Asia

• 12 December 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch proposes three days of fasting to ask refugees to return to their homes Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Fasting, prayer and penance in the three days before Christmas and the invitation to give up parties with music and dancing at Christmas and New Year: these are the acts of penance that Patriarc ...
• 12 December 2014
  ASIA/TURKEY - Turkish historians working to refute reconstructions of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 Ankara (Fides) - The Center for Strategic Research of the New Turkey YTSAM (Yeni Turkiye Stratejik Arastırmalar Merkezi) has commissioned eight Turkish historians to provide materials and useful contributions to refute ...
• 12 December 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Kurdistan: even Christian politicians criticize the composition of the electoral Commission Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Leaders and activists of local political parties inspired by Christians joined the protest march held on Thursday, December 11 on the streets of Erbil, to the seat of the Government of the autonom ...
• 11 December 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian Bishops and priests inspired by the Evangelii Gaudium in prayer and action Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation "Evangelii Gaudium" is a valuable document in Indonesia for meditation, prayer and for the pastoral service of Bishops and priests in Indonesia and continu ...
• 11 December 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholics: "The government must not encourage Hindu extremists" New Delh (Agenzia Fides) - "We call on the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, to look on Hindu extremist groups and to stop the incitement to violence among communities". This is what is said in a note from the "Catholic Sec ...
• 11 December 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Syro-Catholic Bishops: let us apply the principles of the "Declaration of al-Azhar" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the great powers and rulers of Iraq must "hasten the release of Mosul and Nineveh Plain" from the jihadists of the Islamic State, so that the refugees who fled from those lands can r ...
• 10 December 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Yolanda" survivors now helping "Hagupit" victims Palo (Agenzia Fides) - Survivors of Typhoon Yolanda are now helping those affected by Typhoon Hagupit (also called Ruby): So says a statement from Caritas of the Philippines sent to Agenzia Fides. From the Archdiocese of ...
• 10 December 2014
  ASIA/THAILAND - "Houses of Hope" for abandoned children Pathum Thani (Agenzia Fides) - In a letter sent to Agenzia Fides, Father Adriano Pelosin, PIME missionary who has been in Thailand for 36 years talked about the work carried out in the Houses of Hope where abandoned chil ...
• 10 December 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Ignace Yussif III at the Synod of the Syro- Catholic Church: let us help to grasp the "signs of the times" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Syrians have suffered persecution and martyrdom "since ancient times". And today, faced with the present situation in the Middle East which causes suffering to the local Christian com ...
• 10 December 2014
  ASIA/MONGOLIA – First Mongolian deacon: "Immense grace for the Church", says the apostolic vice-Prefect Baatar (Agenzia Fides) - The ordination of the first deacon of Mongolian nationality, 22 years after the rebirth of the Church in the country, "is an immense grace and a priceless gift for the small community of the bapt ...
• 9 December 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – A Christian woman beaten and humiliated: justice moves Sheikhupura (Agenzia Fides) – Besides the case of a Christian married couple burned alive on 4 November, another serous episode caused concern among the Christians in Punjab: only days ago in the town of Rana, Shiekhup ...
• 9 December 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Human Rights Day: Bishops focus on minorities, religious, tribals and Dalit New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of Human Rights Day, December 10 “it is necessary to examine the situation of human rights in India and to urge the government to solve various questions demanding a solut ...
• 9 December 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - In Ankawa thousands of faithful take part in procession for the feast of the Immaculate Conception Erbil (Agenzia Fides) – Thousands took part in a procession on Saturday 7 of December for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception which moved through the streets of Ankawa, a mainly Christian suburb of the city of Erbil ...
• 6 December 2014
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Show everyone “the joy of consecrated life”, use Facebook to foster vocations Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Demonstrate the joy of religious consecrated life, because its source is Christ and His Gospel, and use Facebook to attract young people to consider a religious life: with this proposal Hong ...
• 6 December 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Artists of different faiths reflect on Saint Francis Xavier Goa (Agenzia Fides) – For the first time artists in Goa of different faiths have come together at an Art Exhibition organised on the occasion of the exposition of relics of Saint Francis Xavier. According to informati ...