Asia

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  10 April 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - In a church in Uttar Pradesh Hindu extremists stop prayers New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - “The interruption of prayers in a church is a despicable act which cannot go unpunished ”: Fides was told by Catholic John Dayal, Human Rights activist and secretary general of the All ...
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  10 April 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians and Muslims launch joint symbolic olive branch peace campaign ASIA/PAKISTAN – Christians and Muslims launch joint symbolic olive branch peace campaign Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Christians and Muslim in Pakistan determined to build social and religious peace in that country a ...
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  7 April 2017
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Christian village attacked by the police: an investigation is urgently needed Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Bangladeshi police have carried out gratuitous violence on a Christian village: with this conviction several NGOs call for an independent investigation after the assault of police officers on ...
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  7 April 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Bishop Abou Khazen: baffled by the speed with which the US attack was decided and carried out Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "One thing that baffles, in the face of the US military attack on Syrian territory, is the speed with which it was decided and carried out, without any adequate investigation into the tragic mass ...
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  7 April 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Diocesan priests are inspired by Mother Teresa Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - Diocesan priests in India want Mother Teresa of Calcutta as a model and source of inspiration: This is what was said by 113 members of the Conference of Diocesan Priests of India (CDPI), from 6 ...
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  6 April 2017
  ASIA/CHINA - Palm Sunday: the first national collection for the victims of natural disasters Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, April 9, Palm Sunday, a national collection in all Catholic communities in mainland China will be celebrated for the first time. The initiative was launched by Jinde Charities, the ...
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  6 April 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops: the enactment of a new election law that guarantees fair representation of all citizens is urgently needed Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The enactment of a new electoral law that "guarantees fair representation of all citizens on the basis of coexistence and democracy which characterize our political system" is becoming more and ...
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  6 April 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Justice denied to the Christian victims in Orissa New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "There are many little-known and never recounted incidents which occurred in the district of Kandhamal. Justice was denied to the most vulnerable and marginalized people such as Adivasi and Da ...
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  5 April 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - At school you learn how to stop violence against women Chennai (Agenzia Fides) – To be committed in ending violence against women through measures to prevent, stop and find remedies regarding its effects: the Franciscans in India have launched a special nationwide campaign ...
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  5 April 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - A "peace march" from Ankawa to Qaraqosh (140km) during Holy Week, to invoke the end of all forms of violence Ankawa (Agenzia Fides) - A march of over 140 km to ask for the gift of peace and the end of all forms of violence will be held during the Holy Week from Ankawa - Erbil suburb to Qaraqosh, a town abandoned by its Christia ...
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  5 April 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Massacre of Idlib, Bishop Antoine Audo: destabilizing issue, and what carries weight are the interests of the forces involved in the war Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "In this fragmented situation, with many interests and actors involved, it is difficult to be sure one hundred percent of the way things are. But what we know based on our experience, I just cann ...
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  4 April 2017
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Archbishop Leow to Catholic journalists: "Keep truth and reality together" Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "Be honest in your reporting. Always attentive to truth. Verify facts and value accuracy over speed. As Catholics, we are called to hold reality and truth together": This is what Archbishop ...
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  4 April 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Philippine Youth Day to be held in Mindanao Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - The Philippine Youth Day, which will bring together young people from all the dioceses of the archipelago, will be held from November 6 to 10, 2017 in Zamboanga del Sur, a city in the far sout ...
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  4 April 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian political parties insist: administrative autonomy for the Nineveh Plain Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The administrative autonomy of the Nineveh Plain continues to represent the most concrete political objective of parties and political and social organizations animated by leaders and Christian mi ...
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  3 April 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - Priests and sisters tell government: No surrogate maternity for India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – A new Bill intended to regulate the practice of “surrogacy” in India is “a direct attack on the sacred values of marriage, the family, the dignity of women, as well as the natural righ ...