Asia

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  21 June 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Filipino Muslims are victims of ISIS: no war of religion Zamboanga city (Agenzia Fides) - "The ideological influence of Islam on young Filipino Muslims is not to be underestimated, but the majority of Muslims in Mindanao do not support the Caliphate, does not want violence. An ...
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  20 June 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Exterior spaces of the Cathedral of Jakarta made available to Muslim faithful for Id al Fitr Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Interreligious cooperation between Christians and Muslims is seen and appreciated especially during their respective religious holidays, which become a time for expressing closeness and solidari ...
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  20 June 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: in order to rebuild the villages of the Nineveh Plain, external aid is not enough. Christians must not remain passive Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The towns and villages of the Nineveh Plain once inhabited by Christians, after three years of jihadist occupation, try to start all over again also thanks to the generous and concrete support o ...
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  19 June 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Fertile land of vocations: 37 deacons ordained in Flores in eight days Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "The island of Flores, Indonesia, is still a fertile land of religious and priestly vocations. This is demonstrated by the fact that, in the space of only eight days, on Saturday 10 and Sunday, ...
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  19 June 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Synod for the election of the New Greek-Melchite Patriarch begins Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Synod of Bishops of the Greek Melkite Church has begun today, Monday, June 19, to elect the new Patriarch. At the beginning of May Pope Francis announced that he had accepted the resignation ...
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  19 June 2017
  ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdallah II confirms: the defense of Christian and Muslim Holy Sites of Jerusalem is a "priority" for the Hashimite Monarchy Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The protection of Jerusalem's holy Muslim and Christian sites is a "priority" for the Hashimite Monarchy, committed to supporting the birth of an independent Palestinian state that has Gerusalem E ...
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  17 June 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Approval of the new electoral law. The National Director of the PMS: "compromise for stability" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The approval of the new electoral law by the Lebanese Parliament confirms and reasserts "the great compromise among different forces, which represents the essential key to reading this phase of L ...
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  16 June 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Kurdistan, the "separatists" seek Christian support Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Masrour Barzani, head of the intelligence in the autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan and President Masud's son, wanted to meet a delegation of representatives of the most rooted Churches in the r ...
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  16 June 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - 500 Years of the arrival of the Gospel in the Philippines: A Time for Mission Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Preparations to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the Gospel in the Philippines (in 1521) is underway throughout the country: "To prepare oneself properly for this important event ...
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  14 June 2017
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Patriarch emeritus Sabbah: the people of Gaza are victims of Western irrationality Gaza (Agenzia Fides) – The dramatic living conditions of the people in Gaza penalized in the last few days with a further cut in power supply, cannot be explained only on the basis of the dynamics of regional poli ...
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  13 June 2017
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Three lay Catholics foundation for new parish dedicated to Divine Mercy UlaanBaatar (Agenzia Fides) – The little Catholic Church in Mongolia has a new parish: on the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, 11 June 2017, the Church of Divine Mercy in Erdenet, 380 km north of Ulaanbaatar, was ...
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  13 June 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch concerned: priests with less theological grounding and deplorable media hyper-activism Bkerkè (Agenzia Fides) – The Maronite Church sees a “weakening of theological, dogmatic and spiritual grounding” among the clergy, but a growing phenomenon of priests who appear eager to catch the attention of t ...
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  13 June 2017
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Christian women against violence and for rights and dignity Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - “Women in Bangladesh are subject to violence all through life and this prevents them from realizing their dignity and violates their rights as human beings. Daily submission prevents them fr ...
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  12 June 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Family rejoices for return of Christina kidnapped 3 years ago by DAESH militia Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Christina Kader Ebada is the name of a Christian girl from Qaraqosh who has been returned to her family after being abducted three years ago by militia of the Islamic State group. The girl, now ...
• 12 June 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - St. John Vianney major interdiocesan seminary opened in Loikaw, Rector appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) –Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 4 August 2016, instituted a new inter-diocesan Major Seminary to be known as the St John Vianney ...