Asia

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  17 September 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Mufti Shiite proposes a joint Committee with the Maronite Church to resolve confessional conflicts over land ownership Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanese Sheikh Ahmad Kabalan, Mufti Shiite of the Jafaarita school, has suggested creating a joint Committee between the Supreme Shiite Council and the Maronite Patriarchate charged with facing ...
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  14 September 2018
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Church opens an Institute to train young people to leadership Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Myanmar, in collaboration with the Jesuits of Myanmar, has set up a new institute to train young people in leadership skills and make them the agents of transformation of society. T ...
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  14 September 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - Supreme Court rejects the request to open Ayasofya to Islamic cult Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The ancient Byzantine basilica of Saint Sofia (Ayasofya) in Istanbul remains for the time being a museum. The Turkish Supreme Court yesterday, Thursday 13 September, rejected the request presen ...
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  13 September 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Muslim-Christian dialogue: a Muslim university awards a Jesuit theologian Aligarh (Agenzia Fides) - The Aligarh Muslim University, a Muslim university in Aligarh, a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, has awarded German Jesuit theologian Fr. Christian W. Troll the "Sir Syed Excellence A ...
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  13 September 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishop Mesiona: "Church and government must work together for the common good" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church's relationship with President Duterte is not easy: issues such as extrajudicial killings, which continue in the 'campaign against drugs', and respect for the environmen ...
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  12 September 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church recalls the "Christian martyrs" who gave their lives for the nation in the armed forces Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Numerous Pakistani citizens of Christian religion served the nation with honor and pride in the armed forces, giving the nation the gift of their life. Recalling their precious contribution, the ...
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  12 September 2018
  ASIA/SYRIA - Christian schools re-open in Qamishli after the "suspension" imposed by Kurdish autonomists Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - Schools in the Syrian province of Hassaké affiliated with churches and Christian communities re-open after the temporary suspension of educational activities imposed by the politico-military f ...
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  11 September 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Leaders and youth on pilgrimage to the shrines of the Korean martyrs to draw from the sources of faith Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "As descendants of martyrs who have been forced to suffer persecution and suffering, and as members of the Asian Church, we invite all the faithful of the universal Church to follow the itinerary ...
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  11 September 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A priest: "It is important to promote religious tolerance before the general elections" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "It is important that the Indonesian government continues to tirelessly promote religious tolerance in view of the national elections scheduled for April 2019": this is what Fr. Markus Yumartana ...
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  10 September 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Basra in flames. The Chaldean Archbishop describes the "social catastrophe" of the city Bassora (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to pray for the protesters killed and for "those oppressed and deprived of the most elementary human rights" has been spread in the last hours by Habib al Naufali, Chaldean Archbishop ...
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  10 September 2018
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Peace building starts again with young people, through social media Kabulk (Agenzia Fides) - The Helmand Peace Movement, an organization for the promotion of peace born after a suicide attack in Lashkargah, which took place last March, "is certainly a positive experience because it revea ...
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  10 September 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Asian Bishops, apostles of reconciliation: "Peace is possible in Korea" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "The Asian Bishops, despite the hostility and the dangers of the context in which they live, are truly courageous in defending human dignity and putting social justice into practice. They are true ...
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  8 September 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Decriminalization of homosexual relationships: the Church promotes the union of love between man and woman New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court has decriminalized the homosexual act between consenting adults. "First of all I would like to remind you that the homosexual act between an adult and a minor is always illeg ...
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  7 September 2018
  ASIA/TURKEY - Armenian Archbishop Athesyan praises the government's policy towards religious minorities Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Today's Turkey "is not what it used to be", because since the Party of Justice and Development (AKP) of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power, things have changed, and there is a "strong ...
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  7 September 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom: the new summit in Pyongyang is "a milestone towards peace" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "I am very happy that the two Heads of State of North and South Korea decided to meet in Pyongyang again on 18 September, following the preceding 2 historical summits this year. I am also very gra ...