Asia

• 10 March 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - The Bishop of Jing Xian highlights the need to give authentic Christian witness Heng Shui (Agenzia Fides) - Absolute sobriety in community and personal life, in order to give authentic Christian witness: this is what His Exc. Mgr. Pietro Feng Xin Mao, Bishop of the Diocese of Jing Xian (today Heng S ...
• 10 March 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians in march ask Hindu radicals to owe Mother Teresa an apology Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - Radical Hindu leaders owe Mother Teresa of Calcutta an apology, whose work is a valuable asset for the entire Indian people: this is what Christians of Andhra Pradesh state, who recently took ...
• 10 March 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Appeal of the Chaldean Patriarch: the offensive against the Caliphate causes new humanitarian emergencies Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The jihadists of the Islamic State carry out attacks against "humans, monuments, civilization". But the offensive of the Iraqi army and local Islamist tribes against the Caliphate is causing, as ...
• 10 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Jobs and scholarships for religious minorities in Punjab Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Punjab province promotes concrete steps to improve the lives of religious minorities: it has officially accepted to apply the law - promoted by the former Catholic Minister kill ...
• 10 March 2015
  ASIA/IRAN - Iranian MPs are preparing to commemorate the Armenian Genocide Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - In the Islamic Republic of Iran the centenary of the Armenian Genocide will be the focus of a series of commemorative events that will also involve the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iranian Parl ...
• 9 March 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Liturgy at the Holy Sepulchre to commemorate the Armenian Genocide Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In Jerusalem, the leading event dedicated to the centenary of the Armenian Genocide will be held on April 24, at the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. It will be a memorial liturgy and it will b ...
• 9 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - It is necessary to protect the rights of women workers Fasalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Protecting the rights and dignity of women workers in Pakistan: is what the Pakistani women said during a convention held in Faisalabad on the occasion of International Women's Day. The conven ...
• 9 March 2015
  ASIA/THAILAND – Examples of daily life and work of evangelization Pathum Thani (Agenzia Fides) - Father Adriano Pelosin, PIME missionary, sent Agenzia Fides a testimony regarding the work of evangelization carried out by priests, nuns, seminarians and local Catholic families through th ...
• 9 March 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - The Franciscans: consecrated life at the service of the poor Velankanny (Agenzia Fides) - In the Year of Consecrated Life, the Indian Franciscans renew their commitment and service of apostolate among the marginalized of the country, in the slums, in rural areas, particularly amon ...
• 6 March 2015
  ASIA/LAOS - Three new priests, hope for the little Church in Laos Luang Prabang (Agenzia Fides) - "2015 will be a year of blessing for the little Church in Laos. Three priests will be ordained in the Vicariate of Luang Prabang: a sign of great hope": says His Exc. Mgr. Tito Banchong Th ...
• 6 March 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Church promotes the donation of organs Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Lebanese National Committee for the donation and transplantation of organs and tissues (NOD Lebanon) and the Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Care of Health Services of the Maronite Patr ...
• 5 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Threats and retaliation for health workers involved in vaccination against polio Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) - Health workers engaged throughout Pakistan in vaccinations against polio continue to find a lot of resistance and suffer threats from parents who refuse to vaccinate their children. Only last w ...
• 5 March 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic Minister Jonan: in politics with faith, honesty, courage Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "A Catholic politician is he who gives, first of all, a good example with life": says to Agenzia Fides Ignasius Jonan, Indonesian Transport Minister, the only Catholic in the government of new p ...
• 5 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Joseph Coutts: "God is close to us, in spite of evil" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Jesus Christ died for us so that we could live. Evil is defeated and God's love triumphs. Even today, here in Pakistan": This is what His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Coutts, Archbishop of Karachi said in ...
• 5 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Syrian Parliament commemorates the Armenian Genocide Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday 4 March, the Syrian People's Assembly dedicated a session commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The initiative, promoted in particular by the Syrian Chr ...