Asia

• 5 July 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Escape from terrorism and extremism: the exodus of religious minorities has started Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Because of the spread of terrorism in Pakistan, insecurity, the very difficult living conditions, religious minorities have begun to abandon Pakistan. In the past year about 14 thousand Pakistani ...
• 5 July 2014
  ASIA/ISRAEL – Tension is always high in the detention camp in Holot Holot (Agenzia Fides) – Tension remains high in the detention center in Holot, in the Negev desert, where last week the malaise of prisoners gave rise to several initiatives of protest and mobilization, repressed by th ...
• 5 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Churches in Kirkuk assist Muslim refugees during Ramadan Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - In the city of Kirkuk, the Churches are intensely engaged in assisting refugees - mainly Muslims – who have fled from Mosul and villages that are under the control of Sunni insurgents in the no ...
• 4 July 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Director of Caritas Jerusalem: there is also a political use of the drug market in the Holy City Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "The use of drugs is unfortunately becoming an epidemic in East Jerusalem. It affects the Palestinian community in such a devastating manner. 15 thousand young Palestinians use drugs, and 5 th ...
• 4 July 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Change starts from education, says the Archbishop of Mandalay Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - "A great change is taking place in our country. In several cities, where there were houses made of wood and bamboo, buildings made of concrete are increasing. In the perception of many, this is ...
• 3 July 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Terrorist groups settle in the Christian area of Essa Nagri in Karachi Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – There is violence and insecurity in Essa Nagri, a Christian neighborhood of Karachi, with a population of over 40 thousand people. The resident population, mostly poor Christians engaged in me ...
• 3 July 2014
  ASIA/LAOS - Pressures on behalf of the authorities over a Christian woman to abjure faith Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - The head of the village of Saisomboon, in the province of Savannakhet, and a government official have warned a Christian woman named Varn to abjure faith, otherwise she will be expelled from ...
• 3 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ – Bombings and raids against churches in Mosul for the release of the nuns and orphans Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - "A few days ago the Iraqi air force began bombing in Mosul, and the air raids are increasing each day in intensity. Yesterday the roads that cross the Nineveh Plain were full of convoys of cars wi ...
• 2 July 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishops: No to the restoration of the death penalty Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines on Wednesday July 2, reiterated its opposition to restore the death penalty. In the note sent to Fides, the Bishops recall the Gospel passage ...
• 2 July 2014
  ASIA/VIETNAM - "Christian family, the cradle of vocations to priesthood" for the Church in Vietnam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A careful family pastoral, prayer, and the quality of faith in families, are the secrets to keeping the vocations to priesthood alive in Vietnam: "If a family is holy, there are vocations", ...
• 2 July 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - A young Palestinian kidnapped and killed. Patriarch Twal: Stop human sacrifice Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not worthy of political and religious leaders to support, feed, foment revenge. Revenge calls for revenge, blood calls for blood. And innocent people who are killed, all the children ki ...
• 1 July 2014
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Half a century at the service of the Church and of society, and religious institutes look to the future Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Union of Superiors of Religious Women Institutes in Taiwan was the occasion to better look at the biggest problems that religious institutes active ...
• 1 July 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Helping indigenous women and promoting their social and economic development Chintapalli (Agenzia Fides) - Helping Indigenous women to start units of “Mutual Aided Cooperative Societies” (MACS) among them in order to promote their socio-economic development is a new project by the Salesians i ...
• 1 July 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Solidarity towards the orphans of the massacre in the church of Peshawar Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) - They have had their lives turned upside down by the terrorism that crept into the very walls of the church: there are visible signs of the hundreds of orphans and widows who are still suffering ...
• 1 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako’s appeal for the release of the abducted nuns and orphans Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Louis Raphael I Sako, has made a public appeal to "those who are holding the nuns and orphans kidnapped in Mosul three days ago". According to Fides Ag ...