Asia

• 19 November 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian houses looted also by the Kurdish Peshmerga militias Tel Isqof (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Tel Isqof, a village in the Nineveh plains 15 kilometers from Tilkaif denounce the looting in their homes carried out by the Kurdish Peshmerga militia, who have been controlling ...
• 19 November 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Representatives of all religions visit the synagogue attacked. Patriarch Twal: No more violence in places of worship Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders and representatives of the religious communities in the Holy Land went to visit the synagogue in Jerusalem, which yesterday was the scene of a bloody terrorist attack, to express s ...
• 18 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian and Muslim leaders: it is urgent to amend the blasphemy law Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to correct and improve the blasphemy law, to prevent the abuse and exploitation: is what leaders and Muslim scholars, Christians, Hindus and Sikhs state, who met recently in Lahore. ...
• 18 November 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Latin Patriarch Twal after the attack against the synagogue in Jerusalem: stop the endless spiral of revenge Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "I extend my condolences to the relatives of the victims of the assault against the Synagogue of Jerusalem and all the violence that bloody the Holy Land. In our churches, convents and monaste ...
• 18 November 2014
  ASIA/MALAYSIA – Appeal to the Federal Court on January 21 regarding the use of the word "Allah" (Agenzia Fides) - The Federal Court of Malaysia has set the first hearing of the appeal (the third instance) for January 21, 2015, presented by the Catholic Church regarding the prohibition of the use of the word "Allah" ...
• 17 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian arrested for blasphemy; investigation into the murder of Kasur continues Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Qaiser Ayub, 40, was arrested for an alleged case of blasphemy by the police in Lahore. The complaint was registered pursuant to art 295-C of the Penal Code (insulting the Prophet), ...
• 17 November 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Bishops: not only tolerance but authentic fraternity Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics are called to build "true brotherhood, based on love and mutual respect" in Indonesia: says the final message, written at the conclusion of the General Assembly of the Indonesian Bisho ...
• 15 November 2014
  ASIA/LAOS - Families evicted from villages after converting to Christianity Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - Seven Hmong Christians were arrested in the province of Luang Namtha, northern Laos, on November 2, after converting from animism to Christianity. As Fides learns, after a few days five of the ...
• 15 November 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - 25 Christian families still in Raqqa. Obligation to pay a "protection tax" Raqqa (Agenzia Fides) – In Raqqa, the city of northern Syria which has become a stronghold of the jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) since 2014, counts only 23 Christian families of the 1500 who lived there before the ...
• 15 November 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle: "The Pope's visit, a blessing that invokes responsibility" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "The papal visit will surely bring much blessing to the Filipinos, especially to the poor, the survivors of recent natural and human-caused calamities, and the victims of injustices. The concern ...
• 14 November 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The poor and vulnerable children in the Country seek refuge in Thailand Naypyidaw (Agenzia Fides) - In order to attend school, children in Myanmar are forced to emigrate on their own, without their parents, towards camps in the mountainous forests of Thailand. Decades of war and neglect have ...
• 14 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy in Pakistan, data on victims: who will pay off all the suffering? Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The blasphemy law continues to claim victims in Pakistan and religious minorities are the most vulnerable. According to the data collected by an NGO network in Pakistan "Awaz-e-Haq Itehad" (AHI) ...
• 14 November 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo: if the US attack the Syrian army, we will have a second Libya Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - "If the US-led intervention against the jihadists of the Islamic State eventually turns against the Syrian army, we could have a second Libya in Syria". This is how Archbishop Jacques Behnan Hi ...
• 13 November 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Syrian Orthodox Church: international protection for Christians in the Nineveh Plain is needed Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The international community must take charge of the return and protection of Christians in the Nineveh Plain, the area of northern Iraq where many cities have suffered the predominantly Christian ...
• 13 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian and Muslim leaders: justice and prayer for the couple burned alive Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Eminent Christian and Muslim leaders in Pakistan gathered today in Lahore to demand justice and to pray for the Christian couple burned alive in Kasur because accused of blasphemy (see Fides 04/1 ...