Asia

• 14 May 2014
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Knesset discusses the Armenian Genocide Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Israeli parliament discussed the issue of the Armenian Genocide during the plenary session on Tuesday, May 13. "This discussion" stressed the Chairman of the Israeli parliament, Yuli Edels ...
• 13 May 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Hunger, malnutrition and debts for the population of the "dry zone" Bagan (Agenzia Fides) - The people who live in the so called "dry zone" of Myanmar, which covers 13% of the Country, home to a quarter of the 58 million inhabitants, are experiencing shortage of food and are dying from h ...
• 12 May 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The blasphemy law needs to be amended: demonstration in Punjab Faisalabad ( Agenzia Fides) - The government needs to urgently amend the blasphemy law, which has become "a deadly weapon" for human right defenders, journalists, moderate Muslims, members of religious minorities and oth ...
• 12 May 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - A Capuchin friar: "More schools in rural areas to ensure the right to education" Trichy (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian Church, very active in the field of education, "has a duty to launch and manage educational institutes not only in cities but also in rural areas, to serve the poor and the marginalize ...
• 12 May 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai on the presidential elections: a power vacuum would erase the role of Christians Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, Bechara Boutros Rai, has relaunched the alarm about the destabilizing effects the power vacuum, caused by the failure to elect a president before May 25 ...
• 12 May 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Disabled children deprived of medical care and schooling New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In India there are between 40 and 80 million disabled people, about 2.1% of the population. Among these, 60% are children and the most affected are children under 14 years of age. There are no ...
• 9 May 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - A priest : "Development and education, priorities for the future of India" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - As we approach May 16, when the results of the general election will be made known, Fr. Faustine Lobo, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in India, in an interview ...
• 8 May 2014
  ASIA/VIETNAM - A Vietnamese priest in the list of the top “100 information heroes” Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Anton Ngoc Thanh, a Vietnamese Redemptorist is listed in the “100 information heroes” by the Reporters Without Borders for the forthcoming World Press Freedom Day, 3 May. As Fides learns, the ...
• 7 May 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Bishop of Jaffna: "Our ministry is reconciliation" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In Sri Lanka, our ministry as Bishops and Christians is essentially that of reconciliation, which is the main urgency that the country lives": says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Thomas Emm ...
• 7 May 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslim leaders remember and appreciate John Paul II Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Important Muslim leaders of Pakistan have visited an exhibition in Lahore to commemorate John Paul II, appreciating his figure. After seeing the photos of St. John Paul II, Syed Abdul Khabeer Aza ...
• 5 May 2014
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - First nuclear power plant in the country? Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The plan to build the first nuclear power plant in Banglasdesh - so far passed almost unnoticed - is generating a national debate that sees civil society groups, farmers and environmentalists oppo ...
• 5 May 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The campaign against the blasphemy law awakens Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – There are signs of awakening with regards to the awareness campaign and protest against the blasphemy law in Pakistan. The controversial "black law" (which consists of three articles of the Cri ...
• 5 May 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Mayor of Baghdad: we will distribute houses and lands to Christians Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The mayor of Baghdad, Abub Naim al-Kaabi, has made known his intention to distribute building land and houses built according to the plans of public housing also for the benefit of Christians in ...
• 3 May 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New hearing for Asia Bibi on May 27 Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The first hearing of the appeal process for Asia Bibi, a Catholic woman sentenced to death in Pakistan on charges of blasphemy has been scheduled for May 27. As reported to Fides from the pool of ...
• 3 May 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - A special prayer for the Pope's pilgrimage to the Holy Land Amman (Agenzia Fides) - "Heavenly Father, you never tire of being compassionate and loving. The successor of St. Peter plans to visit the Holy Land sanctified by your Son’s birth, baptism, teaching, death and resurrect ...