Asia

• 9 September 2015
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Families forced to live in cemeteries where children play among the graves Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of Vietnamese live among tombs and gravestones: a whole community was forced to occupy a cemetery in the south of Phnom Penh to tackle poverty and inequality. In Thmor San, an area o ...
• 9 September 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Pastoral Letter of the Bishop of Rajshahi: "A Jubilee of blessing" Rajshahi (Agenzia Fides) - "The celebration of the Silver Jubilee of the Diocese of Rajshahi intends to give thanks to God for all the blessings he has given to the diocese in its history": says the Pastoral Letter sent ...
• 9 September 2015
  ASIA/TURKEY - An art exhibition and a film about the Armenian Genocide Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Some works of art directly or indirectly related to the history of the Armenian Genocide has been exhibited for the first time at the Istanbul Biennial, from September 5 to November 1. This was ...
• 8 September 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Children and teachers do lessons among the rubble of former schools Sindhupalchok District (Agenzia Fides) - In the remote area of Kiul, in Nepal, the devastation caused by the strong earthquake that struck the Country in April and May 2015 continues to make the living conditions and acc ...
• 8 September 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Peace is possible in the southern Philippines, with faith Tirana (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace is possible in southern Philippines", said Miriam Coronel Ferrer, for years head of the delegation of the Philippine government for the peace negotiations with Muslim rebels in Mindanao, p ...
• 8 September 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Cardinal Filoni in Rajshahi for the XXV of the diocese: a Church in mission among the adivasis Rajshahi (Agenzia Fides) - "Our community is small and young (it has been a diocese since 1990) but with missionary zeal. The Catholic population of about 64 thousand souls out of 18 million inhabitants, 65% is composed ...
• 8 September 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo: the demands of the jihadists for the release of the Assyrian hostages are more accessible Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The approximately 230 Assyrian Christians that the jihadists of Daesh (the Islamic State) took hostage at the end of February, when they attacked the villages in the valley of the river Khabur, ...
• 8 September 2015
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Fear for the biggest dengue epidemic ever recorded Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Armed with brochures and insecticides, an 'army' of Malays, mostly elderly, wander the streets of Kuala Lumpur among suburbs, buildings and skyscrapers, to fight against one of the most let ...
• 7 September 2015
  ASIA/LAOS - Christians arrested on charges of proselytizing Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - Two Christians were arrested by the police in the province of Khammouan, in the East of Laos, on charges of alleged proselytizing. The police broke into the house of a Christian in the village ...
• 4 September 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A court denies bail to some Christians arrested for blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The anti-terrorism Court in Gujranwala has denied bail to a group of Christians accused of blasphemy and were arrested, including Protestant Pastor Gill Aftab, who leads the "Biblical Church of G ...
• 4 September 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - "The last nail in Bethlehem’s coffin": A dossier on the Cremisan wall Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) - "The last nail in Bethlehem’s coffin: the annexation wall in Cremisan". This is the title of a new, detailed report, released yesterday by the Society of St. Yves, the Catholic Center for Hu ...
• 4 September 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - A Jesuit: the Census on religions denies the "fear of conversions" Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the government of Narendra Modi has been at the helm of the country (May 2014), the 'fear of conversions' has been raised, which in particular Christians and Muslims seem to be promotin ...
• 4 September 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Negotiations on the release of father Murad and 270 hostages, Christians and Muslims Homs (Agenzia Fides) - Father Jacques Murad and about 270 Christians and Muslims taken hostage by jihadi militias during their offensive in southeast of Homs are alive, and their condition is currently considered quite " ...
• 3 September 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - A video and a letter from Father Jacques Murad, the prior of St. Elian kidnapped last May, has been released Homs (Agenzia Fides) - The rumors spread regarding the release of Fr. Jacques Murad, Prior of the Monastery of Mar Elian and pastor of the Qaryatayn community, kidnapped last May 21 by unidentified kidnappers, have not y ...
• 3 September 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - May the Day of the martyrs of Orissa be a "national event" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Day dedicated to the martyrs of Orissa, recently established by the Bishops of that state, is important it becomes a national celebration for the entire Indian Church": is the opinion exp ...