Asia

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  28 October 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Russian delegation meets representatives of Churches and religious communities Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A Russian delegation composed of parliamentarians, political and military representatives recently made a visit to Syria for a program of meetings which also includes visits to representatives ...
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  28 October 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Parliament rejected the request to change the law on the religious affiliation regarding children Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Parliament in Iraq rejected the proposal - made by Christian representatives, but supported by parliamentarians belonging to different alliances - to amend the law according to which a child is ...
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  27 October 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Father Murad speaks of his captivity Homs (Agenzia Fides) - “Even while being deported, with my hands tied behind my back, I surprisingly found myself repeating again and again: I am going towards freedom. My captivity was like being born again”. This w ...
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  27 October 2015
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Catholic priests from South Korea participate at mass in Pyongyang Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – A delegation of 12 South Korean priests visited North Korea and participated in a celebration of Mass in Pyongyang. Fides learned that the priests in question, members of the Association of Cath ...
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  27 October 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Metropolitan Georges Khodr: who said Lebanon’s president must be Maronite? Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - “Regarding the presidential crisis in Lebanon, but who said the president of Lebanon should be Maronite? The important thing is that the president is Lebanese and is concerned for our country� ...
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  27 October 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “For Christians quake offers opportunity for interreligious solidarity" Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) - "The earthquake devastated Peshawar and the number of dead has risen to 500, while the injured number at least two thousand. The government is doing its best. Christian NGOs have also mobilised ...
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  26 October 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Respect for creation and sustainable environment in the name of Francis of Assisi Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Saint Francis as a model for teaching correct relations between human persons and creation: in this spirit the Capuchin Friars of Pakistan organised in Lahore a St. Francis of Assisi and Nature ...
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  26 October 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - A shell hits Latin Church in Aleppo during the celebration of Mass. Bishop Abou Khazen: it could have been a massacre Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) – In the evening of Sunday 25 October in the Aziziyeh district of Aleppo a shell hit the Latin church dedicated to Saint Francis where evening Mass was being celebrated. The grenade, coming from ...
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  26 October 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Institutionalising non-violence and human rights: lessons in peace building in war zones. Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) Educate in human rights and non-violence and offer the key to knowing how to mediate in a conflict in the affected area, is the goal which the Academy University of Non Violence and Human Rights in ...
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  26 October 2015
  ASIA - Young people Heralds of the Gospel Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – Young Asian Catholics are acting as Heralds of the Gospel to tackle difficulties such as moral relativism, discrimination for reasons of religion, poverty and marginalisation: this was affirme ...
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  24 October 2015
  ASIA/SAUDI ARABIA - Saudi foreign minister warns: Russian intervention in Syria fuels sectarian conflict Vienna (Agenzia Fides) – L'intervento militare russo in Siria a sostegno dell'esercito governativo rischia di provocare una ulteriore radicalizzazione del conflitto siriano, esasperando le contrapposizioni settarie che ...
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  24 October 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Dalit infants burnt alive: Bishops deplore inhuman act ASIA/INDIA – Dalit infants burnt alive: Bishops deplore inhuman act New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops of India have firmly condemned the incident in Faridabad on 21 October when the home of a Dalit fa ...
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  24 October 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian women suffers gang rape Kasur (Agenzia Fides) – A Christian woman was raped by three Muslim men who forced their way into her home in a village in the district of Kasur, at a time when the men in the family were out at work. The woman tried t ...
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  23 October 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA - El Nino brings drought and famine to farming communities Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Communities of farmers all over Indonesia are battling with drought caused by rising sea temperatures associated with the El Nino atmospheric phenomenon which affects rainfall all over the wor ...
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  23 October 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Christians in Hassakè denounce attempts to expropriate properties of emigrants Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) – Leaders of Christian Churches and institutions in the north-eastern province of Hassakè firmly condemn a “safeguard and administration” programme supported by the dominant local politica ...