Asia

• 15 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean nuns and the children released, "a sign of hope for all" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of Monday, July 14 the two Chaldean nuns and three young children - two girls and a boy - who were seized on June 28 last in Mosul, were released. Their captors were linked to t ...
• 15 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Letter from Patriarch Louis Raphael I to Iraqi Parliament: there is no time to waste Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Since the meetings of the Iraqi parliament convened to form a new government have proven to be a waste of time, Patriarch Louis Raphael I sent a Letter to the Members of Iraqi Parliament. The Pa ...
• 15 July 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND – Gaza, proposal of truce. The director of Caritas Jerusalem: it is urgent to intervene immediately to assist victims Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The Israeli government has agreed to support the proposal for a truce proposed by Egypt, although there are still Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip as a result of air raids carried out this morn ...
• 14 July 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The site of the Pope's trip to Korea is online Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The official site of Pope Francis’ visit in South Korea, on the occasion of the 6th World Youth Day in Asia, is online. The Holy Father will make the third international pilgrimage of his pont ...
• 11 July 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The struggle for survival of 40 000 female-headed households in the former war zone Valipunam (Agenzia Fides) - The village of Valipunam, 322 kilometers north of the capital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, is located in one of the remotest corners of the former war zone in the country. The dirt roads are impossi ...
• 10 July 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Third day of raids on Gaza. Caritas Jerusalem: security is not achieved by killing innocent children Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - According to local medical sources, the third day of the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip began with 14 deaths including 7 women and 4 children. In one night between Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 ...
• 10 July 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai to Lebanese missionaries: the Arab world needs the Gospel Diman (Agenzia Fides) - The Arab world "needs the Gospel and its teachings: those of love, brotherhood, peace, forgiveness and reconciliation". This is what the Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, Bechara Boutros Rai, ...
• 9 July 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - The drama of tea pickers left to themselves Dharanipur (Agenzia Fides) - A team run by the Jesuits in North Bengal is providing food and health care to the workers of a tea plantation where two people were killed at the end of last year, presumably due to causes r ...
• 9 July 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - There is no end to poverty: it is estimated that there will be an increase of 100 million poor Indians New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the period 2011-2012 out of a population of 1 billion and 200 thousand people, almost 30% of the inhabitants of India, namely 363 million, were living below the poverty line. There were 93 ...
• 9 July 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Escalation in Gaza. Justice and Peace: "collective punishment" is inflicted on the Palestinian people Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The liability of new bloodshed in the Holy Land belongs to a large extent to political leadership that "pour gasoline on fire", fueling the conflict with words and irresponsible acts. And to u ...
• 9 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ – Safety measures taken for the relics of St. Thomas Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The capture of Mosul by the jihadists of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which began on June 9, besides causing the exodus of a large part of the population - both Christian and Muslim - has c ...
• 8 July 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - The government army towards Aleppo. Bishop Audo: we are on edge between hopes and fears, we also lack drinking water Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - In recent days, the signals of a possible, forthcoming offensive of the Syrian government seeking to recapture areas held by the rebels in the urban area of Aleppo, in the north of the Country ar ...
• 7 July 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai: the existence of Lebanon at risk Diman (Agenzia Fides) - The delay or postponement of the election of a new President of the Republic "threatens the very existence of Lebanon", because "only a Maronite President with broad consensus and appropriate pers ...
• 7 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - False news regarding the kidnapping of a priest and a nun in Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Church in Mosul, through its Archbishop, Amel Shimon Nona denies the news launched on the web on Sunday, July 6th announcing the kidnapping of a priest and a nun by unidentified "arme ...
• 7 July 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - For the poor and against injustice: the testimony of Father Romano, who was kidnapped 29 years ago, is always present Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - The testimony of Fr. Rudy Romano, a Redemptorist missionary priest (CSSR), who was abducted by suspected military on 11 July 1985, was cited by the Archbishop of Cebu His Exc. Mgr. Jose Palma, in h ...