Asia
21 March 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The ordeal for Christian Fouzia Sadiq continues: recaptured
Kasur (Agenzia Fides) – She has been recaptured by her tormentor who wants her as his bride: the ordeal of Fouzia Sadiqe continues, a Christian woman who lived with her parents until a Muslim kidnapped and forced her t ...
18 March 2016
ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Catholic Bishop: the declaration of the USA on the "genocide of Christians" is "an instrumental geopolitics operation"
Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The path that led the US administration to recognizing the violence perpetrated by the Islamic State on Christians as "genocide", is "a geopolitical operation" that "exploits the category of ge ...
17 March 2016
ASIA/HONG KONG - More than 3,000 catechumens will be baptized during the Easter Vigil
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "You have not only found the light, you also have to transform into light that illuminates the world", said Cardinal John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong, to the catechumens on the fourth Sunday ...
17 March 2016
ASIA/THAILAND - The tragic odyssey of Pakistani Christian refugees in Thailand
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – The escape of thousands of Pakistani Christians that left their homeland seeking refuge in Thailand continues. They escape from pressures, harassment, threats and reprisals. Due to the Pakista ...
17 March 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: "Justice for the massacre in Lahore"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – To bring to justice the perpetrators of the massacre that on 15 March 2015, following the explosion of two bombs in front of two churches in Youhanabad, Lahore district, killed 21 people and in ...
17 March 2016
ASIA/QATAR - "Religious" TV channels are multiplying all over the Middle East
Doha (Agenzia Fides) - The number of religious broadcasters throughout the Middle East has risen by 50 percent in just three years from 2011 to 2014, rising from 50 to 75 religious channels "free to air" (not encrypted). ...
17 March 2016
ASIA/YEMEN - Bishop Hinder: still no news of the priest kidnapped after the massacre in Aden
Aden (Agenzia Fides) - Almost two weeks after the massacre perpetrated by a terrorist commando in the nursing home in Aden (see Fides 04/03/2016), where four Missionaries of Charity along with 12 others were killed - the ...
16 March 2016
ASIA/INDIA - The Day of the martyrs of Orissa will be celebrated on August 30
Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of the state of Orissa (Central India) will celebrate "Martyrs' Day" on August 30 every year. As Fides learns, this was established by the Regional Conference of Bishops of Orissa ...
16 March 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attacks on churches in Lahore: still no guilty
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - At what stage are the investigations into the attacks that a year ago marred two Christian churches in Lahore? On the first anniversary of the explosion in front of the Catholic church of St. Joh ...
16 March 2016
ASIA/JORDAN - The Catholic Bishops of the Holy Land discuss the agreements still suspended between Israel and the Holy See
Amman (Agenzia Fides) - There are also the relations between the Holy See, the local Churches and civil authorities in the list of topics on the agenda of the Assembly of the ordinary Catholic Bishops of the Holy Land (A ...
15 March 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Anniversary of the attacks on churches in Lahore: faithful pray for peace
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Faithful Christians, Catholics and Anglicans, recalled the first anniversary of the attacks, March 15 of 2015, against two churches in Youhanabad district, Lahore with liturgical celebrations. T ...
15 March 2016
ASIA/MYANMAR - Still too many children recruited by armed forces
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In 2012, Burma had agreed with the United Nations not to recruit minors among the militias. However, according to the local media, the Armed Forces of the Country did not respect the agreement. T ...
15 March 2016
ASIA/MYANMAR - New President and Christian Vice president elected by Parliament
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese Parliament elected U Kyaw Htin, historic leader of the "National League for Democracy" as the new President of the country, with 360 votes: U Kyaw Htin, trustworthy man of leader Aung ...
15 March 2016
ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate disavows the "Babylon Brigades": no armed militia is linked to the Church
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Church "has no connection, either direct or indirect, with the so-called Babylon Brigades, nor with any armed militia that presents itself as Christian". This was declared by Chalde ...
14 March 2016
ASIA/IRAQ - Burning of Christian books in Mosul
Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) have released via the internet a short video documenting the burning of Christian books in the area of Mosul. The images show a militant jihadist who thr ...
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