Asia

• 12 January 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - International Delegation of Bishops visit Gaza; for Archbishop Fontana "a devastated situation" Gaza (Agenzia Fides) – The group of 16 Bishops who make up the Holy Land Coordination (Hlc), a body that brings together Bishops and representatives of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe and North America (see Fides 0 ...
• 12 January 2015
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: "The Pope's visit will be an impetus to reconciliation" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The presence of Pope Francis, from 13 to 15 January, among us is a gift and a blessing. The climate we live in today is very positive and the Pope's visit will be an impetus to national reconci ...
• 9 January 2015
  ASIA/THAILAND - Cardinal designate Kovithavanij: valuable religions to build a peaceful society Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Religions, and therefore religious leaders, have an important role to carry out in building peaceful and harmonious societies: is what the Archbishop of Bangkok, His Exc. Mgr. Kriengsak Kovitvan ...
• 9 January 2015
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Bishops: "a new era of peace and reconciliation with newly-elected president Sirisena" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "There are high hopes and good wishes for Sri Lanka to begin a new era of prosperity and peace": with these words, gathered by Agenzia Fides, His Exc. Mgr. Vianney Fernando, Bishop of Kandy welc ...
• 9 January 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ – They refuse to convert to Islam: 10 elderly Christians expelled from Mosul Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - The militiamen of the self-jihadist Islamic Caliphate have expelled 10 elderly Chaldean Christians and Syrian Catholics from Mosul and temporarily housed in the second largest city in Iraq, after ...
• 8 January 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Church joyfully welcomes the appointment of the first Burmese Cardinal in history Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Church colleagues proudly welcomed Archbishop Charles Maung Bo home on Monday, a day after his appointment by Pope Francis as Myanmar's first Roman Catholic cardinal. According to Bishop Felix L ...
• 8 January 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops to MPs: elect the new President as soon as possible Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite Bishops, who met yesterday for their monthly meeting presided by Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai at the patriarchal seat of Bkerké, have once again urged the MPs to elect the new Pre ...
• 8 January 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Attack in Paris: "Not in the name of Allah" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We have learned with dismay of the attack in Paris. Pakistan is still in shock after the terrorist attack in Peshawar, which took place a month ago, causing the death of more than 140 people, mo ...
• 7 January 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - International Delegation of Bishops to visit Gaza Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian community of Gaza is again the focal point of this year’s visit to the Holy Land by Bishops from across Europe, North America and South Africa in support of the local Christian comm ...
• 7 January 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Hundreds of children are starving to death because of the drought in the south of the Country Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The civil hospital’s team of paramedics in Mithi, Tharparkar district in the south of Pakistan, for the last two months have witnessed dozens of people, mostly infants under two years of age ...
• 5 January 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - Christian Schools welcome the Iraqis children who fled from Mosul and Nineveh Plain Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Among the 7 thousand Christian refugees who fled from Mosul and Nineveh Plain that have found refuge in Jordan, more than 1,400 are school age children. Now, thanks to the involvement of Caritas J ...
• 2 January 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - The Grand Mufti of Jordan: the pronouncement of the "Fatwa" is reserved for authorized experts Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Legal opinions and religious edicts pronounced on the basis of the Sharia and Islamic jurisprudence are regulated and cannot be pronounced indiscriminately by unauthorized persons. This is what th ...
• 30 December 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Hypothesis of a meeting Aoun-Geagea to overcome divisions among political Christian forces Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – Rumors are circulating in Lebanon about an upcoming meeting between General Michel Aoun and former Falangist Samir Geagea, the leaders of the two main Christian political forces - the Free Patr ...
• 29 December 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Anti-terrorism Committee: no religious minority representatives Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Religious minorities are targeted by terrorist groups, but there is not even a member belonging to minority religious communities (Christian or Hindu) in the Committee formed by the Prime Mini ...
• 29 December 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Presidential election campaign, while the Catholic Church is preparing itself for the Pope's visit Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa has promised to reform the presidency and introduce a new constitution if he is re-elected for a third term in the presidential election to be held o ...