Asia

• 28 March 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch to the UN: the "Arab Spring" impacted negatively on Christians New York (Agenzia Fides) - The so-called "Arab Spring" impacted negatively on the condition of the Christian communities in the Middle East, causing a mass exodus similar to those caused 100 years ago by the massacres of ...
• 28 March 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Humanitarian crisis in Mindanao; a law has been submitted in the Philippine congress on the Muslim region Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - Humanitarian crisis looms as thousands flee Mindanao conflict, in southern Philippines. Therefore a ceasefire is what a forum of non-governmental organizations and local associations call for, ...
• 28 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian leaders: a Commission of inquiry regarding the massacre in Youhanabad Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Political and religious leaders are asking the government in Punjab to set up a special Commission of inquiry regarding the massacre in Youhanabad, which deals with both the terrorist attack on M ...
• 27 March 2015
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The first house of formation of the Guanellian’s has been inaugurated Ho Chi Minh (Agenzia Fides) - The first house of formation of the Servants of Charity (Guanellian’s) in Vietnam has been inaugurated. As Fides learns, the inauguration took place on March 24 in the district of Go Vap. ...
• 26 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Guaranteed education to Shama and Shehzad’s children, Christian couple burned alive Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Suleman and Sonia go to school. Poonam will also go. The three children are children of Shama and Shahzad Masih, the Christian couple tortured and burned alive by a mob of Muslims on charges of b ...
• 26 March 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Violations of human rights of indigenous peoples: first investigation Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - indigenous people of Indonesia have been the victims of violations of human rights, of the right to property, of the right to a decent and safe life for many years. This is what we read in the f ...
• 26 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Jinnah Institute: "Continuous and constant violence against religious minorities" Lahore (Ageniza Fides) - "Violence against religious minorities in Pakistan was continuous and constant in the period 2012-2014. Forced conversions, kidnappings, damage to areas of worship, sexual violence and targeted k ...
• 26 March 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Christians and Muslims celebrate together the feast of the Annunciation Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Marian solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, which Lebanon proclaimed a national holiday in 2010, has also seen this year celebrations in various parts of the country promoted by organiz ...
• 25 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Shots fired against agents in front of St. Peter’s church in Lahore Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Tension remains high in Lahore, capital of Punjab in Pakistan, especially in the Christian community: as Fides learns, yesterday two masked men on a motorcycle, fired shots against police officer ...
• 25 March 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Economic incentives for pregnant women and children under 5 years of age Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Government of Bangladesh has recently introduced economic incentives for pregnant women and children under five years of age in some selected districts, particularly in the north of the Countr ...
• 25 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Two Christians accused of the lynching of two suspected terrorists Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Two Christians, Sohail Johnason and Yousaf Kamran, according to a video in the possession of the police, are accused of being responsible for the lynching of two suspected terrorists, which took ...
• 24 March 2015
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - A missionary: "Lee Kuan Yew, a man of dialogue and religious harmony" Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - "Lee Kuan Yew managed to create a country that is a model of peaceful coexistence among religions, in which there was genuine religious freedom. After the race riots in 1969, harmony among eth ...
• 24 March 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - The Chinese Catholic community towards Easter Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - As every year, Chinese Catholics are living their spiritual journey towards Easter with various initiatives. The communities are organizing spiritual retreats. The parish of the diocese of Xuan ...
• 24 March 2015
  ASIA/TURKEY - No ringing of bells for the Armenian churches in the Turkish territory for the hundred years since the Genocide Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - One hundred ringing of bells in all Armenian churches of the planet at 19.15 - hour chosen to symbolically recall the year 1915 - and in this way commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Ar ...
• 24 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The General Vicar of Lahore: "Release the innocent among the Christians arrested" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is calm, but there is still a lot of fear in Youhanabad. The faithful are afraid of police intervention and arrests but also of revenge on behalf of Muslim groups. In any case, the ...