Asia

• 20 May 2015
  ASIA/YEMEN – Saudi-led airstrikes bomb one of the three Catholic churches in the Yemeni territory Aden (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of the Immaculate Conception of Aden, in Yemen, was bombed on May 11 in a Saudi-led airstrike against Houthi rebel positions and suffered serious damage but was not fully destroyed. This ...
• 20 May 2015
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Malaysia and Indonesia welcome the Rohingya: "Compassion wins" says a Jesuit Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a matter of compassion. It is a question of saving lives, men, women and children. The step carried out by the governments of Malaysia and Indonesia, which have agreed to accept the ...
• 19 May 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Ready to welcome the Rohingya migrants": State and Church agree Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Philippines is ready to welcome about three thousand ethnic Rohingya refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh, adrift in the Bay of Bengal, rejected by all other Southeast Asian countries. Both t ...
• 19 May 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "A warning to Pakistan", reaction to the murder for blasphemy in Afghanistan Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The episode of the Afghan woman brutally lynched for blasphemy on March 19, 2015 by an angry mob of Muslims in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, is "a warning and a lesson to Pakistan", says to Fide ...
• 19 May 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Christian politicians confront each other over "Aoun’s proposal" in order to exit the crisis Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), political party led by former General Michel Aoun, met Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai and some leaders of other political Christian on M ...
• 18 May 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Rosary and biblical apostolate in Faisalabad Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Family, catechists, teachers, youth, children: all united to pray the Rosary every day in May, the month of Mary: is the experience of the parish of Toba Tek Singh, in the diocese of Faisalab ...
• 18 May 2015
  ASIA/THAILAND - Human trafficking in Southeast Asia does not stop Koh Lipe (Agenzia Fides) – Human trafficking continues to be a very serious problem in Southeast Asian Countries. Criminal networks extend from the west of Burma, crossing the coastal areas of Bangladesh, to the southe ...
• 18 May 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Building peace remembering martyr Claretian Rhoel Gallardo Basilan (Agenzia Fides) - 15 years after his death, the community of Basilan in the southern Philippines, led by Bishop Martin Jumoad of the Prelature of Basilan, commemorated father Rohel Gallardo, Claretian priest kill ...
• 16 May 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Five attacks in five days against the Christians in Madhya Pradesh New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the space of five days, from 10 to 15 May 2015, there were five attacks against Christians in their places of worship in Madhya Pradesh. The attacks, carried out by Hindu fundamentalist gro ...
• 16 May 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Pax Christi International recalls the "Nakba" in Bethlehem Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - Around 160 people attending Pax Christi's International Assembly were present, along with Pax Christi member organisations and partners on Thursday evening to mark the 67th anniversary of the ...
• 15 May 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attack against the Ismaili community: the condemnation of Bishops Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "The killing of innocent people because of their faith is an unacceptable crime. The government has a duty to identify the culprits and bring them to justice": is what says a note from the "Just ...
• 15 May 2015
  ASIA/IRAN - The Chaldean Patriarch visits Tehran: "The Iranian government supports the people and the government of Iraq" Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran "does not hesitate to support the people and the Iraqi government, because the two Countries share the same history and civilization". This is what ...
• 15 May 2015
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom approves the march for peace in the demilitarized zone Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - To approve swiftly the "march of women for peace and reunification of Korea" proposed by a group of women from twelve countries in the world, in the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas: ...
• 13 May 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - An exhibition of historical objects commemorates the pioneers of the mission in the Year of Consecrated Life Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) - To strengthen faith and identity in the Church relaunching mission in the footsteps of the pioneers of evangelization: was the goal of the Exhibition of Historical Catholic Objects organized by ...
• 13 May 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Raid of the coalition in the Khabur valley; Assyrian hostages are likely to become "human shields" Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The US-led coalition forces engaged in military interventions targeted against the positions of the jihadist of the Islamic State (IS) for four days, have intensified air raids on the eastern b ...