Asia

• 18 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Millions of children deprived of education: schools destroyed or used as shelters for the displaced Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Four years after the beginning of the conflict in Syria, there are currently more than 5 million children and 2 million displaced who have sought refuge in neighboring countries. According to est ...
• 18 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarch Gregoire III: "one is inconsiderate to invoke external military interventions to defend Christians in the Middle East" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "One is inconsiderate to invoke external military interventions to defend Christians in Syria and the Middle East. We are a sovereign Country with a legitimate government, which is responsible ...
• 18 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Catholic Bishops meet in Homs Homs (Agenzia Fides) - On Tuesday, March 17 the Catholic Bishops of Syria met in Homs, on the occasion of the assembly that sees them together twice a year in order to reflect together on the pastoral and charitable serv ...
• 17 March 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - Even the "24 hours for the Lord" in the Lenten journey of the Chinese Catholics Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in mainland China are preparing themselves for Easter, following the indications of the Lenten Message of Pope Francis. According to information gathered by Agenzia Fides, the d ...
• 17 March 2015
  ASIA/INDIA – The Bishops: "Violence against nuns, a crime of which India should be ashamed" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Physical violence inflicted on religious women, the rape of an old and sick nun, the desecration of consecrated hosts, are ruthless and inhumane acts, of which all citizens of India should be ...
• 17 March 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Church calls for a law to ensure emigrants the recovery of Lebanese nationality Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai urged the government of Lebanon to work on the bill again to allow immigrants from the Country of the Cedars to recover Lebanese nationality. The invitatio ...
• 17 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Archbishop of Lahore at the funeral of the victims of Youhanabad: "Be men of peace" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We do not need and do not want a civil war. We Christians are people of peace. Do not let the pain cloud our eyes. What future do we want to build for Pakistan? A future of harmony and reconcili ...
• 16 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A "Day of Prayer for our martyrs" after the attacks on churches Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Time of mourning and prayer for the Church in Pakistan: today, Monday, March 16, the Catholic faithful celebrate a "special day of prayer for the innocent lives of the martyrs". This was announce ...
• 16 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The "Justice and Peace" Commission on the massacre of Christians: "Police negligent " Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The protection provided by the authorities was "minimal", despite warnings already launched in recent days, given the threats received by the churches; and "agents present at the time of the atta ...
• 16 March 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: a law against preachers who incite violence is needed Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In Iraq, bloodied by sectarian strife and in the hands of jihadists, a law to prosecute religious preachers who incite violence and therefore threaten the peaceful coexistence of citizens belong ...
• 16 March 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Nepalese teenagers say no to forced marriage Bajura (Agenzia Fides) - The district of Bajura is located 900 km west of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. Here there are some of the most remote villages with the highest number of development problems in the Country. A ...
• 16 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The US "open" up to talks with Assad. Archbishop Hindo: forced choice Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The availability of the US Administration to negotiate with the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad is an "option that should have already taken place" and at this point is "a forced choice, if on ...
• 14 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Innocent young Christian tortured to death by police in Pakistan Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A young Christian was tortured to death by the Pakistani police after his mother was accused of stealing gold and money from her Muslim employer. 20-year-old Zubair Masih was taken away by a grou ...
• 14 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Jubilee seen from Aleppo. Bishop Abou Khazen: only mercy can save us from hatred and heal wounds Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - An extraordinary Jubilee of mercy, announced yesterday by Pope Francis during the penitential liturgy which he presided in St Peter's, arouses reflections among the Christians in Syria, starting ...
• 12 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian and Hindu girls kidnapped and forced to marry: 500 cases a year Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – There have been at least 500 confirmed cases, in a year and a half, of girls belonging to religious minorities, Christian and Hindu, who have been kidnapped by Muslims and forced to get mar ...