Asia

• 8 July 2015
  ASIA/JAPAN - The Country is aging Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - Japanese families with one or more children are only 11 million 400 thousand, 22.6% of the total population, the lowest percentage ever recorded in Japan which highlights the country's advanced s ...
• 8 July 2015
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Archbishop Goh to Muslims: "We are 'just one thing' in God" Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - "This year the Catholic Church celebrates the 50th anniversary of the promulgation of the Second Vatican Council document 'Nostra Aetate', on inter-religious relations. The document reminds us ...
• 8 July 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND – Surprising about face of the Supreme Court of Israel: the green light to the construction of the "separation Wall" in the Cremisan Valley Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Israel, with a pronouncement in many ways surprising, on Monday, July 7 gave the green light to the construction of the "separation Wall" between Israel and Palestine in t ...
• 8 July 2015
  ASIA/YEMEN - Alarm of the Red Cross: the country risks famine Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - Since the current military conflicts broke out in Yemen (see Fides 07/07/2015) 3,000 people have died and one million are displaced and at risk of famine. The situation is getting worse day by da ...
• 7 July 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The government bans to translate holy Islamic terms Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif approved a summary prohibiting the English translation of Islamic terms. Sacred Arabic names and words like "allah", "masjid", "sala'at" or "rasool", are n ...
• 7 July 2015
  ASIA/YEMEN - The conflict becomes more and more serious, the civilian population is the most affected Aden (Agenzia Fides) - After the bombing that devastated the city of Aden and caused hundreds of injuries, other cases of civilian casualties and damage to civilian facilities have also been recorded on the densely popul ...
• 7 July 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Cautious hopes for the release of the Franciscan parish priest taken away by jihadists Yacoubieh (Agenzia Fides) - The story of the Franciscan Iraqi priest Dhiya Azziz - the parish priest of the Syrian village of Yacoubieh taken away on Saturday, July 4 by the militiamen of jihadist organizations that cont ...
• 7 July 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Bishops: the encyclical Laudato Si’ is important for the faithful and for the country Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The encyclical Laudato Si’ is important for the faithful and for the whole of Bangladesh: with this conviction the Bishops of Bangladesh have promoted the circulation of the text in parishes, co ...
• 6 July 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Earthquake: the help of religious congregations Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – The religious congregations in Nepal are committed to helping victims of the earthquake which devasted the country on 25 April. As reported in a note sent to Fides by the Apostolic Vicariate ...
• 6 July 2015
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - A new priest in the Church of Phnom Penh: vocations flourish Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Phnom Penh has welcomed a new diocesan priest, Father Pierre Sok Na. As reported to Fides by the Apostolic Vicar, His Exc. Mgr. Olivier Schmitthaeusler, MEP, the new priest will ...
• 6 July 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Patriarch: the storm will pass, and Christians will remain in the Middle East Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Christians of the Middle East will remain rooted in their land, which is the land where Jesus was born. Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai expressed this confident hope during the Mass celebr ...
• 3 July 2015
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Evangelii Gaudium in Bahasha language Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation "Evangelii Gaudium" will be translated in Bahasha, the indigenous language spoken by the majority of the population of Malaysia and Indonesia. As Agenz ...
• 3 July 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - The founding conference of the Chaldean League has concluded Erbil (Agenzia Fides) – The first elected President of the Chaldean League, the organization - strongly supported by Chaldean Patriarch Raphael Louis I - that celebrated from the first to July 3 its founding conferenc ...
• 3 July 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - One hundred years of mission in the media for the Daughters of St. Paul Nagpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Daughters of St. Paul celebrate one hundred years of mission and proclamation of the Gospel in the world of mass media: as Fides learns, on June 29 they celebrated the centenary of their foun ...
• 3 July 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - The UN decreases aid to Syrian refugees. The Director of Caritas Jordan: the great powers have created the catastrophe, and now they wash their hands Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The UN funds earmarked for Syrian refugees in Jordan are about to be cut, and soon 450 thousand of them will be starving, with devastating consequences for the stability of the Hashemite Kingdom. ...