Asia

• 17 September 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Commission "Justice and Peace": stop the executioner, Pakistan must not go back in time Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "It is urgent to stop the executioner and not to bring Pakistan back in time. We say 'no' to the execution of the Muslim Shoaib Sarwar, who would be the first civilian after six years, and we ask ...
• 17 September 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Twal: the presence of Christian immigrants is an asset for the local church Jaffa (Agenzia Fides) - The presence of Christian immigrants in the Holy Land for work reasons "is an asset for the Church and a gift for the local Christians, often too involved in politics". The Patriarch of Jerusalem ...
• 17 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA – The Bishop after the flood: "In Kashmir we are like Ground Zero" Srinagar (Agenzia Fides) - "The State of Jammu and Kashmir has experienced the worst-ever floods in living history and our area is like Ground Zero. The lives and livelihood of the people have been completely upturned. C ...
• 17 September 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - 240,000 children return to school in Gaza Gaza City (Agenzia Fides) - 240,000 children return to United Nations-run classrooms in Gaza where many of their schools have been damaged and destroyed. "After the traumatic 50 days of brutal conflict, death, destructio ...
• 17 September 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdullah II: we will do our best to increase the presence of Arab Christians Amman (Agenzia Fides) - In the sectarian conflicts afflicting the Middle East, Jordan wants to represent even in the future "an oasis of security and stability", while pledging to do its utmost to protect the Christian A ...
• 16 September 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - “The mission of priests today”: cultural sharing in Taiwan for a group of priests from He Bei Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – “The mission of priests today” was the focus of a Cultural Formation Discussion in Taiwan for a group of priests from He Bei, held 20 August to 10 September. The meeting was organi ...
• 16 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops’ Justice and Peace Commission: a ray of hope for India’s minorities New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – “There is a ray of hope for the security and future of religious minorities in India”: says the Justice, Peace and Development Commission of the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of Ind ...
• 16 September 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: “With Francesco to remain in the love of the Lord” Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – “For the Papal visit to Sri Lanka planned from 13 to 15 January 2015, we have chosen the words ‘Remain in my love’, from the Gospel of Saint John, because we believe the cipher of this p ...
• 16 September 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - New Mufti installed, a man of dialogue Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – Today 16 September, the new Mufti of the Republic of Lebanon Sheikh Abdel Latif Deria elected in August, will assume his duties. The ceremony of investiture will be held at Mohammad el-Amin Mos ...
• 16 September 2014
  ASIA/CHINA – Death of Archbishop Giuseppe Wu, zealous shepherd dedicated to formation of seminarians and women religious Nanchang (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 August after a lengthy illness, Archbishop Giuseppe WU Shizhen passed away at the age 93. The deceased prelate was the Archbishop of Nanchang (Jiangxi Province, mainland China). Born on 1 ...
• 15 September 2014
  ASIA/TURKEY – In school books Christian communities portrayed as tools of foreign powers against the Ottoman empire Ankara (Agenzia Fides) – Some history books in use in Turkey today, when narrating the end of the Ottoman Empire and the Kemal revolution, still describe the Armenians and other Christian communities as enemy forces at ...
• 15 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA – Floods in Kashmir: Jesuits appeal for help Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – “We are aware of devastating floods in Kashmir. Two primary necessities, financial aid to buy materials, medicines and humanitarian aid and activate a network of volunteers”. This was s ...
• 15 September 2014
  ASIA/JAPAN – Two members of a religious sect kidnapped in view of forced conversion A Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – Two members of the Church of Unification in Japan were abducted in view of forceful conversion to return to the “true religion”: the abduction was carried out by family members with the c ...
• 13 September 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The school year in the Islamic Caliphate: the teaching of Syriac and Christian names of schools have been abolished Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Schools in Mosul and the Nineveh Plain which bore Christian names will have to be changed. Also the teaching of the Syriac language and culture and Christian religious education will be abolished. ...
• 12 September 2014
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The first church in China dedicated to Saint John Paul II has been consecrated Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) - The first church dedicated to St. John Paul II in the Chinese Catholic world was blessed and inaugurated on September 6 in Laiyi, in the Diocese of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. His Exc. Mgr. Peter Che ...