Asia

• 
  3 May 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - The appeals of Christian communities against the expropriation of churches in Diyarbakir increase Diyarbakir (Agenzia Fides) - While in Diyarbakir the curfew ordered by the Turkish authorities continues, the appeals filed by the legal representatives of foundations linked to the Christian community against the order ...
• 
  3 May 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - Two months after the massacre in Aden, negotiations continue for the release of Father Tom Aden (Agenzia Fides) - Two months after the massacre perpetrated by a terrorist commando in the nursing home in Aden (see Fides 04/03/2016), where four Missionaries of Charity were killed along with 12 other people, ther ...
• 
  2 May 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Youth Ministry with the works of mercy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people need to be involved, to experience mercy and to give mercy. Thus the Jubilee makes sense for them": says to Fides Fr. Jahanzeb Iqbal, a priest from Lahore, pastor of St. Antony and ...
• 
  2 May 2016
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Formation for children on vulnerability and discrimination Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - A training session and reinforcement of the students, on the theme of support to the most vulnerable children and discriminated against, was recently held in the schools of Oh Cham Na (KSO ce ...
• 
  2 May 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Catholic Bishops of Aleppo: let us participate in the Passion of Christ, our suffering will not be in vain Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "We are children of the Resurrection, of Hope, and we firmly believe that this suffering will not be in vain: following the footsteps of the saints and martyrs, we add them to the Passion of Chri ...
• 
  2 May 2016
  ASIA/PALESTINE - President Abu Mazen: we have a mission and a duty to protect the presence of Christians in the Middle East Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - The protection of the Christian presence in Palestine and all the East "is for us a duty and a mission": this is how Palestinian President Abu Mazen reiterated his commitment to do everything h ...
• 
  28 April 2016
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The first Camaldolese monastery in the Country under construction Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - In these days father Alessandro Barban, Prior General of the Camaldolese Congregation of the Order of St. Benedict, met the Archbishop of Seoul, Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, who strongly support ...
• 
  27 April 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The commitment of "Silsilah" movement for dialogue Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - Formation and experience of dialogue: this is the proposal of the "Silsilah" Movement, founded in southern Philippines by missionary Fr. Sebastiano D'Ambra, of the Pontifical Institute fo ...
• 
  27 April 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal: Christian couple sentenced to death for blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal has been filed to the Court of Appeal and the first hearing will take place in May regarding a Christian couple Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta Kausar. This was reported to Fides by the ...
• 
  27 April 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christians in Baghdad on a pilgrimage to Ur of the Chaldeans Bassora (Agenzia Fides) - It was the biggest pilgrimage made by Iraqi Christians in recent years: about 200 Chaldeans from Baghdad went to Ur, the historical site of lower Mesopotamia, now in the Iraqi governorate in Dhi ...
• 
  26 April 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - The "Clock Church" destroyed in central Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday April 24 the Latin church in the center of Mosul, historically officiated by the Dominican Fathers and known as the "Church of the Miraculous Virgin" or dubbed as the "Clock Church", was ...
• 
  26 April 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Minors in tears because forced to marry Chittorgarh (Agenzia Fides) - In Chittorgarh, a city of Rajasthan in northern India, where early marriage is widespread, a secret video shows child brides sobbing because they are forced to marry. Six marriages took plac ...
• 
  26 April 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops meet the Prime Minister: "We invite the Pope to India" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of Indian Bishops met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The group was led by the President of the Bishops' Conference (CBCI), Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, accompanied by the Gene ...
• 
  26 April 2016
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Long trail of targeted killings: "Christians continue their pastoral and social activities" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We are aware, concerned but not alarmed. Fanatical groups are spreading death, but we hope that the government can control them. The pastoral and social activities of the Church continues": says ...
• 
  25 April 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Ecumenical Patriarch wants to meet Erdogan to talk about the Theological Institute of Halki Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, wants to meet President Tayyip Erdogan to talk about the status of the Patriarchate, and above all would like clarification on the rece ...