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INDIA Karnataka, over 6 thousand Christians involved in the rehabilitation of prisoners

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Social Doctrine of the Church. Il 5 x mille. Ai missionari del PIME. 08/31/2010, 00.00. Karnataka, over 6 thousand Christians involved in the rehabilitation of prisoners. Prison Ministry India The organization was founded 25 years ago by two seminarians and has 30 centres across the country. It occupies over 300 thousand prisoners and their families. A volunteer: "Helping prisoners to experience the love of God.". The volunteers, spread among 30 rehabilitation centres in several states of India, not only...

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VATICAN-ISLAM Forming a religious identity "without antagonism" in young Christians and Muslims

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Social Doctrine of the Church. Il 5 x mille. Ai missionari del PIME. 05/20/2011, 00.00. Forming a religious identity "without antagonism" in young Christians and Muslims. The conclusions of the meeting between the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the Institute for the real inter-religious studies in Amman. Between the two faiths, there are common values and differences which must be "respected.". Vatican City (AsiaNews) -. Held in Rome on. As for the religious values, “some of the...

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MYANMAR Junta to jail people who complain about election fraud, warns Aung San Suu Kyi

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Social Doctrine of the Church. Il 5 x mille. Ai missionari del PIME. 11/17/2010, 00.00. Junta to jail people who complain about election fraud, warns Aung San Suu Kyi. Aung San Suu Kyi, 65, has spent 15 of the past 21 years under arrest. For her, her future appears to be quite a challenge because she will have to balance the expectations of those who see her as an icon of democracy against the realities of the country and its ruling junta, which will jump at any opportunity to put her again under hou...

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CHINA - VATICAN Our Lady of Sheshan, persecution and division

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Social Doctrine of the Church. Il 5 x mille. Ai missionari del PIME. 05/25/2010, 00.00. Our Lady of Sheshan, persecution and division. Since then and for the last three years the Day of Prayer has been quite successful in Italy and abroad, where the Episcopal conferences have prepared collections and celebrations. But it also had some success in China, despite the resistance of the government and the Patriotic Association and their attempts to stop the faithful on pilgrimage to Sheshan. But the priests a...

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IRAQ Kirkuk: young Christian abducted, tortured and beheaded

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Social Doctrine of the Church. Il 5 x mille. Ai missionari del PIME. 05/16/2011, 00.00. Kirkuk: young Christian abducted, tortured and beheaded. Ashur Yacob Issa, 29, was the father of three children. He was abducted three days ago. Negotiations for his released failed. This morning police found his body, which bore horrific marks of torture . In voicing his outrage, the archbishop of Kirkuk slammed this inhuman act, urging everyone to work together to protect defenceless citizens . The crime sent a shoc...

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INDONESIA Interior Minister's call to give Islamists a 'public role' draws criticism

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Social Doctrine of the Church. Il 5 x mille. Ai missionari del PIME. 10/30/2013, 00.00. Interior Minister's call to give Islamists a 'public role' draws criticism. Interior Minister Gamawan Fauzi wants governors and local administrators to cooperate with FPI members. Activists and members of civil society groups slam him for ignoring the FPI's deliberate acts of intolerance towards minorities. One lawmaker describes the minister as a "disoriented person", defines the FPI an "obstacle" to the law. By cont...

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RUSSIA – CHINA Moscow Patriarchate: China authorises the ordination of Chinese Orthodox priests on its territory

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Social Doctrine of the Church. Il 5 x mille. Ai missionari del PIME. 05/19/2015, 00.00. Moscow Patriarchate: China authorises the ordination of Chinese Orthodox priests on its territory. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Synodal Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, made the announcement after an official visit to China (14-17 May), the. News agency reported. In Beijing, the Russian Orthodox Church official took part in the fourth session of the Sino-Rus...

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PHILIPPINES Filipino Church builds more than 1,600 housing units for Yolanda victims

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Social Doctrine of the Church. Il 5 x mille. Ai missionari del PIME. 10/29/2014, 00.00. Filipino Church builds more than 1,600 housing units for Yolanda victims. Manila (AsiaNews/CBCP) - Less than two weeks before the first anniversary of Typhoon Yolanda, Caritas Philippines, locally known as the National Secretariat for Social Action (NASSA), announced that as many as 1,600 houses had already been built out of the 3,000 and more planned. A number of families have already moved into newly built permanent...