Asia

• 31 July 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Aleppo, missile at the Armenian Catholic Church. Three dead Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday afternoon a missile launched from the areas of Aleppo controlled by the rebels fell in the area of the Armenian Catholic parish of the Holy Trinity, in the district of al-Meydan, causin ...
• 30 July 2014
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A new Youth Centre of the Salesians of Don Bosco has been inaugurated Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Salesians of Don Bosco have opened a new Center for youth pastoral in Bangladesh, Dhaka. The "Don Bosco Youth Centre" was inaugurated in the presence of religious and the laity and Fr. Guiller ...
• 30 July 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Archbishop Bo: "Unity and peace for the family of Myanmar" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Unity and peace of the family is vital for Myanmar": says Charles Bo, Salesian Archbishop of Yangon, in a speech on the theme of family. The Archbishop recalled that the Buddhist and Christian c ...
• 30 July 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The entire Catholic population celebrates the 100 millionth baby born in the Country Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Poverty has always been a serious problem in the country, but too often governments and institutions promote sterilization or other preventive measures as a means to eradicate it. In response to ...
• 30 July 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Pax Christi International: the arms trade fuels the Syrian conflict Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The bloody conflict in Syria will continue until international actors continue to feed it with the sale of arms. And any serious attempt to put a stop to the mindless violence that has been rav ...
• 29 July 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Bombing near the Catholic parish in Gaza. School devastated Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - A bombing carried out by the Israeli army this morning near the Catholic parish in Gaza, dedicated to the Holy Family, has partially destroyed the adjacent parish school, the pastor’s office and ...
• 28 July 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai: The new President should not be linked to the two "blocks" Diman (Agenzia Fides) - "The 'March 14 Coalition ' does not want a president aligned with the 'March 8 Coalition'. And the 'March 8 Coalition' does not want a President aligned with the 'March 14 Coalition'. Therefore on ...
• 28 July 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Terrorism and intolerance are the wounds of Pakistan" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Terrorism and religious intolerance are the worst plagues that afflict Pakistan" says to Fides Agency Fr. Inayat Bernard, rector of Santa Maria Seminary in Lahore. "The Church in Pakistan is res ...
• 26 July 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Five new Korean Jesuit priests will welcome the Pope Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - There will be five new Korean Jesuit priests in the Catholic community as it prepares to welcome Pope Francis in his next trip to Korea (14-18 August): the Society of Jesus in Korea has in fact ce ...
• 26 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ – Pope Francis calls the Chaldean Patriarch. Rumors about the destruction of churches in Mosul have been denied Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis phoned the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Louis Raphael I Sako to manifest his participation and closeness to the suffering of the Iraqi people, starting from Mosul Christia ...
• 24 July 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Priorities for new president Joko Widodo: stop intolerance and guarantee religious freedom Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Priority for the new president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, and his new government is to address the issue of the growing religious intolerance in Indonesia, which has become a national concern, a ...
• 24 July 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Caritas Jerusalem rescues thousands of Muslims, who have taken shelter in schools and churches in Gaza Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - There are almost 1,300 Palestinians, the vast majority of Muslims, who have taken shelter in the Greek Orthodox church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza in order to escape the bombing of the Israeli army ...
• 24 July 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Thousands of children excluded from the vaccination campaign against polio which has resurfaced in the Country Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - About 765 000 children under 5 years of age live in areas of Syria where it is very difficult to reach because of the ongoing conflict and therefore were excluded from the recent vaccination camp ...
• 24 July 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Also displaced Christians and Hindus from North Waziristan: no to discrimination Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - There are also internally displaced Christians and Hindus from North Waziristan, an area where the Pakistani government has in recent weeks launched an anti-terrorism offensive against Taliban ...
• 23 July 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - Too much time wasted in front of a computer or on cell phones, too little to read the Bible Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Among the various initiatives related to the spread of the Bible and the promotion of knowledge in mainland China, we report what is called "transmission of the Holy Scriptures in the family", w ...