ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "A nation on the threshold of hope"
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Almost 80% of our people, rich and poor, old and young, have voted for a change. You have led a silent revolution":is how Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, addresses the Burmese populat ...
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Need to recognize the persecution of minorities
London (Agenzia Fides) – It is necessary to recognize the persecution of religious minorities in Pakistan: says the appeal sent to Fides, launched by the NGO "Global Minorities Alliance" (GMA), based in the United King ...
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appeal for inclusive growth in the Asia-Pacific area
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Do not forget the poor and the last in Asian societies: this is the appeal to world leaders, gathered in Manila for the APEC Forum summit (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation), by the Church in the ...
19 November 2015
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Missionary wounded, his life is not in danger
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – The life of Father Piero Parolari, PIME missionary, wounded yesterday in an ambush in Dinajpur, is not in danger. The missionary, 64, taken to hospital in Dhaka, is still hospitalized but is out ...
18 November 2015
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 ...