Asia

• 5 March 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Meeting between representatives of Hezbollah and the Maronite Church on the election of the President Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - A meeting of dialogue to address the crux of the non-election of the President of the Lebanese Republic brought together on Tuesday, March 3 representatives of the Maronite Patriarchate and the S ...
• 4 March 2015
  ASIA/LAOS - Prayer for the sick is a crime Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - The provincial authorities of Savannakhet have established that "the religious ceremony to pray for the healing of the sick, in accordance with their religious worship, is a violation of Art ...
• 4 March 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic communities pray for the persecuted Christians in the Middle East and around the world Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - A prayer vigil with Eucharistic adoration for the persecuted Christians around the world, especially for Christians in Syria and Iraq, was held in various Chinese Catholic communities on ...
• 4 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The "rebels" say no to truce in Aleppo. Bishop Abou Khazen: powers from outside plan our torture Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The refusal of the anti-Assad forces to humanitarian truce in Aleppo proposed by the UN envoy Staffan de Mistura is "a serious matter" and proves once again that the Syrian conflict "will not end ...
• 4 March 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "The seven swords that pierce Mary's heart in Myanmar" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - There are "seven swords that pierce Mary's heart in Myanmar", said Cardinal Charles Maung Bo presiding over the Mass at the National Marian Shrine in Nyaung Lay Bin. As reported to Fides, speaki ...
• 3 March 2015
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - A new anti-terrorism law to stop the influence of IS Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamic State, the extremist group that sows terror in the Middle East, is scary even in Southeast Asia. Malaysia's new anti-terrorism act that will be tabled in parliament this month w ...
• 3 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - In defense of the rights of minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti remembered Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Religious minorities remain at the center of a political, religious and social debate in Pakistan. In view of the election to be held in March, a formal election procedure remains a point of c ...
• 3 March 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Former General Aoun: let us welcome Christians fleeing Syria Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Former general Michel Aoun, leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (MPL), has launched an appeal to the Lebanese authorities so that the entry of new refugees in Lebanon of Christian Assyrians, Ch ...
• 2 March 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - The parish pastoral Councils answer the questions for the Synod on the family Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The members of the Pastoral Council of the Catholic parishes in Jordan gathered on Friday, February 27 at Our Lady Center of Peace in Amman to talk about issues and problems regarding the next Syn ...
• 2 March 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Each year 50 thousand deaths due to contaminated water and poor sanitation Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Heavy pollution of river water by household and industrial waste in the Indonesian province of West Java, in particular Ciliwung and Citarum, is threatening the health of at least five million p ...
• 27 February 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Lenten Mission in the suburbs in Jakarta Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - For the faithful in Jakarta Lent is a special time for mission in the suburbs. The communities of the archdiocese, from the biggest parishes to the smallest, from religious congregations to lay ...
• 27 February 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - New episodes of violence against Christian churches New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - New episodes of violence against Christian communities and buildings in India have taken place. A case of vandalism in the church was reported in Goa, western India. Unidentified men hit and d ...
• 27 February 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Anguish for Christians held hostage by jihadists; Syrian Catholic Archbishop Hindo: avoid unnecessary alarm Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The number of Assyrian and Chaldean Christians of the villages on the river Khabur taken hostage and deported by the jihadists in their strongholds increases to more than three hundred. "If the ...
• 26 February 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The jihadists of the Islamic State deport Christian prisoners of the villages of Khabur Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The number of Christians in the villages of the valley of Khabur captured by the jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) in the northeastern Syrian province of Jazira increases. According to update ...
• 26 February 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Arson attack against the Orthodox Theological Seminary in Jerusalem Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In the early hours of today, Thursday 26 February, an arson attack damaged the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate's Theological Seminary of Jerusalem, not far from the Old Town. The fire devastated a ...