Asia

• 24 August 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religions committed to finding unity and justice Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Changing attitudes is a key factor for effective dialogue. Everyone is called to contribute to peace and unity": said Hafiz Nehmood Ashrafi, president of the Pakistan Ulema Council, speaking at ...
• 24 August 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - A Christian Forum urges the Government of Orissa to protect Christians Sambalpur (Agenzia Fides) - To protect Christians and ensure their rights under the Constitution is what the Christian Forum Sambalpur, district of the Indian state of Orissa, call for in a Memorandum sent to the Governo ...
• 24 August 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - A committee against abuse and violence against Christians has been set up Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – A committee of the security forces has been set up with the aim to collect information and provide practical measures regarding the violence and abuse suffered by Christians in Iraq and in par ...
• 21 August 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - The Daughters of Mary Help of Christians open a new convent in the state of Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The Salesian Sisters, Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) have opened a house in the Indian state of Orissa, in Kandhamal district, which is located in the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhub ...
• 21 August 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Mass of thanksgiving for the two holy Palestinians Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – His Beatitude Fouad Twal, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem will preside a Mass of thanksgiving for the canonization of the two Palestinian saints, Saint Mariam Baouardy and Saint Marie Alfonsine ...
• 20 August 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Protestant Pastor and other Christians accused of blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Protestant Christian Pastor Aftab Gill and three other Christians from Gujrat, in Punjab, Pakistan, have been accused of blasphemy. They are accused of having used the word "rasool" (apostle) dur ...
• 20 August 2015
  ASIA/THAILAND - Interfaith prayer at the Erawan temple, site of the attack Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Religious leaders of Thailand will meet tomorrow, 21 August for an interfaith prayer, in the Hindu temple of Erawan, site of the attack which took place on August 17 and shocked the nation, caus ...
• 19 August 2015
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Cardinal Parolin: "Proclamation of the Gospel in a changing society" Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - Witnessing the Gospel by counteracting "aggressive secularism that attempts to remove God from society": is the invitation addressed by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State to C ...
• 13 August 2015
  ASIA/TIMOR LESTE - National festivities, cardinal Parolin arrives to preside celebrations for 500 years of Catholicism and the signing of a concordat Dili (Agenzia Fides) –Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Pope’s secretary of state was given a festive welcome by joyful crowds when he arrived in Dili today at the start of a visit which coincides with the 500th anniver ...
• 10 August 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - Episcopal Ordination of the Bishop Coadjutor of Anyang in Henan (China) Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday, August 4, the episcopal ordination of His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Zhang Yinlin of the diocesan clergy took place at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Anyang (Henan province). The ...
• 8 August 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - "We are hated because we persist in wanting to exist as Christians", testimony of Mgr. Warda Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Fides has received from the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer the testimony of His Exc. Mgr. Bashar Matti Warda, C.SS.R., Archbishop of Erbil (Iraq) on the terrible situation that the Church ...
• 7 August 2015
  ASIA/TIMOR-LESTE - On the anniversary of 500 years of evangelization, Timor-Leste will sign a Concordat with the Catholic Church Dili (Agenzia Fides) - Timor-Leste, will sign a concordat with the Vatican’s secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on August 15 when it celebrates 500 years of evangelization in the Country. The evangelizatio ...
• 7 August 2015
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Women and children are the main victims of the war in the Country Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing armed conflict in Afghanistan for almost 14 years recorded a 1% increase of victims in the first half of 2015, 4921 deaths or injuries among civilians, compared to the same period in 2 ...
• 6 August 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - A year ago ISIS expelled Christians from the Nineveh plain Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "It was horrible. I will never forget the terror imprinted on the face of tens of thousands of people. They were convinced that Isis would have killed them". Rami, 22 years old, is one of the Ch ...
• 6 August 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Child labor: illegal but cheap in a Country with 8 million working children Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - With 200,000 inhabitants, Korail is one of the largest slums of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. Among its labyrinthine streets, mud and garbage, there are thousands of homes of just 10 square meters ...