Asia

• 29 August 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Five arrests for the attacks against churches in Lahore Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - After an intelligence operation, the Pakistani police arrested five terrorists, suspected of having played an active role in organizing the attacks on two churches on March 15 in the district of ...
• 28 August 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - India is polio-free: thanks to the collaboration between State and Church New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Church and State have been working together to eradicate a disease that has caused suffering to millions of people. The positive outcome is the result of a joint effort": is what Fr. Ferdinan ...
• 28 August 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church joins the Pope for the "Day of Creation" which opens the "Season of Creation" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Churches, associations, and Catholic faithful throughout the Philippines will celebrate the World Day of Prayer for the protection of creation on 1 September, joining the prayer announced by Pope ...
• 28 August 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch to Iraqi political leaders: integrate the voluntary militias in the army Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Iraq needs a "national salvation government" where the various components of the Country are represented by wise politicians, able to carry out the reforms needed to emerge from the state of eme ...
• 27 August 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH – Blogger killings: religious minorities are even in danger Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The killing of bloggers by Islamic extremists (four deaths since February) is also a warning for the religious minorities of Banglasdesh, penalized in their life and freedom: says Imran H. Sarker, ...
• 27 August 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops: we need to protect children from sexual abuse Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Abuse and sexual exploitation on children are spread across Pakistan. According to a public estimate, more than 3,500 cases of child harassment were reported in 2014, 67% occurred in rural areas ...
• 27 August 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Christian schools: "positive" meeting with President Rivlin. But the crisis remains open Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary General of Christian schools in Israel interprets his meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to discuss the crisis facing Christian schools in Israel as "a positive step". ...
• 27 August 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - A Syrian television documentary on the Assyrian Genocide projected in the presence of the Syrian Orthodox Patriarch Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A documentary prepared by the Syrian state television on "Sayfo", the so-called "Assyrian Genocide", was projected and attended by Syrian Orthodox Patriarch Mar Ignatius Aphrem II. The reportag ...
• 26 August 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Church of Jerusalem in aid of Sudanese and Eritrean asylum seekers Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - On Tuesday 25 August, 500 Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers were released from the Israeli detention center in Holot, in the Negev desert, where they had been forcibly held in violation of ...
• 26 August 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Census on religions: Muslims increas, Christians stable New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Muslims have increased by 0.8% and now represent 14.2% of the Indian population, while Hindus have fallen by 0.7% and represent 79.8%: are the data just released by the Indian authorities, ...
• 26 August 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Caritas launches "phase two" for rehabilitation after typhoon Yolanda Manila (Philippines) - Caritas of the Philippines, has started the second phase of its three-year rehabilitation program for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda. As reported by the Director of Caritas, Rolando Tirona, the s ...
• 26 August 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Mortar attacks on two churches in Damascus. The Maronite Archbishop: our life is like a game of Russian roulette Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 23 August, a rain of mortars fell on the neighbourhood including two shells on the roof of the Maronite church. This was reported by Maronite Archbishop Samir Nassar, in an appeal-sta ...
• 25 August 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi case: her father will be able to visit her in prison Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Soran Masih, Asia Bibi's father, will be able to visit her in prison: yesterday, August 24, the Lahore High Court in fact accepted the request made by the man, who asked for permission to see his ...
• 25 August 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - "No more violence": anniversary of anti-Christian massacres in Orissa Cuttack (Agenzia Fides) - Prayers and events under the slogan "No more violence": is how the Christian community in India lives the seventh anniversary of the massacres against Christians in the district of Kandhamal, in ...
• 25 August 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Syriac Catholic Bishop Flavianus Michael Melki, martyr of the "Assyrian Genocide" will be beatified next Saturday Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Syriac Catholic Bishop Flavianus Michael Melki, martyred during the "Assyrian Genocide", will be beatified on the evening of Saturday, August 29, during a solemn liturgy to be held at the Patriar ...