Asia

• 17 April 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Vandalizing acts against a Catholic church in Uttar Pradesh Agra (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic church in the city of Agra, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, has been the object of vandalizing acts. As reported to Fides, Fr. Eugene Lazarus, the pastor of the church of Santa Mar ...
• 17 April 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Syrian government dedicates a garden to the Martyrs of the Assyrian Genocide in the center of Damascus Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian government has offcially titled as "Garden of the Syrian martyrs" Qishleh garden, in the center of Damascus, to coincide with the centenary of the massacres of Christian Syrians, Ass ...
• 17 April 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic communities towards the Jubilee of Mercy Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Chinese Catholic communities have welcomed the publication of the "Misericordiae vultus" Bull that proclaims the special Jubilee of Mercy, and are already intensely living the preparation ...
• 17 April 2015
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Christian Cemeteries vandalized in Mosul and in Galilee Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The militiamen of the Islamic State (IS), who since last June have been controlling Mosul, have ravaged the oldest Christian cemetery of the city, publishing pictures of the destruction of the tom ...
• 17 April 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Shots fired against a Catholic school in Lahore, three injured Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - This morning, gunmen opened fire on a school in Lahore, the "St Francis High School", a Catholic high school located in the district of Bahar, in the Anarkali area. This was reported by sources i ...
• 16 April 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The lawyers: "Justice after the death of Nauman Masih, killed because a Christian" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We are shocked. The death of Nauman Masih, the 14-year-old Christian burnt alive by a group of Muslims, is surprising. Two days ago the doctors said that despite the severe burns, the boy would ...
• 16 April 2015
  ASIA/TURKEY – Even the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople will commemorate the victims of the Genocide Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – Even the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, based in Istanbul, will commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the systematic massacres against the Armenian people which began on April 24 ...
• 15 April 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Christian boy burnt alive by young Muslims has died Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Nauman Masih, the 14-year-old Pakistani Christian, who was burnt alive by a group of unknown young Muslims a few days ago (see Fides 13/04/2015), passed away this morning in the hospital in Lahor ...
• 15 April 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Heads of the Christian communities in Aleppo: is it the time of the Resurrection of the Savior or the funeral of his disciples? Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "During the Easter period, our city and our people suffered intense pain, anguish and discomfort during the night when neighborhoods in the city were hit with rocket-propelled grenades, with a d ...
• 15 April 2015
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Israeli President visits the heads of Christian churches for Easter Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - President Reuven Rivlin yesterday April 14 2015, visited the Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem in the Old City, for a meeting with the heads of Christian Churches in Israel for Easter. This was rep ...
• 14 April 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders and politicians united for peace, against terrorism Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A special day of prayer for peace in Pakistan, with the participation of religious, political and social leaders, and intellectuals: this is the initiative organized in recent days by the Council ...
• 14 April 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Bombings on Christian neighborhoods in Aleppo, also two young Salesian animators killed Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The fierce ongoing war in Syria "has hit the children of Don Bosco again". This is what the Salesians of the Middle East write in the statement which reports the news of the death of two young br ...
• 14 April 2015
  ASIA - Peace and Justice in Asia: challenges of the future Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "We reaffirm our commitment to work for the equality of human beings and for the rights of marginalized groups such as women, minorities, tribal, indigenous peoples. We feel the duty to promote ...
• 14 April 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Kirill: The Russian Orthodox Church supports the creation of the Palestinian State Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - The Russian Orthodox Church "expresses its support for the demands and aspirations of the Palestinians to create their own State, in implementation of UN resolutions". This is how Patriarch Kiril ...
• 13 April 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A boy, burnt alive because a Christian, is in serious condition Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A 14-year-old Christian teenager, Nauman Masih, was burnt alive by some young Muslims who Nauman did not know. The young man is now in hospital in Lahore, where he is struggling between life and ...