Asia

• 5 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Married couple burned alive: Christians protest in Lahore and call for the UN to intervene Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We are shocked and worried. Christians in Pakistan are now wondering: what country do we live in? The horrible and barbaric execution of a Christian couple, accused of blasphemy, is an act that ...
• 5 November 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - After years of waiting, the small community of Lai Gang has its own chapel Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Enthusiasm marked the celebration of Mass on All Saints day, November 1, and All Souls' Day, in the small community of Lai Gang. In fact, after years of absence of priests and lack of a place to ...
• 5 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Amnesty: it is necessary to do justice and reform the blasphemy law Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pakistani authorities must bring to justice those responsible for the killing of the Christian couple accused of blasphemy". This is what Amnesty International says in a note sent to Agenzia ...
• 5 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Ulema Council calls for "an impartial investigation" into the events in Kasur Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) calls for "an impartial investigation on what happened in Kot Radha Kishan in Kasur district, where a Christian couple was burnt alive" (see Fides 04/11/2014): th ...
• 4 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Christian Sawan Masih, on death row for blasphemy, prays and remains hopeful Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Sawan Masih, a Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy, who since 2014 has been on death row in the prison of Faisalabad, remains confident about his release: this is what the Christian Joseph ...
• 4 November 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops: "With silence, the government becomes an accomplice in the attacks on minorities" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The new government of nationalist leader Narendra Modi is not openly against minorities, but we are sad and worried about what is happening in India: The government says and does nothing to s ...
• 4 November 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Church of St. Ephrem in Mosul could soon be transformed into a mosque Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - In the northeastern city of Mosul, Iraq, since June in the hands of the jihadists of the Islamic State (IS), the Syrian Orthodox church dedicated to St. Ephrem has been emptied and there are rumor ...
• 4 November 2014
  ASIA/TURKEY - Christian schools subsidized by the State increase Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - There are 55 schools belonging to foundations and institutions related to the Christian communities in Turkey already entitled to receive financial support from the State. Of these, 36 belong to ...
• 4 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Two Christians burned alive in a brick-kiln on charges of blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A Christian couple, Shahzad 26 years old and Shama 24 years old, were burned to death by a Muslim mob, from five villages in the south of Lahore (Punjab province), who accused them of committing ...
• 3 November 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Bishops, between the Pope's visit and elections: "The visit will take place without any problems" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "Our request to the government has always been that the elections should not be held immediately after the Pope's visit to Sri Lanka, because the event could be used politically by stakeholders ...
• 3 November 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai: immediately elect a Christian President to save the Lebanese "model" Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Only the immediate election of a new Christian President can ensure the continuation of a Lebanese democracy, founded on the sharing of power between Christians and Muslims, blocking the road to ...
• 3 November 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Church encourages the Small Christian communities to strengthen their faith and to proclaim the Gospel Daejeon (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Korea encourages parishes to rediscover the "Small Christian Communities" as a tool to strengthen their faith and to proclaim the Gospel in the territory: is what emerged from the ...
• 3 November 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Patriarch: from Iraqi Premier full support to the Christian communities Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - A commitment, explicit and personal, to take charge of the defense of the Christian community in Iraq has been expressed by the Prime Minister of Iraq, Haider al Abadi, in the afternoon of Sunda ...
• 31 October 2014
  ASIA/MACAO – To reaffirm the Christian identity of the laity in order to carry out the mission of Christ Macau (Agenzia Fides) – To reaffirm the Christian identity in order to fulfill the mission of Christ: this was the aim of the Forum on "Continuity and development of the laity of the Catholic community in Macao in the ...
• 31 October 2014
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Catholics in Hanoi demand the return of a land that belongs to the Church Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The Vietnamese Catholic community of Thai Ha, entrusted to the pastoral care of the Redemptorists, publicly protested in recent days demanding the return of land that they believe belongs to the p ...