Asia

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  15 March 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - New President and Christian Vice president elected by Parliament Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese Parliament elected U Kyaw Htin, historic leader of the "National League for Democracy" as the new President of the country, with 360 votes: U Kyaw Htin, trustworthy man of leader Aung ...
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  15 March 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate disavows the "Babylon Brigades": no armed militia is linked to the Church Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Church "has no connection, either direct or indirect, with the so-called Babylon Brigades, nor with any armed militia that presents itself as Christian". This was declared by Chalde ...
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  14 March 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Burning of Christian books in Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) have released via the internet a short video documenting the burning of Christian books in the area of Mosul. The images show a militant jihadist who thr ...
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  14 March 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - New Mission of PIME in the suburbs Manila (Agenzia Fides) - St. Therese of the Child Jesus, a holy missionary, is the Patroness of the new Mission launched by the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) in the Philippines. The chosen location is ...
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  14 March 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Pax Christi International: fasting, prayer and concrete actions to be close to the Syrian people Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - The international movement Pax Christi International invites groups, communities, parishes and Christian families around the world to hold a day of solidarity with the Syrian people, to be expr ...
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  14 March 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops: the Church must leave its "comfort zone" and reach the suburbs Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - "As citizens of the country, we put our trust in democratic values and in the Indian Constitution. Trusting in the grace, love and mercy of God, we walk to accomplish the mission that God has ...
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  11 March 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - A Christian nominated as vice presidential candidate Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – Lawyer Henry Van Thio, a 57-year-old ethnic Chin minority from the Pentecostal Church, has been nominated as a vice presidential candidate. Chosen by Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Demo ...
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  11 March 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Comboni missionaries celebrate 50 years of presence in Bethany Bethany (Agenzia Fides) - The Comboni Missionary Sisters, the only missionary institute founded in 1872 by St. Daniele Comboni, have recently celebrated fifty years of presence in Bethany, the town of Judea currently in ...
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  11 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian woman kidnapped and converted to Islam: appeal for justice and security Kasur (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal for justice, security, respect for the dignity of all women in Pakistan, especially non-Muslims, who are even more vulnerable: is the appeal launched through Agenzia Fides by Fouzia Sadi ...
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  11 March 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Orthodox Patriarch: may Eastern Christians who emigrate to the West keep their identity Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The culture that the Christians in the Orient were raised into, "is undoubtedly different from the one they find in the West". This difference is observed in the difficulty which the refugees f ...
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  10 March 2016
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Catholics remember Fr. Matthew Vu Khoi Phung and continue his social commitment Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The local faithful remember how he encouraged and consoled them, with great examples of faith, the day after the fall of Saigon in 1975: the Redemptorist Fr. Matthew Vu Khoi Phung died aged 76, on ...
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  10 March 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Commission for Justice: more parliamentary seats for religious minorities Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The "Parliamentary Commission for Law and Justice" unanimously agreed to increase the number of reserved seats for the country's religious minorities in the National Assembly, as well as in th ...
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  10 March 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi President: Christians are "original" members of our nation. And the jihadis also attack Muslims Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Christians are "original members" of Iraq, as evidenced by the ancient monasteries scattered throughout the country. And jihadi groups, such as Daesh, have raged not only against them but also aga ...
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  10 March 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - Caritas Jordan opens a new center in Salt Salt (Agenzia Fides) - A medical and a dentist clinic, a space for children, fully equipped rooms for further education and professional training: are the services provided by the new center that Caritas Jordan has opene ...
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  9 March 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - In the language of Turkish politicians the anti-Armenian sentiment resurfaces Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has accused the Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) of "collaboration", comparing them with "gangs of Armenians who were collaborators of the Russians ...