Asia

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  15 February 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The murderer of Salman Taseer asks presidential pardon Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Mumtaz Qadri, the confessed criminal of Salman Taseer, Governor of Punjab, gunned down five years ago for defending Asia Bibi, has applied for clemency to the President of Pakistan. The death ...
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  15 February 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Jihadists of Daesh to the inhabitants of Mosul: forbidden to celebrate Valentine's Day Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Posters and banners were placed in recent days by the jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) on the busiest crossroads of Mosul, to remind the population that it is forbiden to celebrate the feast ...
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  12 February 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Bishop of Aleppo: the meeting between Francis and Kirill is also the fruit of our suffering. And this comforts us Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill is perceived by Christians as the fruit of the cross they are experiencing. The suffering of all Christians in the Middle East bears the fru ...
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  12 February 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Government reassures: soon a new legislation for minority foundations Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - During a recent parliamentary hearing, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Yalcin Akdogan gave assurances on the overcoming future of the institutional impasse in which foundations linked to ethnic, cu ...
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  12 February 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops' Message: "During Lent rediscover chastity" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Created for love, created for chastity": is the title of the message of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines who express their concern regarding the phenomenon of pornography. ...
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  12 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The survivors of the massacres in Orissa express solidarity with Christians in the Middle East Kandhamal (Agenzia Fides) - Profound sympathy and solidarity for Christians in the Middle East, particularly in Syria: is what was expressed by the survivors of the anti-Christian massacres that occurred in 2008 in Oriss ...
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  10 February 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle: "During Lent charity without hypocrisy" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Charity without hypocrisy: is what the Archbishop of Manila, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said, who during the Mass of Ash Wednesday tackled some concerns such as poverty and environment, but rese ...
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  10 February 2016
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The United Arab Emirates create the "Ministry for happiness and tolerance" Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - The rulers of the United Arab Emirates have decided to create a "Ministry for happiness and tolerance". The new institution was established in the context of the broader reorganization of gove ...
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  10 February 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Medical report confirms: Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople needs a "guardian" Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The health body appointed by the Turkish judiciary to check the health conditions of the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, Mesrob II, confirmed the status of dementia suffered by the Patria ...
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  10 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - In the Holy Year two new priests in Orissa, theater of anti-Christian violence Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "A gift and a blessing, in the Year of Mercy": is how the Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, in Orissa, His Exc. Mgr. John Barwa described the two new priests ordained in the district of Kan ...
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  9 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Sharing hope and justice: meeting with the survivors of the anti-Christian massacres in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - On 9 February, the first meeting among the survivors of anti-Christian massacres that occurred in 2008 in Kandhamal district in the Indian state of Orissa will be held. As reported to Fides ...
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  9 February 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Hrant Dink Foundation makes an inventory of the buildings built by religious minorities Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The Hrant Dink Foundation - founded to cherish the memory and ideals of the Turkish journalist and writer of Armenian origin who was assassinated in January 2007 - has compiled an inventory of th ...
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  9 February 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christians boycot the "conference on peaceful coexistence"; Chaldean Patriarch: we are tired of useless words Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Christian representatives invited to participate in the "Conference on the protection of peaceful coexistence", held on Sunday, February 7 at the Iraqi Parliament, decided to boycott the event, ...
• 9 February 2016
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 8, 2016, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Shorot Francis Gomes, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Dhaka, Bangladesh,. He was assigned the Titular See of Forma Rev. Shorot ...
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  8 February 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Nazareth is preparing to host the World Day of the Sick Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - The town of Nazareth is preparing to host the World Day of the Sick 2016, an event that will be celebrated in the city of Galilee next Thursday, February 11th. It was Pope Francis who indicated ...