Asia

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  17 May 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - President Moon invites a pastor to bless the Blue House: "Be Wise as Solomon" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - As a good Catholic, before entering and settling in a new home, newly elected Korean President Moon Jae-in wanted the new home to be blessed. We are talking about the "Blue House", the official re ...
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  16 May 2017
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Russia finances the restorations of "Star Street" in Bethlehem Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - The Russian government has decided to finance $ 4 million in restoration and reconstruction work in the historic center of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus. In particular, urban renovation w ...
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  15 May 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Diocesan priests "with the smell of the sheep", in the spirit of Evangelii gaudium Palembang (Agenzia Fides) - The diocesan priests in Indonesia are called to "have the smell of the sheep, to accompany the people of God in moments of joy, sorrow, in failures as in successes, and always instill joy and ...
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  15 May 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Three Syriac Bishops ask for international protection for Christians in the Nineveh Plain. But the Chaldean Patriarchate dissociates itself Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The widespread statement released on Friday 12 May by three Syriac Bishops (a Syirac-Catholic and two Syriac-Orthodox) in northern Iraq, asking for the creation of a protected area reserved for Ch ...
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  13 May 2017
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The Church celebrates 25 years of its presence: mission theology course for clergy and laity Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "2017 marks a historic step for the Catholic Church in Mongolia and the Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar. In fact, we celebrate a double anniversary: the 25th anniversary of diplomatic re ...
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  12 May 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Civil society: abolish the blasphemy law, as pro-Ahok demonstrations multiply Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "Indonesia should seriously examine the implementation of the Law on blasphemy and abolish it. The government needs to develop a standard to eliminate religious hatred": this is what the Asian H ...
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  12 May 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops praise the establishment of the "ministry for the fight against corruption" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The national emergencies that all Lebanon's political forces must urgently face are the fight against the "cancer" of corruption and the search for a widest possible consensus around a new electo ...
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  11 May 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo: the population in Hassakè is at the mercy of the Kurdish factions armed by the West Hassakè (Agenzia Fides) - Tension returns in the city of Hassakè and across the northeastern area of Syria. While the pressure exerted for years around the main cities of that region by jihadist militants from Jabhat a ...
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  11 May 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom to President Moon: "become all thing to all" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Become all thing to all" as St. Paul says in the Letter to the Corinthians: this is the far-sighted and original wish that Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul, addressed to the new ...
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  11 May 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Focolare Movement: unity and peace among young people belonging to different religions New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Promoting unity, peace and solidarity among young people belonging to different religions in India: this is the aim of a series of events that the Focolare Movement in India have organized in ...
• 10 May 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of "San Paolo" interdiocesan Seminary in Tiruchirapalli Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 2, 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Savarimuthu Arockiaraj, of the clergy of the diocese of Tiruchirapa ...
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  10 May 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A Jesuit: "Islamic populism, danger for Indonesia" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - For many Indonesians, yesterday was a sad day. Defeated in the run-off in the elections for the seat of governor in Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, a Protestant Christian of Chinese ethnicity, ...
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  10 May 2017
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops: "May the new president work for the peace and reconciliation of the Koreas" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Over the past year we went through the difficult moments of impeachment and anticipated presidential elections. Now the Korean people have elected a new president. We need a leader who paves the ...
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  9 May 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Former Christian governor of Jakarta condemned for blasphemy: Christians appeal to the Pancasila Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as "Ahok", a Christian of Chinese ethnicity, former governor of Jakarta was found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison for blasphemy by a court in Jakarta. I ...
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  9 May 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate: "incendiary rhetoric" against Christians fuels Islamophobia Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Cases of preachers and self-proclaimed Muslim leaders, who from mosques and social media entrusted to them, define Christians, Jews and Gentiles as "infidels" and instigate their followers to tr ...