Asia

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  18 September 2015
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Thousands of civilians disabled by the war without any assistance Karadiyanaru (Agenzia Fides) - The decades-long civil war in Sri Lanka, which ended six years ago, continues to have heavy consequences on many of the victims maimed during the conflict, during which more than 100,000 pe ...
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  18 September 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Local elections in Punjab: Christians say "no" to discrimination Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Equal opportunities and citizenship for all, without discrimination: is what organizations in Pakistan and Christian associations, political leaders, human rights defenders, activists and intelle ...
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  18 September 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - A Carmelite nun killed in Kerala Palai (Agenzia Fides) - Murder as a result of a robbery: this is the track that investigators are following after the death of Carmelite Sister Amala Valummel, 69 years old, who was found dead in a convent in Palai, in K ...
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  18 September 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The European Bishops: a "proper solution" is needed for the Cremisan case Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The European Bishops hope that "the sensitive situation in the Cremisan might find an appropriate solution respectful of the rights of families, their properties and the two religious communit ...
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  17 September 2015
  ASIA/YEMEN - A church devastated by fire in Aden Aden (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of the Holy Family in Aden was looted and set on fire by unidentified armed men, but according to observers could belong to al Qaeda, rooted in the region. The port city, in the south of ...
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  17 September 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - To commemorate the "Christian heroes" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – To commemorate the Christian heroes who gave their lives for Pakistan: a special celebration was held at the "Santa Maria" minor Seminary in Lahore, which was attended by priests, lay people an ...
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  17 September 2015
  ASIA/ISRAEL - The Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem: no more discrimination against Christian schools Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The strike that Christian schools have been conducting for two weeks against the discriminatory policies implemented against them by the Israeli government represents a battle to defend ed ...
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  17 September 2015
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Forcible return for the Vietnamese "Montagnards" Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Cambodia has asked hundreds of Vietnamese Christian refugees to return home. According to the UN, in August only 13 out of more than 200 "Montagnards" (as the indigenous people who inhabit th ...
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  16 September 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - The Constitution confirms the secular state, extremist groups attack three churches Kathmandhu (Agenzia Fides) - The new Constitution of Nepal, which will be officially promulgated on September 20, confirms the secular nature of the state. The Constituent Assembly rejected the amendment to introduce an ...
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  16 September 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - The Jordanian proposal: let us set aside the term "minority" Amman (Agenzia Fides) - In order to find effective and lasting solutions to conflicts and sectarian rifts that disrupt the Middle East, it is necessary to break free from the language and the logic that interpret the soc ...
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  16 September 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni at the tomb of Mother Teresa, "a model of love for God and for the poor" Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - Mother Teresa "will continue to be an inspiration and model of love for God and for the poor; a beacon of light and hope; a friend and intercessor to all; and, as she always was, a caring Mothe ...
• 15 September 2015
  ASIA/LAOS - A Protestant Pastor killed in a cold-blooded manner by the police Luang Prabang (Agenzia Fides) - There is confusion among Christians in Laos: Christian Protestant Laotian Pastor Singkeaw Wongkongpheng was killed in a cold-blooded manner by the police in the province of Luang Prabang. ...
• 15 September 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic activist threatened with death by Hindu radicals New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The well-known Catholic intellectual and human rights activist John Dayal has received death threats by radical Hindu groups. This is what Fides learns from sources in the Indian Catholic comm ...
• 14 September 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians to the President of India: "Justice for the victims of the massacres in Orissa" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – To do justice for Christian refugees in Orissa, displaced from the district of Khandamal, after the anti-Christian massacres of 2008: is what Rashtrapathi Bhavan, President of India says to ...
• 14 September 2015
  ASIA/ISRAEL - The request for compensation for the burning of the church in Tabgha has been rejected Tabgha (Agenzia Fides) - The administrative offices of the tax authority in Israel has rejected in recent days the claim for compensation presented by the Catholic Church for the damage of the arsonist attack which last ...