Asia

• 7 March 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Where to be born female is considered "a disaster " Anantapur (Agenzia Fides) - Women living in India suffer abuse eight times higher than any other place in the world. Physical abuse in the country is seen as a "right of the husband" and almost half of the violence affec ...
• 7 March 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Women in Pakistan: Christian girls raped by Muslims Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The rape of girls belonging to religious minorities is a very common phenomenon in Pakistan. Christian women are a prime target, because the most vulnerable and defenseless. The majority of cases ...
• 6 March 2014
  ASIA/BRUNEI - Christian Faith forbidden in Christian schools if there are Muslim children Brunei (Agenzia Fides) - Principals and teachers in schools and private educational institutions in Brunei risk five years in prison and a fine of up to $ 20,000 if they teach or speak to a Muslim child of religions othe ...
• 6 March 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo: Christians do not support the Kurdish autonomous entity Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in the north-eastern Syrian province of Jazira have ruled out any support regarding the creation of an autonomous Kurdish region in the area surrounding the towns of Qamishli and Has ...
• 5 March 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Religious freedom at risk and violence against minorities, in view of the general elections New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Tensions and violence against religious minorities in India increase in view of the general elections to be held in May: this is what is stated in the new Report published by the NGO "Christ ...
• 5 March 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Twal: the Pope's visit will boost the peace process Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The visit Pope Francis will carry out in the Holy Land at the end of May will give a new impetus to the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians. This was written by Patriarch Fouad Twa ...
• 5 March 2014
  ASIA/IRAN - A Christian Pastor released on bail Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The Armenian-Iranian Christian Pastor Sevada Aghasar, was released on bail after spending six months in prison in Evin. The pastor was arrested on August 21, 2013 with two laymen, Masoud Mirzaei ...
• 4 March 2014
  ASIA/CHINA – The formation of the laity in view of Lent intensifies Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - In view of Lent, and in the light of the Lenten Message of the Holy Father - "He became poor although he was rich, so that by his poverty you might become rich. (cf. 2 Cor 8:9)" -, various Catho ...
• 4 March 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Armenian Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo: During Lent prayers and fasting to ask for the gift of peace Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - In Syria, the Eastern Rite Churches have already begun Lent, the liturgical season during which the Christian, with a journey of conversion, fully lives the mystery of the resurrection of Christ ...
• 4 March 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops' message for Lent: "Poverty dehumanizes the country" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Poverty in the Philippines degrades and dehumanizes millions of people. During this Lenten season in the Year of the Laity, we invite you to reflect on poverty, in particular on what contradicts ...
• 4 March 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Health activities that the government had stopped resumes only in some centers Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - After a confrontation with the government in Naypyitaw, the Minister of Health and Minister of the Interior allowed the NGO Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Holland to resume part of the health act ...
• 4 March 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Threats to judges and lawyers: two Christians accused of blasphemy remain in jail Gojra (Agenzia Fides) - Two innocent Christians, Shafaqat Emmanuel, paralyzed, and his wife, Shagufta Kausar, accused of "blasphemy via sms" remain in the prison in Toba Tek Singh: The High Court in Lahore has in fact re ...
• 3 March 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – A young Christian girl killed by the Taliban for helping a Muslim converted to Christianity Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - A young Christian girl was killed by the Pakistani Taliban in the northern region of Pakistan. The girl had spent a few months on the run and in hiding with her cousin, a Muslim who converted ...
• 3 March 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Political leader denounces: the lands of Christians who emigrated plundered with the complicity of corrupt officials Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian politician Imad Youkhana, a member of the Assyrian Democratic Movement (Zowaa) and member of the Iraqi parliament, denounced some officials of the Nineveh province after collecting ...
• 3 March 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Two men accused of having participated in the murder of the missionary Graham Staines have been acquitted Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - A court in Orissa acquitted Ghanashyam Mohanta and Ranjan Mohanta, two men who were accused of having participated, along with 16 other extremists, in the killing of the Australian Christian ...