Asia

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  1 October 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Monastery of Bethlehem set on fire, Palestinian President calls the Maronite Patriarch Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanese media reported that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas phoned Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai - currently in Rome - to express solidarity after the fire vandalism damaged a part of ...
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  30 September 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Thousands of children risk their lives in the gold mines Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of Filipino children, some as young as 9, work illegally in mines financed mainly by local businessmen. Children are exploited in precarious pits 25 meters deep or submerged under water ...
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  30 September 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic cemetery vandalized and violence against the faithful Belgaum (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic cemetery was vandalized in Belgaum, in the Indian state of Karnataka. The vandals destroyed the tombs and crosses, and also damaged some buildings in the local cemetery. As reported t ...
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  30 September 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Priest stabbed to death in central Philippines Tanjay (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic priest Antonio Magalso, 44, was stabbed to death yesterday morning, 29 September, in the city of Tanjay, Negros Island, central Philippines. This was confirmed to Agenzia Fides by Fr. Na ...
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  30 September 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Fire at the Maronite monastery of Bethlehem: there is fear of retaliation for personal reasons Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - The Palestinian police force are carrying out "at a fast pace and with great commitment" the investigation on the fire which broke out in the early hours of Saturday, September 26 in the Monas ...
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  29 September 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Murder of an Italian aid worker: the Church asks the government to protect security Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We have learned of the news of the murder of an Italian aid worker. We are shocked and saddened. As Catholic Church we express condemnation for the execrable gesture and solidarity to the family ...
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  29 September 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Bishop Abou Khazen: the choices of the West on the Syrian conflict continue to be inconsiderate Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The unilateral military initiative of France, which in recent days has begun air strikes against the bases of the Islamic State in Syria, is "another episode in the series of inconsiderate action ...
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  29 September 2015
  ASIA - Catholic NGOs: appeal for climate justice and sustainable development London (Agenzia Fides) - To adopt concrete commitments for a reform of the economic and financial system, an essential condition to eradicate poverty and hunger, modifying models of production and unsustainable consumpti ...
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  29 September 2015
  ASIA/ISRAEL - The Work of St. James celebrates the sixtieth anniversary of its founding Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – In Israel meetings of reflection and liturgical celebrations planned for the sixty years of the founding of the Work of St. James, born in 1954 following the creation of the State of Israel, ...
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  28 September 2015
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Agreement reached with the government, Christian schools put an end to the strike Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Office of Christian schools in the Holy Land and the Israeli Ministry of Education have finally reached an agreement. Today, after three weeks of strikes and mobilization, the 47 Christian ...
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  28 September 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Worrying signs for Christians? Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Nepalese Hindu extremist groups have warned foreign Christian missionaries to leave the country. And the attacks against two churches, which occurred in recent weeks, "are a worrying sign", no ...
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  28 September 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - The New Assyrian Patriarch during the inauguration ceremony: religious language must be put at the service of peace Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Political and religious speeches should serve to instill the spirit of love and service in the hearts, and not the contrary, fomenting conflict and division. This is the key concept expressed by M ...
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  28 September 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Salesians: "At the service of the poor youth, the disadvantaged, the migrant, in South Asia" Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - Make space for growth and spirituality for young people; fight against social evils such as human trafficking, abuse against children and women and any other form of exploitation; strengthen th ...
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  26 September 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - An incentive from Pope Francis to fight against human trafficking Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis has always highlighted the problem of human trafficking and exploitation. We thank him for this, because the issue, thanks to him, is back on ...
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  26 September 2015
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Prayers for peace in the Church closer to the demilitarized zone Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Young Christians of different denominations (Catholic, Protestant and Anglican) met near the border between North and South Korea to pray for peace and reconciliation. As reported to Fides by th ...