Asia

• 15 April 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Heads of the Christian communities in Aleppo: is it the time of the Resurrection of the Savior or the funeral of his disciples? Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "During the Easter period, our city and our people suffered intense pain, anguish and discomfort during the night when neighborhoods in the city were hit with rocket-propelled grenades, with a d ...
• 15 April 2015
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Israeli President visits the heads of Christian churches for Easter Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - President Reuven Rivlin yesterday April 14 2015, visited the Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem in the Old City, for a meeting with the heads of Christian Churches in Israel for Easter. This was rep ...
• 14 April 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders and politicians united for peace, against terrorism Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A special day of prayer for peace in Pakistan, with the participation of religious, political and social leaders, and intellectuals: this is the initiative organized in recent days by the Council ...
• 14 April 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Bombings on Christian neighborhoods in Aleppo, also two young Salesian animators killed Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The fierce ongoing war in Syria "has hit the children of Don Bosco again". This is what the Salesians of the Middle East write in the statement which reports the news of the death of two young br ...
• 14 April 2015
  ASIA - Peace and Justice in Asia: challenges of the future Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "We reaffirm our commitment to work for the equality of human beings and for the rights of marginalized groups such as women, minorities, tribal, indigenous peoples. We feel the duty to promote ...
• 14 April 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Kirill: The Russian Orthodox Church supports the creation of the Palestinian State Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - The Russian Orthodox Church "expresses its support for the demands and aspirations of the Palestinians to create their own State, in implementation of UN resolutions". This is how Patriarch Kiril ...
• 13 April 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A boy, burnt alive because a Christian, is in serious condition Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A 14-year-old Christian teenager, Nauman Masih, was burnt alive by some young Muslims who Nauman did not know. The young man is now in hospital in Lahore, where he is struggling between life and ...
• 13 April 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Armenian Catholic Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX: the Pope's words on the Genocide express the conscience of mankind, they are not "against" anyone Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Turkish government's strategy to prevent from speaking of the Armenian Genocide is failing. This is why there is tension and the diplomatic reactions of Turkey are so harsh. But the Pope spoke ...
• 13 April 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Northern Iraq's displaced get own radio station Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - A radio station at the service of the refugees in northern Iraq, belonging to different ethnic and religious groups - Christians and Muslims, Kurds, Shiites eyazidi - forced to flee their homes be ...
• 13 April 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu extremist leader: "Sterilise Christians and Muslims in India" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The population of Muslims and Christians is growing day by day. To rein in this, Centre will have to impose emergency, and Muslims and Christians will have to be forced to undergo sterilisati ...
• 10 April 2015
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - From the disaster in Sewol, a seed of peace and resurrection Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The disaster of the Sewol ferry can become a seed of peace and resurrection: with this spirit the Korean Church is experiencing a time of prayer, a year after the tragedy on 16 April 2014, when th ...
• 10 April 2015
  ASIA/VIETNAM – Children of the war return to Vietnam in search of relatives Ba Ria (Agenzia Fides) - Some of the 4,500 Eurasian children that at the end of the Indochina War (1946-1954) were sent to orphanages in France, have just returned to Vietnam to search their relatives who were left behin ...
• 10 April 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The rediscovery of the value of assisting the sick Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - In Indonesia, where Catholics are only 5%, Good Friday is still a holiday throughout the Country, in order to give the opportunity to Catholics to live the historical event of the passion and de ...
• 10 April 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - In Jordan and Palestine Catholics and Orthodox celebrate Easter according to the Julian Calendar Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Since last Wednesday, April 8, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal has been in Jordan to preside the liturgies of Holy Week, that the Latin Catholics of the Hashemite Kingdom are celebrati ...
• 10 April 2015
  ASIA/VIETNAM - A new law on religions is being studied Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Vietnam is considering the possibility of reforming the law regulating religious communities in the country: according to some representatives of Christian Churches, government o ...