ASIA/SYRIA - Assad: "Putin is the only defender of Christian civilization"
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - According to Syrian President Bashar Assad, Russian leader Vladimir Putin "is the only defender of Christian civilization we can trust".
This is what President Assad said in an interview, rele ...
18 November 2015
ASIA/TURKEY - "Religious culture" exam for Armenian students
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – As from this year, more than two hundred Armenian students who attend schools in Istanbul linked to the Armenian community will have to take a "religious culture and moral knowledge" exam to ...
18 November 2015
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Attack against a PIME missionary
Dinajpur (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Piero Parolari, 64, of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), was hit this morning, on his way to the public hospital where he was serving the sick. He has two wounds to ...
18 November 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Francis of Assisi and the encyclical "Laudato Sì"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscans in Pakistan reflect on Francis of Assisi's love towards nature and Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Sì": as reported to Fides, this was discussed in a recent meeting organized b ...
ASIA/MYANMAR - The victory of the National League for Democracy confirmed
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In the first free elections after 25 years, the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Nobel Peace Prize, Aung San Suu Kyi, obtained an absolute majority of the seats: With more than 80%, 25 ...
17 November 2015
ASIA/INDIA - Aggression against Christians to "convert to Hinduism"
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Hindu extremists attacked members of the independent Pentecostal Church in Kohkameta in the state of Chhattisgarh, causing several injuries. The faithful were dragged out of the church and bea ...
16 November 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Shaw: "Christians in Pakistan pray for Paris"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We are terribly shocked. The massacre in Paris shook all Pakistanis. We condemn all forms of violence. Pakistan is a state which for years has fought against terrorism that has hit the streets, ...
16 November 2015
ASIA/JORDAN - Christian women spread a manual on domestic violence
Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The manual on domestic violence prepared by the Association of young Christian women in Jordan, drawn up as part of the project titled "my dignity", was presented on Saturday, November 14 in Amman ...
16 November 2015
ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Catholic Bishops: fight terrorism without "duplicity"
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Time has come for the world to stand united against terrorism, and to confront the reasons of terrorism such as feelings of "oppression, hatred, bad education and fanaticism", with no "double- ...
16 November 2015
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The closeness of the Church in Korea to French nationals
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Grief, closeness and prayer on behalf of the Church in Korea for the victims of the massacre in Paris: is what Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul, writes in a message sent to the A ...
13 November 2015
ASIA/IRAN - Executions: appeal for a moratorium
Oslo (Agenzia Fides) - 648 people were executed in Iran in the first half of 2015 (from January 1 to June 18). Iran holds a very high average: every day about 4 executions are carried out. The average is much higher than ...