Asia

• 28 April 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Jesuits and Salesians engaged in disaster relief and assistance Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, April 25, a massive earthquake struck Nepal. The epicenter of the quake was approximately halfway between Kathmandu and the town of Pokhara in central Nepal. Deaths and destructi ...
• 28 April 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL – Health care is on the verge of collapse, drinking water and electricity is lacking, while the aftershocks continue Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world and at the same time full of a huge cultural heritage that has been devastated by the earthquake, while the number of deaths continues to inc ...
• 28 April 2015
  ASIA/TURKEY - Armenian Catholicos Aram I appeals to the Turkish Constitutional Court for the return of properties to the Catholicosate Antelias (Agenzia Fides) – Today Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church submitted to the Constitutional Court of Turkey the appeal demanding the return of the residences and p ...
• 28 April 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - The Catholic Church in Nepal Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The first Catholic priest to enter Nepal was the Portuguese Jesuit Father Juan Cabral, in 1628. In 1670 King Pratap Malla invited the Jesuits to settle in the country. In 1703 the Italian Capuchins ...
• 27 April 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - First emergency measures in favor of the disabled people affected by the earthquake Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - The earthquake has brought destruction and death among the people of Nepal and, in these times of uncertainty, there is an alarming fact: the death rate of people with disabilities is twice th ...
• 27 April 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - The Church prays and helps earthquake victims Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - A requiem Mass for the earthquake victims was celebrated this morning by the Vicar Apostolic of Nepal, Catholic Bishop Paul Simick: as reported to Fides, the Bishop prayed for the victims. T ...
• 27 April 2015
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Israeli President commemorates Armenian victims of "mass murder" without using the word "Genocide" Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin hosted a commemorative event to commemorate the centenary of the planned extermination of the Armenians which took place a century ago in Anatolia, at the presi ...
• 24 April 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Islamic and Christian religious leaders: "Necessity to review the Bangasamoro Basic Law" Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - An additional reflection is necessary. In a recent statement, sent to Agenzia Fides, the Inter Faith Council of Leaders, IFCL of the city of Zamboanga, on the island of Mindanao, highlights "t ...
• 24 April 2015
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Forced removal of a cross: the government orders an investigation Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Malaysia has ordered an investigation after a group of Muslim protesters forced a small Protestant church in the neighborhood of Taman Medan, the capital Kuala Lumpur, to ...
• 22 April 2015
  ASIA/MACAU - A new musical piece dedicated to Fr. Matteo Ricci Macao (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, April 26, the "Missa in honorem Matthaei Ricci", will be performed in the church of St. Joseph's Seminary in Macao, where in the last two centuries many missionaries have studied. His M ...
• 22 April 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The state of human rights in the country worsens Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The human rights situation in Pakistan is strongly deteriorating: is what the latest Report of the "Human Rights Commission of Pakistan" (HRCP) says, one of the largest NGOs in Pakistani society, ...
• 22 April 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic schools are not "against Hindu culture" Goa (Fides) - "We are not here to promote any culture or to promote a religion" but "in the name of secularism guaranteed by the Constitution": this is what, in a note sent to Fides, the Conference of Religious of Goa sa ...
• 22 April 2015
  ASIA/SAUDI ARABIA - Video of the massacres of Ethiopian Christians: the jihadist that exposes the obligations of Christians is a Saudi terrorist Ryad (Agenzia Fides) - The militant of the Islamic State who in the macabre video with the execution of Ethiopian Christians launches threats against "the people of the cross" and recalls the obligations of Christians in ...
• 20 April 2015
  ASIA/TURKEY - Advisor of the Turkish prime minister who had spoken of the Armenian Genocide has resigned Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The writer and journalist of Turkish Armenian origin Etyen Mahcupyan, former advisor of Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutlogu, resigned a few days after releasing some statements in an interview ...
• 20 April 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Thousands of "invisible" children: without access to education and healthcare Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Opportunities are few for those who live in Jakarta’s slums. That is especially true for children. Some collect plastic bottles and sort through trash, others play the banjo on local buses for ...