Asia

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  14 December 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - A new priest in Orissa, in the Year of Mercy Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The new Jesuit priest who will be ordained on December 30 comes from the district of Kandhamal, in Orissa, which was the scene of anti-Christian violence in 2008. Narendra Singh, 35, will be ...
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  14 December 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai visits Egypt; the election of the President is taking longer than expected Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Boutros Bechara Rai carried out a four-day visit to Egypt, which ended yesterday, Sunday, December 13, and was characterized by a busy schedule, not only from a pastoral point ...
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  14 December 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Agahi", the weekly to give "the good news of mercy" in Urdu Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "The good news of God's mercy in Urdu is a tool to give all Pakistani citizens, of all religions": this is what Fr. Arthur Charles, a Capuchin friar and editor of the magazine says to Agenzia Fi ...
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  14 December 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - At least 17 churches and Christian shrines destroyed by jihadist groups Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - At least 17 churches and Christian shrines have been destroyed, desecrated or occupied by jihadist groups in the Syrian conflict. The list was provided by sources linked to local Christian comm ...
• 11 December 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - Even in China many "Doors of Mercy" are open Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Even the Catholic community in China is intensely living the extraordinary opening of the Holy Year of Mercy, in communion with the Universal Church and Pope Francis. In light of the Bull of th ...
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  11 December 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Church chooses new technologies: a management information system of the faithful Bandung (Agenzia Fides) - New technologies can be a useful tool at the disposal of the Church. In this spirit, a Management Information System of the faithful was launched in the Diocese of Bandung, a city in the western ...
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  11 December 2015
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Jubilee of Mercy focuses on youth and martyrs Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Year of Mercy in Korea will be lived in the name of the young and martyrs. The Korean Church is preparing, in fact, a number of initiatives which have young people as protagonists. As re ...
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  11 December 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Land confiscated and ancient olive trees uprooted in the Cremisan Valley Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) – Five months have gone by since the land in the area of Beir Onah, next to the monastery in Cremisan, was confiscated by the State of Israel. In August, bulldozers uprooted 50 olive trees whi ...
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  10 December 2015
  ASIA/THAILAND - The parishioners of San Marco every Sunday among the abandoned, the poor, the elderly Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - As every year, in view of Christmas, Father Adriano Pelosin, PIME missionary engaged for many years in Thailand, shares with Agenzia Fides some of the experiences of his adopted Country. In his ...
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  10 December 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Threats to churches for Christmas: Christians respond with prayer Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Christians and churches in Youhanabad, an area of the city of Lahore, one of the largest Christian settlements in the province of Punjab, have received threats of terrorist attacks for Christmas. ...
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  10 December 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Other 25 Christian hostages of the Khabur valley have been released by jihadists Hassakè (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday, December 9 the jihadists affiliated to the self-styled Islamic State (Daesh) released other 25 Assyrian Christians, who were part of the large group of hostages kidnapped by them ...
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  10 December 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - "Restaurant of mercy" for the poor opens in Amman Amman (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday, December 23 the "Restaurant of mercy" in Amman, supported and managed by the local Church in collaboration with Caritas Jordan will open its doors, and will offer five hot meals to t ...
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  9 December 2015
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom: "The visit of the Catholic delegation to the North is a starting point" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "The official visit carried out in North Korea has an important meaning because this time the delegation was composed of a large number of prelates of South Korea. I pray it may be a starting poi ...
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  9 December 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Missionaries escorted, but social work continues Dinajpur (Agenzia Fides) - "After the attack against PIME missionary Father Piero Parolari, the police patrol the missions in Dinajpur, and we can go out only with an escort. It is a situation that makes you feel uncomfo ...
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  9 December 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Maronite Patriarch visits Syria, "a sign of love for the Syrian people" Tartus (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Boutros Bechara Rai carried out a two-day visit to Syria, stopping in the city of Tartus, in the coastal region of Latakia. During the visit, which began on Sunday, December 6, ...