Asia

• 14 June 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian politician killed by a bodyguard in Baluchistan Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian leader Hendry Masih, an MP of Balochistan, was killed today, June 14, by his bodyguard in Quetta. As Fides learns by the local Christian community, the incident has generated outr ...
• 13 June 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The proposed anti-conversion bill poses a threat to religious freedom Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - More than 80 civil society organizations from around the world are asking the government of Myanmar to set aside the bill in question in the country, which could limit the right to freely choose ...
• 13 June 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians threatened after the murder of a believer in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The situation remains tense in Orissa after the murder of a Christian, in broad daylight. After the arrest of the murderers, fanatic Hindus, radical Hindu groups have staged demonstrations a ...
• 13 June 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi priest: insurgents are not all "terrorists" Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in Mosul is of "apparent calm". The people have fled mainly because they fear the reaction of the army that could cause carnage among civilians. And the rapid advance of the insurgen ...
• 12 June 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - New commitment to enhance the ecumenical movement: social evangelization and missionary initiatives Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – To enhance the ecumenical movement and to collaborate together for social evangelization in Korea: these are the reasons that led to the establishment of a new and specific Commission, called "C ...
• 12 June 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Archbishop Nona: Muslims defend a church from depredations in Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - "Now in Mosul jihadist militants control the city and the situation is calm. But we do not know who they are and what they want to do now". His Excellency Amel Shamon Nona, Chaldean Archbishop of ...
• 12 June 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - The annual Synod of the Maronite Church has begun. Patriarch Rai: let us pray so that a new President is elected Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The delay in the election of a new Lebanese president is "an unacceptable violation of the Constitution and of the national covenant". With these words, the Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, ...
• 11 June 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - After Mosul, the jihadists of ISIL aim for Kirkuk. Patriarch Sako: a government of national unity is needed Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - After the capture of Mosul, the advance continues on the Iraqi territory on behalf of rebels of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the jihadist faction also active in the Syrian con ...
• 11 June 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Kirkuk defended by the Kurdish Peshmerga. In churches one prays: enough violence and pain Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - The villages around Kirkuk are already beyond the control of the Iraqi government, while in the urban area people are locked up in the house and the Kurdish Peshmerga militia have come from Kurdi ...
• 10 June 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A country under terrorist attack: civil society calls for the commitment of the government Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Terrorism in Pakistan has become a very serious problem in recent years. The death toll of terrorist attacks has risen to about 60,000 over the past 13 years. The government is protecting instit ...
• 10 June 2014
  ASIA/INDIA – Poor or non-existent sanitation facilities in the state schools of Madurai district Madurai (Agenzia Fides) - In Madurai district, the oldest city in Tamil, there are 1,226 public schools. Last year the Ministry of Education identified 210 schools in the district with no bathrooms. According to the Righ ...
• 10 June 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - ISIL rebels seize Mosul. Christians flee to the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Insurgents of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), conquered in the late evening of Monday, June 9th the seat of the provincial government in Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city. The g ...
• 10 June 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Three years of war and abuse on ethnic minorities: appeal for peace by civil society Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The end of the war with the Kachin minority, stop to violence and abuse of human rights, the start of a serious negotiating table: is what a forum of more than 55 Burmese and international organi ...
• 9 June 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attack against the airport in Karachi: Christians pray for peace invoking St. Anthony Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "In moments of tension and violence, while a symbolic attack is taking place at the heart of the state, as Catholics we turn to St. Anthony, whose feast is approaching, June 13: to the saint of ...
• 9 June 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - Baptisms and confirmations on the Solemnity of Pentecost, a new impetus to mission Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in mainland China celebrated the Solemnity of Pentecost with the administration of the sacraments of Christian initiation, the profession of the vows of the Sisters ...