Asia

• 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 ...
• 23 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The jihadists of the "Caliphate" attack Tilkif, rejected by Kurdish Peshmerga Tilkif (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday evening, Tuesday 22 July, the militia of the self-proclaimed Islamic Caliphate responsible for the expulsion of Christians and Shiites from the city of Mosul launched a mortar attack ag ...
• 23 July 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - A special school to restore dignity and social role for the disabled Thrissur (Agenzia Fides) - Being disabled in India is difficult. In 2000, in Thrissur, Kerala, the Sisters of the Congregation of the Samaritan Sisters (CSS) founded the "Snehadeepthi" special school. Their "special" chi ...
• 23 July 2014
  ASIA/INDIA – Prison Ministry: the Church denounces overcrowding and is inspired by Fr. Kolbe New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in India is strengthening its commitment in the prison Ministry. On the one hand, denouncing overcrowding, a long-standing problem in Indian jails. On the other hand choosing an ins ...
• 23 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Bishops appeal to the Prime Minister and the government: "stop the catastrophe" Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi national government must ensure "necessary protection" for Christians and other minorities in the Country, provide "financial support to displaced people who have lost everything", pay t ...
• 22 July 2014
  ASIA/VIETNAM - "UN expert on religious freedom will visit Viet Nam to assess the situation in the country" Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - United Nations Special Rapporteur Heiner Bielefeldt, will visit Viet Nam from 21 to 31 July 2014, "to assess the situation in the country and meet all religious communities": This is what is repor ...
• 22 July 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Emeritus Sabbah: there is no war in Gaza, but a useless massacre Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - In the night between Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 July, the Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip caused further destruction and casualties among the civilian population. The number of Palestin ...