Asia

• 16 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The "Justice and Peace" Commission on the massacre of Christians: "Police negligent " Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The protection provided by the authorities was "minimal", despite warnings already launched in recent days, given the threats received by the churches; and "agents present at the time of the atta ...
• 16 March 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: a law against preachers who incite violence is needed Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In Iraq, bloodied by sectarian strife and in the hands of jihadists, a law to prosecute religious preachers who incite violence and therefore threaten the peaceful coexistence of citizens belong ...
• 16 March 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Nepalese teenagers say no to forced marriage Bajura (Agenzia Fides) - The district of Bajura is located 900 km west of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. Here there are some of the most remote villages with the highest number of development problems in the Country. A ...
• 16 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The US "open" up to talks with Assad. Archbishop Hindo: forced choice Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The availability of the US Administration to negotiate with the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad is an "option that should have already taken place" and at this point is "a forced choice, if on ...
• 14 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Innocent young Christian tortured to death by police in Pakistan Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A young Christian was tortured to death by the Pakistani police after his mother was accused of stealing gold and money from her Muslim employer. 20-year-old Zubair Masih was taken away by a grou ...
• 14 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Jubilee seen from Aleppo. Bishop Abou Khazen: only mercy can save us from hatred and heal wounds Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - An extraordinary Jubilee of mercy, announced yesterday by Pope Francis during the penitential liturgy which he presided in St Peter's, arouses reflections among the Christians in Syria, starting ...
• 12 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian and Hindu girls kidnapped and forced to marry: 500 cases a year Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – There have been at least 500 confirmed cases, in a year and a half, of girls belonging to religious minorities, Christian and Hindu, who have been kidnapped by Muslims and forced to get mar ...
• 12 March 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - The Delhi Police has launched a Facebook page to protect the safety of Christians New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Delhi Police has launched a Facebook page to address grievances of Christian institutions and individuals in the wake of a series of attacks on Christian institutions in the city. On the new ...
• 12 March 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - The monastery of St. George in Mosul damaged, but not destroyed Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The jihadists of the Islamic State (Is) have damaged the façade of the ancient monastery of St. George in Mosul. But the church – report Iraqi sources to Agenzia Fides – has not been destroye ...
• 12 March 2015
  ASIA/JAPAN - The disabled at the centre of the Conference on the reduction of disaster risk Sendai (Agenzia Fides) - Natural disasters are destroying the globe, both in Western Countries and in the poorest Countries in the world. Over the past decade there have been several natural disasters like the tsunami in ...
• 12 March 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Catholic Bishops: necessity to rebuild Gaza, support schools, help refugees and immigrants Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - An urgent appeal to the "reconstruction of Gaza to help the thousands of families left homeless after the last conflict", a reminder of the centrality of the educational work of Christian Scho ...
• 11 March 2015
  ASIA/VIETNAM - UN report: positive developments but still restrictions on religious freedom Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - There are "positive developments, but also a number of serious problems regarding religious freedom in Vietnam": says the report presented to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations by the ...
• 11 March 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Forced mass sterilizations continue Bilaspur (Agenzia Fides) - The freedom and personal dignity of Indian women continue to be trampled. From 2013 to 2014 over 4 million forced sterilizations were carried out in the country. There was turmoil in the State ...
• 11 March 2015
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops: "Be a poor Church for the poor" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Our ministry now has a clear aim: to be a poor Church for the poor. Pope Francis' visit in Korea, in August 2014, is a starting point for the change and renewal of the Korean Church". This ...
• 11 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Uncertainty about the fate of Christians held hostage by jihadists Hassakè (Agenzia Fides) - The Christians of the villages of Khabur valley taken hostage by jihadists of the Islamic State (Is) continue to be in their hands, and their fate is tied to the evolution of the military balan ...