Asia

• 1 October 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - The President of Caritas Lebanon: hostility toward the Syrian refugees increases Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "The effects of uncontrolled influx of Syrian refugees in Lebanon open a disturbing scenario. The concern has reached the warning level. Among the local population hostility towards refugees cont ...
• 1 October 2014
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Armenian Catholicos announces it will file an appeal to retrieve the properties of the ancient Sis Athens (Agenzia Fides) - Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church, has made public his intention to appeal to the Constitutional Court of Turkey within the month of October for th ...
• 30 September 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pastor Zafar Bhatti is alive, another inmate wounded Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) - Protestant Pastor Zafar Bhatti, in prison in Rawalpindi since 2012 for alleged blasphemy, was not killed or hurt, as erroneously reported in Pakistan in recent days (see Fides 26/09/2014). In ...
• 30 September 2014
  ASIA/THAILAND - The armed conflicts, which so far have caused 6000 deaths, also involve minors Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Southern Thailand has become caught up in an escalating cycle of violence. It is easy to come across children who clean firearms and fight in the ranks of Islamist rebels. It is a reality that h ...
• 30 September 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Louis Raphael I to "Muslim brothers": condemn violent extremism that exploits religion Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope you openly express your rejection and your condemnation of violent religious extremism, because it distorts religion". This is the appeal that the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, ...
• 30 September 2014
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The Latin Bishops of the region discuss the pastoral care of immigrants in the Arabian Peninsula Ras Al Khaimah (Agenzia Fides) - The Assembly of the Conference of Latin Bishops in the Arab Regions (CELRA) began yesterday, September 29, and will continue until Thursday, October 2. This year the meeting will be held ...
• 29 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - The High Court: It is legitimate to declare that one does not belong to any religion Bombay (Agenzia Fides) - The Bombay High Court has ruled that the State cannot "compel any citizen to disclose his religion while submitting forms or declarations": the decision reaffirms the secular character of Indian ...
• 29 September 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian girl raped, the perpetrators film the violence Sialkot (Agenzia Fides) - Four young Muslims from Sialkot raped a 15-year-old Christian girl Monaza Bibi, and filmed the gang rape. As Fides learns by Christian lawyer Mushtaq Gill, who is dealing with the case, the vict ...
• 27 September 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Pastor killed in prison is "a new martyr" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Zafar Bhatti, an innocent man killed "is a new martyr", says in an interview with Fides Agency, prof. Shahid Mobeen, Pakistani professor of Islamic mysticism at the Pontifical Lateran University an ...
• 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 ...