Asia

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  22 March 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - Holy Thursday in prayer for peace and for Fr. Tom, kidnapped in Yemen Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A call to prayer for peace, with a special intention for Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, the Salesian kidnapped in Yemen (see Fides 04/03/2016, 17/03/2016): is what Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime asks all the Sa ...
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  22 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Peace built by children Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A peace march, carrying signs with messages of peace and harmony for the country: is the initiative experienced by Muslim and Christian children of the group created by the Council for interrelig ...
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  21 March 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians call for protection and security for Easter New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in India are asking the government for the protection of churches and safety, in view of the Easter celebrations. As reported, in a statement sent to Fides, the Global Council of In ...
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  21 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The ordeal for Christian Fouzia Sadiq continues: recaptured Kasur (Agenzia Fides) – She has been recaptured by her tormentor who wants her as his bride: the ordeal of Fouzia Sadiqe continues, a Christian woman who lived with her parents until a Muslim kidnapped and forced her t ...
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  18 March 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Catholic Bishop: the declaration of the USA on the "genocide of Christians" is "an instrumental geopolitics operation" Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The path that led the US administration to recognizing the violence perpetrated by the Islamic State on Christians as "genocide", is "a geopolitical operation" that "exploits the category of ge ...
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  17 March 2016
  ASIA/HONG KONG - More than 3,000 catechumens will be baptized during the Easter Vigil Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "You have not only found the light, you also have to transform into light that illuminates the world", said Cardinal John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong, to the catechumens on the fourth Sunday ...
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  17 March 2016
  ASIA/THAILAND - The tragic odyssey of Pakistani Christian refugees in Thailand Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – The escape of thousands of Pakistani Christians that left their homeland seeking refuge in Thailand continues. They escape from pressures, harassment, threats and reprisals. Due to the Pakista ...
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  17 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: "Justice for the massacre in Lahore" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – To bring to justice the perpetrators of the massacre that on 15 March 2015, following the explosion of two bombs in front of two churches in Youhanabad, Lahore district, killed 21 people and in ...
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  17 March 2016
  ASIA/QATAR - "Religious" TV channels are multiplying all over the Middle East Doha (Agenzia Fides) - The number of religious broadcasters throughout the Middle East has risen by 50 percent in just three years from 2011 to 2014, rising from 50 to 75 religious channels "free to air" (not encrypted). ...
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  17 March 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - Bishop Hinder: still no news of the priest kidnapped after the massacre in Aden Aden (Agenzia Fides) - Almost two weeks after the massacre perpetrated by a terrorist commando in the nursing home in Aden (see Fides 04/03/2016), where four Missionaries of Charity along with 12 others were killed - the ...
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  16 March 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Day of the martyrs of Orissa will be celebrated on August 30 Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of the state of Orissa (Central India) will celebrate "Martyrs' Day" on August 30 every year. As Fides learns, this was established by the Regional Conference of Bishops of Orissa ...
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  16 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attacks on churches in Lahore: still no guilty Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - At what stage are the investigations into the attacks that a year ago marred two Christian churches in Lahore? On the first anniversary of the explosion in front of the Catholic church of St. Joh ...
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  16 March 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - The Catholic Bishops of the Holy Land discuss the agreements still suspended between Israel and the Holy See Amman (Agenzia Fides) - There are also the relations between the Holy See, the local Churches and civil authorities in the list of topics on the agenda of the Assembly of the ordinary Catholic Bishops of the Holy Land (A ...
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  15 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Anniversary of the attacks on churches in Lahore: faithful pray for peace Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Faithful Christians, Catholics and Anglicans, recalled the first anniversary of the attacks, March 15 of 2015, against two churches in Youhanabad district, Lahore with liturgical celebrations. T ...
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  15 March 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Still too many children recruited by armed forces Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In 2012, Burma had agreed with the United Nations not to recruit minors among the militias. However, according to the local media, the Armed Forces of the Country did not respect the agreement. T ...