Asia

• 14 April 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - The director of Caritas: among the refugees, the number of Christians increases Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Among the Syrian refugees in Jordan, Christians "are continuing to increase and prepare to live a Easter marked for them by discouragement and spiritual weariness". This was reported to Fides Agen ...
• 14 April 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - The government army regains control of the city of Maalula Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian army loyal to President Assad have retaken control of the town of Maalula, 50 kilometers from Damascus. The news comes from Syrian security sources, according to which the army is ga ...
• 14 April 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi trial "postponed to a later date": a mystery Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The continuous postponement of Asia Bibi’s appeal is becoming a mystery. As anticipated by Fides Agency (see 12/04/2014 ), this morning the administration of the Lahore High Court announced tha ...
• 12 April 2014
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Coptic Christians make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The prohibition desired by Pope Shenouda ceases to be effective Tel Aviv (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday April 11th about ninety Coptic Christians landed in Tel Aviv with the intention of celebrating Holy Week in Jerusalem and in the Christian Holy Places scattered in Israel. The news, f ...
• 12 April 2014
  ASIA/BRUNEI - The Islamic Penal Code in force that "violates human rights" Bandar Seri Begawan (Agenzia Fides) - The new Penal Code based on the "Sharia" (Islamic law) which came into force in these days in Brunei, includes archaic sanctions such as flogging and stoning to death, some applicabl ...
• 12 April 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi's case: the hearing is likely to be postponed Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - It is very likely that Asia Bibi’s new hearing for the appeal process will be postponed, scheduled for Monday, April 14. This would be the umpteenth postponement, this time "for administrative ...
• 11 April 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - New law on religious freedom? The Church disagrees Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Myanmar, Thein Sein, has asked Parliament to review the draft of a new law on religious freedom: the measure - which should serve to protect the Muslim minority, victims of viole ...
• 11 April 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Neither Geagea, nor Aoun. For Patriarch Rai the new President must be a "figure of consensus" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, Bechara Boutros Rai, forsees that the next President of Lebanon will not be Michel Aoun or Samir Geagea, the two most well-known Christian leaders linke ...
• 11 April 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The government also puts a priest in the list of "terrorist" because he defends the Tamil Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - In response to the decision of the UN Human Rights Council to start an investigation into war crimes in Sri Lanka - after thousands of complaints from individuals, local organizations, churches, ...
• 10 April 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - The president of Caritas Lebanon: the international community has to open refugee camps in Syria Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "The number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has reached an unsustainable threshold for Lebanon, equal to 25/30 per cent of the population present on the national territory. The global and regional ...
• 10 April 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Democrats win: high hopes for Christians after the general election Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The elections will give us the hope of a better country, in all its aspects: for democracy, for human rights, religious tolerance, for the socio-economic development. In the Catholic Church and ...
• 9 April 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Death of the Chaldean Patriarch emeritus Emmanuel III Delly. Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, Patriarch emeritus of Babylon of the Chaldeans died in a hospital in San Diego (California). He was 87 years old. The news was given by sources of the Chaldean Churc ...
• 9 April 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal for Christians sentenced to death for "blasphemy via sms" has been filed at the High Court Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The lawyers of Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta Kasuar, the Christian married couple sentenced to death for "blasphemy via sms" with a verdict issued on April 4 by a court of first instance (see Fid ...
• 9 April 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Games, movies, songs and prayers to prepare Catholic school students for Easter Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - There are more than 3,200 children and young Catholic school students in Galilee who will take part in the meetings in preparation for Easter organized during Lent at the International Mary of ...
• 9 April 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Every year, thousands of Hindu and Christian girls kidnapped and forced into Islamic marriage: new Report Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Each year about a thousand girls belonging to Christian and Hindu religious minorities are kidnapped, converted and forced into Islamic marriage: this is the disconcerting phenomenon that occurs ...