Asia

• 19 June 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Unanimous condemnation of the arson attack on the church of Tabgha Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement released by the official media of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of the Holy Land expressed strong condemnation of the arson attack agains ...
• 19 June 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Urgency to set up a "special investigation team" for cases of blasphemy Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – There is need to form a "Joint Investigation Team JIT"; to release Asia Bibi and all other defendants in prison on charges of blasphemy: is what the "Pakistan Christian Congress" (PCC) asks fo ...
• 19 June 2015
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Prayer and fasting for peace and reconciliation in Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Fasting and silent prayer for peace: this is how the Korean Church celebrates the Day of Peace and Reconciliation that, since 1965, the community lives on the Sunday before June 25, the day when w ...
• 18 June 2015
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh: "Martyrs teach us to love till the end" Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "Cambodian Bishop Chhmar Salas and fellow martyrs launch us an urgent appeal: be brave and be faithful. All this was possible thanks to Jesus Christ, who loved everyone till the end, offering ...
• 18 June 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND – Suspected arson attack against the Church of the miracle of the loaves and fishes in Galilee Capernaum (Agenzia Fides) – A suspected arson attack carried out between Wednesday 17 and Thursday June 18, by unidentified extremists devastated the church in Tabgha, the village located about three kilometers from Ca ...
• 18 June 2015
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - A new group: "Christians for peace and harmony in Malaysia" Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians for Peace and Harmony Malaysia" (CPHM) is the name of a new group that will strive for dialogue and the building of a peaceful and reconciled society in Malaysia. As reported ...
• 18 June 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch sends a message to Muslims for the start of Ramadan Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "At the beginning of this holy month, I send my Muslim brothers, my best wishes, hoping that God covers them with his blessings and protects our beloved Country, assuring it stability". This is ...
• 17 June 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Prayers to the Virgin of Fatima to invoke the election of a new President Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - With lawmakers failing to elect a president 24 times over the past year, Parliament chose another way on Tuesday, June 16 to help ease the deadlock: prayers. The prayers were held on the occasion ...
• 16 June 2015
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The diocesan process of beatification of Cambodian martyrs begins Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Cambodia has officially opened the diocesan phase of the beatification process of 35 martyrs, killed or left to die during the persecution suffered by the Church under the regim ...
• 16 June 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite and Greek-Melkite Synods have begun. Patriarch Grégoire: 60% of the Lebanese think of emigrating Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "According to a recent survey, 60% of the Lebanese are considering the idea of emigrating, and 35% of them are actually waiting for a visa". This was reported yesterday by the Greek-Melkite Patri ...
• 16 June 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The central districts of Aleppo attacked by rebels Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday, June 15, the central districts of Aleppo, currently under the control of the army, were attacked on several fronts by rebel militias with mortars, rockets and heavy machine guns, creat ...
• 15 June 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarchs and Bishops of the Eastern Churches pray together for peace and commemorate the centenary of the "Assyrian Genocide" in Damascus Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II invited the Patriarchs of Antioch to participate in an ecumenical meeting held on Saturday, June 13, at the end of the Synod of the Syrian Orthodox Church celebrate ...
• 13 June 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Thousands of Christian homes taken by deception Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - With the complicity of corrupt officials, individual impostors and organized groups of fraudsters have managed in recent years to acquire illegal possession of thousands of houses belonging to C ...
• 12 June 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - The Director of the PMS: "Farmers and religious minorities abandoned by the Indian government" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A year after its election, the Indian government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi "has abandoned farmers, the backbone of the Indian economy, and granted a free hand to extremist groups who ...
• 12 June 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - President Assad meets the Patriarch and the Synod of Syrian-Orthodox Bishops Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received members of the Holy Synod of the Syrian Orthodox Church yesterday, Thursday, June 11, in Damascus, who in these days under the leadership of Patriarch ...