Asia

• 26 September 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - A hundred days dedicated to the formation of young people in the diocese of Xian Xian Cang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - The young are called to be light and salt of the earth: this is the theme of the path of formation regarding the young people in the diocese of Xian Xian (today Cang Zhou), in the province of ...
• 26 September 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Burmese army releases over a hundred child soldiers Rangún (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese army has released 109 children from its military ranks. Myanmar has for years been listed among Countries where children have been recruited to fight - both by government forces and ...
• 26 September 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - U.S. Bishops: even the barrier Wall and the new colonies close the door to peace Washington (Agenzia Fides) - In the Holy Land, "the route of the barrier wall, the confiscation of Palestinian lands in the West Bank, especially now in the Bethlehem area and the Cremisan Valley, and any expansion of se ...
• 26 September 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian accused of blasphemy murdered in prison: condemnation of the Bishops Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Pastor Zafar Bhatti, two years in prison on charges of blasphemy, was murdered in prison yesterday by a policeman in Rawalpindi. The policeman killed Bhatti, awaiting trial, and ...
• 26 September 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Universities in the north open its doors to student-refugees of the Nineveh Plain Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - College students who fled from Mosul and from towns and villages in the Nineveh Plain under the violent offensive of jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) can hold their exams at other universities ...
• 26 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - The Franciscans: with the Pope, commitment towards the poor, for peace, for development New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscans in India reaffirm their commitment, next to Pope Francis, for the poor, for peace, for development: is what was said in a message sent to Fides by Fr. A.J. Mathew OFM, presiden ...
• 25 September 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - Born into a family of martyrs, Fr. Bonaventura De Li Chong has died, a witness of the Gospel and the life of charity Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - He was born in a Catholic family, in which there are no less than 16 martyrs during the persecution of Geng Zi of the Qing Dynasty of China (1821-1850), as well as 5 priests and 7 nuns: Fr. Bon ...
• 25 September 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Mission, dialogue, peace: diocesan priests in National Assembly Ambon (Agenzia Fides) - The Indonesian Union of diocesan priests will hold its 11th National Assembly in Ambon, in the Moluccas, from 1 to 8 October 2014. As reported to Fides by Fr. Dominikus Gusti Bagus Kusumawanta, Pr ...
• 25 September 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdallah II to the UN: Christians are a "constitutive" part of the Middle East New York City (Agenzia Fides) - "Let me say it once again: Arab Christians are an integral part of my region's past, present and future". This is what the King of Jordan, Abdullah II said in his speech at the 69th UN Gen ...
• 25 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Gracias: "The Church supports good governance" Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church supports good governance and urges the faithful to vote for those who give proof of good governance": says Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Mumbai, in a note sent to Fi ...
• 24 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians arrested and beaten by Hindu extremists New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The police of Madhya Pradesh state (Central India) arrested five Christians, near the city of Khargone, accusing them of attracting people to convert to Christianity by offering money. Accordi ...
• 24 September 2014
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Church is preparing for the consecration of the new Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - In the church of the Holy Family in Kuala Lumpur, the Episcopal ordination of Mgr. Julian Leow, the new Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur will be held on October 6. As reported to Fides by the loc ...
• 24 September 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Armenian Archbishop of Aleppo: for the people, the perpetrators of the raids are certainly not "liberators" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The air raids against jihadi bases in Syria, carried out by the United States with the support of some Arab countries, do not elicit positive expectations among the population of Aleppo in Syria ...
• 24 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Prostitution and abuse of all kinds, in the name of tradition, for devadasi women Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - In the twenty-first century there still remains an ancestral tradition in the Indian state of Karnataka according to which some women, boys and girls of the lowest caste are offered to the Yal ...
• 24 September 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai: Lebanese Christians and Muslims share the same fate Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "For the good of the nation, as spiritual leaders, our duty is to protect the moral and spiritual values and the fundamental and national constitutional principles". This is what the Patriarch of ...