Asia

• 13 April 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Armenian Catholic Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX: the Pope's words on the Genocide express the conscience of mankind, they are not "against" anyone Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Turkish government's strategy to prevent from speaking of the Armenian Genocide is failing. This is why there is tension and the diplomatic reactions of Turkey are so harsh. But the Pope spoke ...
• 13 April 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Northern Iraq's displaced get own radio station Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - A radio station at the service of the refugees in northern Iraq, belonging to different ethnic and religious groups - Christians and Muslims, Kurds, Shiites eyazidi - forced to flee their homes be ...
• 13 April 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu extremist leader: "Sterilise Christians and Muslims in India" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The population of Muslims and Christians is growing day by day. To rein in this, Centre will have to impose emergency, and Muslims and Christians will have to be forced to undergo sterilisati ...
• 10 April 2015
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - From the disaster in Sewol, a seed of peace and resurrection Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The disaster of the Sewol ferry can become a seed of peace and resurrection: with this spirit the Korean Church is experiencing a time of prayer, a year after the tragedy on 16 April 2014, when th ...
• 10 April 2015
  ASIA/VIETNAM – Children of the war return to Vietnam in search of relatives Ba Ria (Agenzia Fides) - Some of the 4,500 Eurasian children that at the end of the Indochina War (1946-1954) were sent to orphanages in France, have just returned to Vietnam to search their relatives who were left behin ...
• 10 April 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The rediscovery of the value of assisting the sick Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - In Indonesia, where Catholics are only 5%, Good Friday is still a holiday throughout the Country, in order to give the opportunity to Catholics to live the historical event of the passion and de ...
• 10 April 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - In Jordan and Palestine Catholics and Orthodox celebrate Easter according to the Julian Calendar Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Since last Wednesday, April 8, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal has been in Jordan to preside the liturgies of Holy Week, that the Latin Catholics of the Hashemite Kingdom are celebrati ...
• 10 April 2015
  ASIA/VIETNAM - A new law on religions is being studied Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Vietnam is considering the possibility of reforming the law regulating religious communities in the country: according to some representatives of Christian Churches, government o ...
• 9 April 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Caritas operator dies in the bombing in Aleppo Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The operator of Caritas Syria, Safouh Al-Mosleh, was killed at noon on Tuesday, April 7, in the bombing that hit his home, located in Farhat square, where Greek-Catholic, Armenian and Maronite ca ...
• 9 April 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - School programs in the name of religious tolerance in Sindh Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - In the name of the affirmation of religious tolerance and respect for religious minorities, the Sindh government has included a well-known speech of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, ...
• 9 April 2015
  ASIA/TURKEY - A "hunger strike" to draw attention on the centenary of the Assyrian Genocide Midyat (Agenzia Fides) - To commemorate the genocide of their ancestors during the events of 1915, the members of the Syriac community in the city of Midyat will begin a collective hunger strike on April 20, also to draw ...
• 9 April 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church to the President: "It is time to approve land reform" Manila (Agenzia Fides) – To approve the Agrarian Reform is an urgent need for the country. With this awareness Caritas Philippines has launched a new appeal to President Benigno Aquino inviting him to "keep the promise ...
• 8 April 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Caritas Jerusalem will run a "mobile clinic" for the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Jerusalem is preparing the launch of a mobile clinic designed to provide health services to the residents of the Gaza Strip. This was reported to Agenzia Fides by Father Raed Abusahliah ...
• 8 April 2015
  ASIA - The world's humanitarian crises cause direct effects in the field of health care Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Because of humanitarian crises worldwide, thousands of people have been left without health care. Natural disasters, wars or situations of extreme poverty have led to devastating consequences. Th ...
• 8 April 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Archbishop of Lahore: "Like the martyrs in Youhanabad, have faith in God" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not be afraid. Have faith in the Lord, just like the martyrs in Youhanabad": said His Exc. Mgr. Sebastian Francis Shaw OFM, Archbishop of Lahore, speaking to more than two thousand faithful g ...