Asia

• 25 March 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Over 7.7 million dollars for aid to victims of the typhoon: The Church guarantees transparency Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of corruption is always latent: for this reason the Church of the Philippines ensures transparency in the management of over $ 7.7 million in humanitarian aid received to help the ...
• 25 March 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Armenian Catholic Patriarch: the Christians who fled from Kessab have to deal with the emergency with a spirit of communion Beirut (Agenzia Fides ) - "There are more than three hundred Armenian families who have fled from Kessab. They have now found shelter in the Armenian Orthodox parish in the city of Latakia, an hour's drive from Kessab. T ...
• 25 March 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Pakistan Day": to remember the Constitution in order to build peace and harmony Lahore ( Agenzia Fides) – To remember the Constitution of Pakistan as an opportunity to build peace and religious harmony in the country: was the reason of yesterday’s parade in Lahore March 23, on the occasion of th ...
• 24 March 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi, a new hearing on March 26 Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Justice in Pakistan tries again: the first hearing, after two postponements, in the appeal for Asia Bibi, a Christian woman unjustly accused and sentenced to death for blasphemy is set for March ...
• 24 March 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Heads of Churches to all Christians: let us participate in the elections Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Council of Christian Church-Leaders of Iraq, an organization that brings together all the leaders of different Christian denominations in the Middle Eastern Country - has issued a brief pron ...
• 21 March 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The new Muslim mayor: I want the Annunciation to be proclaimed a civic feast in Nazareth Nazareth (Agenzia Fides ) - "It is my greatest desire that the Feast of the Annunciation is proclaimed a civic official holiday for all Nazareth". This is what the new mayor of Nazareth, the Muslim Ali Sallam said in a r ...
• 21 March 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - "Do justice": the Indian Church next to the weakest Patna ( Agenzia Fides) - The defense of the rights of the most vulnerable is a priority for the Church: is what His Exc. Mgr. William D' Souza, Archbishop of Patna, the capital of the Indian state of Bihar said during a ...
• 21 March 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES – Award to the Islamic movement for dialogue "Silsilah" in Southern Philippines Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - The movement for Islamic-Christian dialogue "Silsilah" which began in the southern Philippines by PIME missionary Fr. Sebastiano D'Ambra, won the first prize of "World Interfaith Harmony ...
• 20 March 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy and attacks against Hindus: the condemnation of Catholic Bishops Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Strong condemnation for an act of intolerance and request to the government to protect the places of worship of any religion: is what is expressed, in a statement sent to Fides, by the "Justice a ...
• 20 March 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Oblate missionaries: importance to guarantee the respect of human rights in Sri Lanka Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Satisfaction for the release of the missionary Fr. Praveen Mahesan, OMI, and Ruki Fernando, a priest and an activist who had been stopped by the police on March 16; concern for the perpetuation o ...
• 18 March 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - Priests and nuns in the most remote villages to help the faithful live Lent Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The presence of priests and religious in villages or in the remotest basic ecclesial communities, especially in inaccessible areas, Community Eucharistic adoration in parishes, charitable ...
• 18 March 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai at the Mass for Caritas: the war of attrition in the Country must stop Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Political leaders and all those who wish to remain faithful to the Lebanese nation must put "an end to the attrition in the Country, giving confidence in the government in order to relaunch the ...
• 17 March 2014
  ASIA/LAOS - Christians in a village are ordered to abandon their faith Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian faithful living in the Laotian village of Natahall in Phin district, in the province of Savannakhet (southern Laos) are struggling hard to defend the constitutionally guarantee ...
• 17 March 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Bishop Audo: war devastates the hearts; and the work of Caritas opens new fronts Aleppo ( Agenzia Fides ) - The ongoing conflict is killing the Syrian people also at a psychological level, and this pushes Caritas to take charge of new emergencies, such as those of the block of work activities and psy ...
• 17 March 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi: the hearing of the appeal postponed, but lawyers remain confident Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The first hearing of the appeal trial, scheduled this morning, March 17th, in front of the High Court in Lahore, has been postponed due to the absence of one of the judges. This was reported to F ...