Asia

• 30 October 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Silsilah dialogue movement: "Fight soldiers with prayer" Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) – The "Prayer of Harmony", a chain of prayer among Christians, Muslims and followers of other religions, is the weapon with which to "fight soldiers" and the terrorist ideology of violence and ...
• 30 October 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Jesuits: "To be companions for indigenous peoples" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuits in Myanmar intend to be "companions for indigenous peoples", is what the religious said in a recent meeting dedicated to the Pastoral ministry of indigenous communities, held in the d ...
• 30 October 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Catholic Syrian Bishops: if the world wants to help us, stop sending us weapons! Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A severe reminder to the international community so that it puts an end to the arms trade that fuels war and an appeal to the consciences of Christians, so they resist the idea of escaping from ...
• 30 October 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdullah II to Armenian President: Christians helped to build the Arab civilization Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Christians gave their own contribution to the building of Arab civilization. This is also why the forced displacement of the indigenous Christian communities in the Middle East is a serious proble ...
• 29 October 2014
  ASIA/CHINA – To make Jesus known to non-Christians and make Catholics aware of their missionary responsibility Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "World Mission Day was an opportunity to make Jesus known to non-Christians and make Catholics aware of their missionary vocation and evangelising mission of the Church": this was stated by the ...
• 29 October 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - More than 700 Christian families among the refugees welcomed in Baghdad, Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - There are already at least seven hundred Christian families from Mosul and the Nineveh Plain living as refugees in makeshift housing and accommodation in Baghdad, after being forced to leave the ...
• 29 October 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Pope's visit confirmed Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, during a meeting with the priests of the Archdiocese of Colombo, confirmed the Holy Father' visit in Sri Lanka, scheduled from 13 to 15 January 2 ...
• 29 October 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - An Armenian baptismal church consecrated on the banks of the Jordan Amman (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of October, the new St. Garabed Armenian Church will be consecrated in Jordan, on the bank of the Jordan River. This was announced by the Armenian Apostolic Patriarchate of Jerusalem, ...
• 29 October 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Caritas calls for equal rights for women working in agriculture Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Equal rights for women working in agriculture and the promotion of "sustainable" agriculture: is what Caritas Pakistan asks the government during the conference organized in Sargodha, Punjab, in ...
• 28 October 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The government "cannot ignore Asia Bibi’s case" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The federal and provincial ministries should take the responsibility to monitor, protect and defend cases against people accused of blasphemy, including that of Asia Bibi": is what is said in a ...
• 28 October 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishops: "Even a life sentence is inhuman" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Life sentence is "a death sentence in disguise" because it kills the heart and mind of an individual. After Pope Francis’ appeal to put an end to life imprisonment, the Commission on Prison Pas ...
• 28 October 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - A new Caritas center in Karak Amman (Agenzia Fides) - A new center run by Caritas Jordan was inaugurated yesterday, October 27, in the town of Karak, 130 kilometers south of Amman, one of the poorest areas of the Hashemite Kingdom. The activities of ...
• 27 October 2014
  ASIA/TURKEY - Armenians discuss the election of a new patriarch Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The lengthy absence of Mesrob Mutafyan, the Armenian Orthodox Patriarch in Turkey, due to his illness, has fueled a debate in the country's Armenian religious community regarding whether the pa ...
• 27 October 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - First Interreligious Congress dedicated to "true brotherhood" Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - To live and give witness to "true brotherhood": was the aim of the interreligious Congress held in recent days by the Archdiocese of Semarang, in Central Java. This is a new and unique initiati ...
• 24 October 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Ecology, "common ground" for the three Abrahamic religions Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In a world marked by the upsurge of fundamentalism and ethno-religious sectarianism, ecology arises as a possible area of convergence and cooperation among the different religious traditions, ...