Asia

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  30 October 2018
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Monastery of Deir el Sultan, tension rises between Coptic Church and Orthodox Church of Ethiopia Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The contrast between the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Tewahedo Orthodox Church of Ethiopia about the dispute on Deir el Sultan monastery, the place of worship placed on a roof terrace of the ...
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  30 October 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Desecration of religious symbols: Catholics deplore the Pakistani media Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - A peaceful protest against the desecration of the Christian faith and Christian religious symbols was organized by Christians in Karachi who yesterday met in front of the Karachi Press Club. Tho ...
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  29 October 2018
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Barnabite in Kabul: "The Taliban defeated in the elections, the desire for peace is stronger than bombs" Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "If we were to evaluate the elections for the renewal of the Lower House (Wolesi Jirga) of the Afghan Parliament according to our parameters, one could say that they were a total failure. If, howe ...
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  29 October 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: the "government of national unity" must be open to all political forces Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - A possible Lebanese "national unity" government must necessarily "group all the Lebanese political forces", and not just divide the ministries among the political forces that won the elections. T ...
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  29 October 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - To bring the light of Christ to prisoners in the Philippines Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Our attention is focused on the condition of our brothers and sisters who are in prison, deprived of their liberty and deprived of their most basic human rights, we are all aware, for example, o ...
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  29 October 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Protests of Christians: withdraw the blasphemous TV series Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "The promo launched by the famous broadcaster Geo TV uses symbols of Catholic faith like the crucifix and the holy rosary, and in the second scene openly hurts the sentiments of the Christian ...
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  26 October 2018
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Reconciliation and friendship between Sinhalese and Tamil families: the Church's commitment Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – Need to promote mutual knowledge, exchange and hospitality between Sinhalese and Tamil families. This is the intention of a special program of social reconciliation called "Live-in", coordinat ...
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  25 October 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Philippines is getting ready for "The Year of Youth" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - 2019 will be "the Year of Youth" in the Philippines: reports the Episcopal Conference of the Philippines, in continuity with the contents of the Synod of Bishops, which is underway in the Vatican ...
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  25 October 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - In the most populous province of the world, peak of anti-Christian violence Nuova Delh (Agenzia Fides) - In Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in the North of India, and considered the most populous administrative division in the world, there is violence against Christians that reaches a ver ...
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  24 October 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholics contribute to the fight against corruption Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - While the Indonesian government led by President Joko Widodo has launched a special economic system to reduce corruption, even the Catholic faithful do their part to fight it. According to obser ...
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  24 October 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bible is the most widely read book in the Philippines: 10 million copies have been distributed over 10 years Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Bible was by far the most read book in 2017 in the Philippines. This is stated in a recent survey by the National Book Development Board, a government body. According to the results of the su ...
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  23 October 2018
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - The largest gathering of young Catholics in the Arabian Peninsula is approaching Ras Al Khaimah (Agenzia Fides) - More than 1,000 young Catholics between the ages of 18 to 35, from across the Arabian Peninsula, will make their way to Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates for a two-day event, on ...
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  23 October 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The first National Festival of Sacred Music: a universal message of peace Ambon (Agenzia Fides) - Music is a means of elevating the spirit of man towards God, it is a universal language and is a vehicle to send to Indonesia, to believers of all religions, a message of reconciliation and peace: ...
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  22 October 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope to young Indians at the national assembly: "Make your lives fruitful" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The first national Catholic Indian youth conference kicked off yesterday, 21 October. The conference is organized by the Youth Commission within the Bishops' Conference of India (CCBI), which ...
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  22 October 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Young Lebanese Christians elaborate projects and proposals to promote Tripoli as a city of peace Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - 30 young Lebanese Christians took part in the training program entitled "The future of Christians in Tripoli: challenges and prospects for the new generation", organized by the St. Francis Conve ...