and ...
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  15 December 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The religious: "Present the face of God's mercy" Bandung (Agenzia Fides) - "To fully live one's vocation in order to present the face of God's mercy to the world": this is the commitment of the men and women religious in Indonesia, at the conclusion of the Year of cons ...
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  15 December 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil authorities: "Get rid of the Christians to cleanse Islamabad" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The recent declaration of "Capital Development Authority" (CDA) in Islamabad, the Authority that represents the mayor and the city government in the urban development of the capital of Pakis ...
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  15 December 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - The jihadist of the Islamic State behead three well-known imams in Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The self-styled Islamic State of jihadists (Daesh) beheaded three well-known Sunni imams in Mosul in the public square accused of not obeying orders that forced them to recruit young people for th ...
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  15 December 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Posters on walls in Baghdad to ask Christian women to wear the veil Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – There are posters on the walls of Baghdad, near the churches and in neighborhoods where there are still Christian communities asking women to wear the veil. The message is addressed directly t ...
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  14 December 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - A new priest in Orissa, in the Year of Mercy Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The new Jesuit priest who will be ordained on December 30 comes from the district of Kandhamal, in Orissa, which was the scene of anti-Christian violence in 2008. Narendra Singh, 35, will be ...
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  14 December 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai visits Egypt; the election of the President is taking longer than expected Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Boutros Bechara Rai carried out a four-day visit to Egypt, which ended yesterday, Sunday, December 13, and was characterized by a busy schedule, not only from a pastoral point ...
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  14 December 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Agahi", the weekly to give "the good news of mercy" in Urdu Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "The good news of God's mercy in Urdu is a tool to give all Pakistani citizens, of all religions": this is what Fr. Arthur Charles, a Capuchin friar and editor of the magazine says to Agenzia Fi ...
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  14 December 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - At least 17 churches and Christian shrines destroyed by jihadist groups Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - At least 17 churches and Christian shrines have been destroyed, desecrated or occupied by jihadist groups in the Syrian conflict. The list was provided by sources linked to local Christian comm ...
• 11 December 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - Even in China many "Doors of Mercy" are open Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Even the Catholic community in China is intensely living the extraordinary opening of the Holy Year of Mercy, in communion with the Universal Church and Pope Francis. In light of the Bull of th ...
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  11 December 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Church chooses new technologies: a management information system of the faithful Bandung (Agenzia Fides) - New technologies can be a useful tool at the disposal of the Church. In this spirit, a Management Information System of the faithful was launched in the Diocese of Bandung, a city in the western ...
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  11 December 2015
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Jubilee of Mercy focuses on youth and martyrs Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Year of Mercy in Korea will be lived in the name of the young and martyrs. The Korean Church is preparing, in fact, a number of initiatives which have young people as protagonists. As re ...
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  11 December 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Land confiscated and ancient olive trees uprooted in the Cremisan Valley Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) – Five months have gone by since the land in the area of Beir Onah, next to the monastery in Cremisan, was confiscated by the State of Israel. In August, bulldozers uprooted 50 olive trees whi ...
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  10 December 2015
  ASIA/THAILAND - The parishioners of San Marco every Sunday among the abandoned, the poor, the elderly Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - As every year, in view of Christmas, Father Adriano Pelosin, PIME missionary engaged for many years in Thailand, shares with Agenzia Fides some of the experiences of his adopted Country. In his ...