Asia
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24 November 2003
ASIA/TURKEY - REGARDLESS OF TENSION AND FEAR FRANCISCAN FRIARS OPEN INTERNATIONAL FRATERNITY FOR MISSION OF ECUMENICAL AND INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE
Istanbul (Fides Service) – On November 29 with a solemn Mass at the church of Santa Maria Draperis in Istanbul a new International Fraternity will be opened by the Order of Friars Minor in the presence of Minister Gene ...
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24 November 2003
ASIA/INDIA - WAVE OF VIOLENCE IN NORTH EAST INDIA LEAVES THOUSANDS HOMELESS AND DOES NOT SPARE THE CHURCH, ARCHBISHOP OF SHILLONG TELLS FIDES
Shillong (Fides Service) – “Thousands are homeless, thousands of students are without lessons. Innocent people die. May God forgive those who commit such evil. The violence does not even spare religious ministers or ...
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21 November 2003
ASIA/INDIA - YOUTH AGAINST TERRORISM, COMMITTED TO PEACE AND A FUTURE OF BROTHERHOOD: 600 TO ATTEND WORLD YOUTH SUMMIT SPONSORED BY UNITED NATIONS
Bombay (Fides Service) – Indian youth is taking up the challenge to work for peace. “Do you care about the future of humanity, are you ready to work for peace? Are you good at planning and decision making? Are you in ...
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21 November 2003
ASIA/PAKISTAN - CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS CLOSE RAMADAN IN UNITY AND HARMONY: FUNDAMENTALISM MUST BE ISOLATED – GOVERNMENT OUTLAWS THREE EXTREMIST GROUPS
Islamabad (Fides Service) – Increase common initiatives, in a spirit of tolerance and harmony; isolate fundamentalists: these decisions were taken by Muslim and Christian leaders at a Dinner on 19 November in Lahore or ...
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20 November 2003
ASIA/INDONESIA - WIDESPREAD CONCERN FOR KILLING OF CHRISTIANS IN CENTRAL SULAWESI: EXTREMIST GROUPS TRY TO RE-IGNITE VIOLENCE. ARRESTED PROTESTANT CHURCH INFORMATION/CRISIS CENTRE OFFICER: SERVICE OF TRUTH TARGETED
Poso (Fides Service ) – Four Protestants killed on Sunday 16 November, including Pastor Oranje Tadjodja, aged 58; 10 killed in October; Pastor Rinaldy Damanik, head of Protestant Crisis Centre in central Sulawesi, arre ...
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19 November 2003
ASIA/CHINA - CATHOLICS AND DIPLOMATS ORGANISE FRIENDSHIP DAY POT LUCK CHARITY LUNCH TO BUILD A NEW CHURCH AND SEND POOR STUDENTS TO UNIVERSITY
Beijing (Fides Service) – The Catholic community in Beijing has always had good relations with the diplomats and international organisations personnel stationed in Beijing.
Many foreign citizens attend Sunday Mass in ...
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19 November 2003
ASIA/PAKISTAN - WAVE STUDIO DISTRIBUTES “PEACE ON EARTH” CD AND AUDIOCASSETTE TO CATHOLIC FAMILIES SCHOOLS, RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS, PARISHES AND ALSO MUSLIM INSTITUTES AND ASSOCIATIONS
Lahore (Fides Service) – “Peace on Earth” is the title of a new Compact Disc produced by Lahore diocese’s Catholic Wave Studio whose director is Father John Nadeem.
Wave recording studios was opened by the Socia ...
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19 November 2003
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - CHURCH CONCERNED FOR IRREGULAR IMMIGRANT WORKERS WITHOUT RIGHTS OR ASSISTANCE, DESTINED TO BE REPATRIATED
Seoul (Fides Service) – Concern for the situation of irregular immigrant workers in South Korea, whose living conditions are often at the limit of survival and human dignity, was voiced by the Korean Bishops’ Commiss ...
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18 November 2003
ASIA/IRAQ - ON DAY OF STATE FUNERAL OF 19 ITALIAN SOLDIERS BOMB BLAST VICTIMS, CHALDEAN CATHOLIC MONK TELLS FIDES: “WE SYMPATHISE DEEPLY WITH THE FAMILIES AND WITH ALL ITALY AND WE ASK THE ITALIAN MISSION NOT TO ABANDON IRAQ BUT TO CONTINUE TO WORK FOR THE GOOD OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE!”
Rome (Fides Service) – Solidarity, prayers and a call on the Italian mission not to leave Iraq but to stay in Nassirya was the message sent to Fides by Iraqi Father Berjou Mansoor on behalf of the Chaldean Monks in Rom ...
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18 November 2003
ASIA/IRAQ - “MAY ITALIAN BLOOD SHED ON IRAQI SOIL HELP OLIVE TREE OF PEACE TO GROW AT LAST” IRAQI FATHER NIZAR SEMAAN SPEAKS FOR IRAQI CHRISTIANS
Rome (Fides Service)- “On behalf of the Christians in Iraq I wish to voice sympathy and solidarity to the families of the soldiers killed by the bomb attack on the Italian mission head quarters in Nassiriya on November ...
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18 November 2003
ASIA/TURKEY - “ISTANBUL MASSACRE FORGES STRONGER BONDS OF SOLIDARITY AND FRIENDSHIP AMONG BELIEVERS IN THE BOOK”: SPOKESMAN OF TURKISH BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE TOLD FIDES. DAY OF MOURNING RELIGIOUS LEADERS VOW TO ISOLATE FUNDAMENTALISM
Istanbul (Fides Service ) – Today 18 November is a day of mourning not only in Italy but also in Turkey where this morning funerals were held for those killed by two bomb blasts in Istanbul synagogues on Saturday 15 No ...
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18 November 2003
ASIA/INDIA - WORD OF GOD NOW ACCESSIBLE TO MORE THAN 200 MILLION PEOPLE THANKS TO 35 YEARS OF DEDICATED WORK TO PRODUCE BIBLE IN BENGALI
Calcutta (Fides Service) – The complete Bible has been translated and published in Bengali thanks to the Xavier Publications House in Calcutta. The Bengali Bible was presented to the press at the Jesuit Communications ...
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18 November 2003
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - PREVENT ABORTION AND SUICIDE “SAVE ANOTHER LIFE!”: “LIFE 31” CAMPAIGN TO SAVE AN ESTIMATED 4.000 UNBORN BABIES KILLED IN THEIR MOTHER’S WOMB EVERY DAY
Seoul (Fides Service) – The figures are frightening: it is estimated that in South Korea at least 4.000 women abort a child every day and this means that about 1,5 unborn babies are denied a chance to live. In this sit ...
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18 November 2003
ASIA/INDIA - FUNDAMENTALISTS LAUNCH GRENADE AT GOOD SHEPHERD SCHOOL INJURING THREE OFFICE STAFF AND A SECURITY GUARD
Srinagar (Fides Service) – There is fear among Christians in Kashmir after grenade was launched on 15 November at Good Shepherd Catholic School in Pulwama, 35 km from Srinagar, in Kashmir. Three office staff and a sec ...
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17 November 2003
ASIA/IRAQ - INTIMIDATION AGAINST CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN NORTHERN IRAQ. FUNDAMENTALISTS PAY YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TO ADOPT EXTREMIST ATTITUDES
Mosul (Fides Service )- Fides has received news of serious acts of intimidation against Christian communities in Mosul northern Iraq. “Last week a bomb was found in front of Catholic school in Mosul; luckily it was def ...
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