Asia

• 20 July 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo to the leaders of the nation: "Be good parents" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We expect our rulers to be good parents. In our culture, parents are revered as gods. According to our traditions, our leaders have the right and the duty to promote the welfare of all": is the ...
• 20 July 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - The Franciscans: no to violence against women New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Association of the Franciscan Family in India (AFFI), which brings together religious, sisters and lay people of different orders, followers of Francis of Assisi, is committed to raising a ...
• 20 July 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Armenians and Kurds fight together against the jihadists in Hassaké Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - There are at least 70 volunteer Armenian soldiers in the predominantly Kurdish ranks of the Popular Protection Unit (YPG), which in parallel with the Syrian army units are fighting to liberate ...
• 17 July 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Antiba confirms the kidnapping of Father Antoine Boutros and his collaborator Khabab (Agenzia Fides) - "I can confirm that Father Antoine Boutros and his collaborator Said Al-Abdun, who have been missing since last Sunday, were actually stopped and seized by one of the several armed rebel groups t ...
• 16 July 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - A Melkite priest in the Syrian province of al-Suwayda missing. A kidnapping is feared Shahba (Agenzia Fides) - Since last Sunday no one is able to get in contact with Greek-Melkite priest Antoine Boutros and with Al-Said Abdun, who was driving him from the city of Shahba to Sama Hinadat, where father Anto ...
• 15 July 2015
  ASIA/IRAN - National Director of PMS: "We give thanks to Christ for the nuclear deal" Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - "This agreement is certainly a positive step for our Country, as well as for the rest of the world. I think many of us, these days, were waiting for this result with trepidation". This is what Ch ...
• 14 July 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Church of St. Joseph in Mosul transformed into a mosque Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - After the one dedicated to St. Ephrem, also the Chaldean Church of Mosul dedicated to St. Joseph has been transformed into a mosque wanted by the leader of the Islamic State (Daesh), the jihadi en ...
• 14 July 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Local European Union statement: "regret and concern" on the separation barrier in the Cremisan Valley Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The EU Missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah have released a statement of the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision to allow the construction of a section of the Separation Barrier through the Cremi ...
• 10 July 2015
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Drought threatens the lives of many children Pyongyang (Agenzia Fides) - North Korean children are suffering the consequences of the drought that is affecting some areas of the Country and many others could be in serious danger of malnutrition and disease. Concern ...
• 10 July 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - Improving faith and Christian life: pastoral summer activities for children and young people of Zhou Cun Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - To improve the knowledge of faith and promote active participation in the liturgy, thus allowing a quantum leap in spiritual life, as every year many Catholic communities, in this period of scho ...
• 10 July 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - In Baghdad, Christians kidnapped and killed despite the payment of ransom Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In two weeks, four Iraqi Christians have been kidnapped in Baghdad, and two of them unfortunately were killed: after the payment of the ransom, they were found dead by the police. The body of Qu ...
• 9 July 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - High school diploma: excellent results in the schools of the Latin Patriarchate in Palestine Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - In the eight schools of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem scattered in the Palestinian territories, the final exams this year showed outstanding results, which confirm the excellence of the ...
• 9 July 2015
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Violence prevents aid workers to provide safe medical care Kunduz (Agenzia Fides) - Violence and vandalism against people and health care facilities in the country increase. Just a few days ago, armed members of Afghan Special Forces entered the trauma centre run by the humanita ...
• 9 July 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Patriarch: the deadlock on the election of the President is caused by outside interference Diman (Agenzia Fides) - The political and institutional deadlock that has prevented to elect a new President of the Republic of Lebanon for nearly 14 months seems to be a problem of "internal politics", but in reality it ...
• 9 July 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Risking their lives to escape poverty Teknaf (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of the mass exodus of migrants and refugees in Southeast Asia continues to alert the various humanitarian organizations as well as the United Nations itself. According to the UN Hi ...