Asia

• 24 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Islamic State shows a video of an Assyrian Christian who "converted" to Islam Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The militants of the Islamic State have spread on the sites under their control, a video documenting the alleged "conversion" to Islam of one of the Assyrian Christian hostages they captured du ...
• 23 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The case of the young Christian tortured and killed by the police goes unpunished Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The case of the young Christian Zubair Masih, tortured and killed by the Pakistani police on 7 March will go unpunished. The young boy, completely innocent, was arrested by the police just becaus ...
• 23 March 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Palestinian President invited to the canonization on 17 May Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Twal, has invited Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to attend Mass for the canonization of the Blessed Palestinians, Sister Marie Alphonsine Ghattas an ...
• 23 March 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholics: "Close schools in sign of protest against the violence on Christians" Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "We demand the closure of the schools of the Archdiocese of Mumbai on March 25, to protest against the attacks on Christian institutions": this is what Catholics of the state of Maharashtra say, ...
• 20 March 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Thottunkal: "India should be concerned about human rights, not just cows" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "India should be as concerned about its people, as it is about its cows": said Indian Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, the head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI). The ...
• 20 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Assyrian Bishop writes to the jihadists: our Church does not identify itself with any armed group Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The Assyrian Church of the East – to which hundreds of Christians in the Khabur valley taken hostage by jihadists of the Islamic State (Is) belong – has chosen not to identify itself with a ...
• 20 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The pastor of Youhanabad: "Critical situation, let us pray with the Via Crucis" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is critical. Many people are afraid of an attack by Muslims in Youhanabad after the traditional Friday prayers in nearby mosques. But there is a massive deployment of police. We, t ...
• 18 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Millions of children deprived of education: schools destroyed or used as shelters for the displaced Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Four years after the beginning of the conflict in Syria, there are currently more than 5 million children and 2 million displaced who have sought refuge in neighboring countries. According to est ...
• 18 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarch Gregoire III: "one is inconsiderate to invoke external military interventions to defend Christians in the Middle East" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "One is inconsiderate to invoke external military interventions to defend Christians in Syria and the Middle East. We are a sovereign Country with a legitimate government, which is responsible ...
• 18 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Catholic Bishops meet in Homs Homs (Agenzia Fides) - On Tuesday, March 17 the Catholic Bishops of Syria met in Homs, on the occasion of the assembly that sees them together twice a year in order to reflect together on the pastoral and charitable serv ...
• 17 March 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - Even the "24 hours for the Lord" in the Lenten journey of the Chinese Catholics Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in mainland China are preparing themselves for Easter, following the indications of the Lenten Message of Pope Francis. According to information gathered by Agenzia Fides, the d ...
• 17 March 2015
  ASIA/INDIA – The Bishops: "Violence against nuns, a crime of which India should be ashamed" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Physical violence inflicted on religious women, the rape of an old and sick nun, the desecration of consecrated hosts, are ruthless and inhumane acts, of which all citizens of India should be ...
• 17 March 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Church calls for a law to ensure emigrants the recovery of Lebanese nationality Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai urged the government of Lebanon to work on the bill again to allow immigrants from the Country of the Cedars to recover Lebanese nationality. The invitatio ...
• 17 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Archbishop of Lahore at the funeral of the victims of Youhanabad: "Be men of peace" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We do not need and do not want a civil war. We Christians are people of peace. Do not let the pain cloud our eyes. What future do we want to build for Pakistan? A future of harmony and reconcili ...
• 16 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A "Day of Prayer for our martyrs" after the attacks on churches Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Time of mourning and prayer for the Church in Pakistan: today, Monday, March 16, the Catholic faithful celebrate a "special day of prayer for the innocent lives of the martyrs". This was announce ...