Asia

• 13 August 2015
  ASIA/TIMOR LESTE - National festivities, cardinal Parolin arrives to preside celebrations for 500 years of Catholicism and the signing of a concordat Dili (Agenzia Fides) –Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Pope’s secretary of state was given a festive welcome by joyful crowds when he arrived in Dili today at the start of a visit which coincides with the 500th anniver ...
• 10 August 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - Episcopal Ordination of the Bishop Coadjutor of Anyang in Henan (China) Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday, August 4, the episcopal ordination of His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Zhang Yinlin of the diocesan clergy took place at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Anyang (Henan province). The ...
• 8 August 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - "We are hated because we persist in wanting to exist as Christians", testimony of Mgr. Warda Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Fides has received from the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer the testimony of His Exc. Mgr. Bashar Matti Warda, C.SS.R., Archbishop of Erbil (Iraq) on the terrible situation that the Church ...
• 7 August 2015
  ASIA/TIMOR-LESTE - On the anniversary of 500 years of evangelization, Timor-Leste will sign a Concordat with the Catholic Church Dili (Agenzia Fides) - Timor-Leste, will sign a concordat with the Vatican’s secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on August 15 when it celebrates 500 years of evangelization in the Country. The evangelizatio ...
• 7 August 2015
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Women and children are the main victims of the war in the Country Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing armed conflict in Afghanistan for almost 14 years recorded a 1% increase of victims in the first half of 2015, 4921 deaths or injuries among civilians, compared to the same period in 2 ...
• 6 August 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - A year ago ISIS expelled Christians from the Nineveh plain Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "It was horrible. I will never forget the terror imprinted on the face of tens of thousands of people. They were convinced that Isis would have killed them". Rami, 22 years old, is one of the Ch ...
• 6 August 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Child labor: illegal but cheap in a Country with 8 million working children Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - With 200,000 inhabitants, Korail is one of the largest slums of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. Among its labyrinthine streets, mud and garbage, there are thousands of homes of just 10 square meters ...
• 5 August 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The "Water project" for Aleppo to provide water to the martyred Syrian city has concluded Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Aleppo has again been without water since 31 July. A heat wave is expected for this week that will bring the temperature up to 45 degrees", said a statement sent to Agenzia Fides by the NGO "Le ...
• 5 August 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Thousands of victims because of heavy flooding Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese government has declared a state of calamity in the central and western regions of Myanmar's Chin, Rakáin, Magwe and Sagaing, the most severely affected by the floods that continue to ...
• 4 August 2015
  ASIA/INDIA – Over half a million children engaged in risky work in cotton fields New Deli (Agenzia Fides) – The number of children working in cotton fields continues to rise. According to a survey by the Indo-Dutch Committee and the private body Stop Child Labour Coalition, in India this activit ...
• 3 August 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Floods and monsoon rains continue to strike the country causing major damage to people and structures Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Heavy flooding for several weeks in Pakistan has left thousands homeless and many dead. The weather is particularly bad in the northern mountainous regions where many villages are still isol ...
• 1 August 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Post earthquake aggravates situation of early marriages: 2 out of every 5 girls married before the age of 18 Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) –Three months after the earthquake, NGO Plan Internacional, warns of the danger of an increase in the trafficking of early marriages. In Nepal it is known that two out of five girls are marrie ...
• 30 July 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL – Months after the earthquake prime necessities still needed Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – Despite a slight improvement in the humanitarian situation in the past three months, hundreds of children are still without shelter, food, water, sanitation, schooling and protection. Many c ...
• 28 July 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Tribal priestesses help preserve millet ASIA/INDIA - Tribal priestesses help preserve millet Niyamgiri (Agenzia Fides) – Until 60 years ago millet was grown in 40% of cereal producing land in India. Despite its enormous nutritive value of protein, vitamin ...
• 27 July 2015
  ASIA/YEMEN - Almost 2 million children forced to abandon school ASIA/YEMEN - Almost 2 million children forced to abandon school Sana’a (Agenzia Fides) – Warfare continues in Yemen and among many serious consequences, children, some 2 million, are forced to abandon school. So ...