Asia

• 14 January 2014
  ASIA/IRAN - Christians arrested in "house churches" at New Year and during the Christmas period Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The Iranian security authorities arrested four Iranian Christians, gathered together in a house to celebrate the New Year with a moment of prayer in the town of Karaj. The police broke into the h ...
• 14 January 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Superior General OMI: "With Msg. Quevedo, let us look at the Church of the poor" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "By naming Archbishop Quevedo cardinal, Pope Francis is giving a signal to all of us: it is the recognition of a very committed missionary, a priest and bishop who leads by serving others, whose ma ...
• 14 January 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Thousands of children are ready to go back to school to begin a process of recovery towards normality San Roque (Agenzia Fides) - Two months after the violent typhoon Haiyan that destroyed the Country, the children of the district of San Roque eagerly await the day to return to school. For most of the children in this ne ...
• 13 January 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Young people of all religions: "Justice, peace and tolerance to build a bright future" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pakistan of today needs a message of peace, tolerance and harmony. Although we profess different faiths, we are one nation and we can work and grow together": as Cecil Shane Chaudhry, Execut ...
• 13 January 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Orthodox Priest: young Christians flee. Only the elderly will remain in the city Qamishli (Agenzia Fides ) - "The exodus from the city is in full swing. Every day individuals and families in our community flee, especially young people, who are our hope and our future". This is how the Syrian Orthodox ...
• 13 January 2014
  ASIA/THAILAND - Tensions and protests in Bangkok, the Church: "May the outcome be peaceful" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – With regards to the tensions and anti-government protests being carried out today in the capital of Bangkok, with a strong impact on social and civic life, "the only important thing is: that t ...
• 10 January 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - The Bishop of San Yuan illustrates the Pope's message for World Day of Peace to the lay pastoral workers San Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father's Message for the XLVII World Day of Peace on January 1, 2014, titled "Fraternity, the foundation and the Pathway to Peace", was the theme of the meeting led by His Exc. Mgr. Ha ...
• 10 January 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - "Adopt a parish in Syria". The initiative of an Armenian Catholic priest Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - The Armenian Catholic priest Karnik Youssef Hovsepian, of the parish of St. Joseph in Qamishli, on the occasion of the Epiphany launched an initiative online "Adopt a parish in Syria" to raise ...
• 10 January 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Missionary Childhood children in Lebanon help Syrian refugee children Beirut ( Agenzia Fides) - Missionary Childhood (IM) Day will be celebrated on Sunday, January 26th, which has always had the motto "Children help children". Among the various initiatives, the young children of IM in Leba ...
• 10 January 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Christians are increasing in Aceh, but no permission is given to build churches Banda Aceh (Agenzia Fides) - The small Christian community in the Indonesian province of Aceh, in North Sumatra, is not getting permission to build churches, the local Churches tell Fides. In the province, known because ...
• 10 January 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Syriac and Armenian recognized as official languages Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi Parliament has also recognized Syriac and Armenian among the official languages of the Country, along with the language spoken by the Turkmens. The Official Languages Act was passed by ...
• 10 January 2014
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - "Accompanying and evangelizing young people" : Archbishop Goh’s Message Singapore (Agenzia Fides ) - "I call on you to build a deep communion with the young people so that you may evangelise them. Young people need us to feel with them, empathise with their struggles and pains. They seek to ...
• 9 January 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops: Lebanon looks like the Prometheus of the Middle East Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanon looks like Prometheus, the mythological greek friend of mankind, punished by the gods for having brought to men the gift of fire. In the same way, the Land of the cedars is affected beca ...
• 9 January 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Dalai Lama: "Forced conversion is an oxymoron" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Dalai Lama disapproves of "forced conversion" from one faith to another, defining the term "forced conversion" an "oxymoron", ie the combination of two terms entirely opposed to each other. Th ...
• 9 January 2014
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - "Allah" issue: more than 100 complaints to the Director of the Catholic weekly Herald Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Lawrence Andrew, Malaysian priest and director of the Catholic newspaper "Herald", a diocesan weekly in Kuala Lumpur, is being investigated by the Malaysian justice and is likely to be ...