Asia

• 1 February 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite priest Paul Karam new President of Caritas Lebanon Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Council of Catholic Patriarchates and Priests which convenes under Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai in Bkirki appointed Maronite priest Paul Karam as new president of Caritas Lebanon on January ...
• 31 January 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Leaders of Christian Churches: every adult citizen has to be free to choose his own religion Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the Christian churches in Iraq hope that the right to freely choose one’s own religion when they reach adulthood is guaranteed to all citizens. This was reported in a statement ...
• 31 January 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - 2014 proclaimed "year of peace and hope" in Faisalabad Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Faiasalabad in the heart of Pakistani Punjab, has declared 2014 "a year of peace and hope": is what the new Bishop, Mgr. Joseph Arshad said, who is making a pastoral visit to p ...
• 30 January 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese New Year: opportunity for vocational pastoral ministry and evangelization Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Several mainland Chinese Catholic communities are taking advantage of the winter and New Year holidays to organize formation initiatives for young people, migrant workers, students or you ...
• 30 January 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The verdict on the wall in the Cremisan valley has been postponed Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Israel has postponed the verdict on the route of the separation wall. Israeli authorities plan to build a security wall in the Cremisan Valley, on the land of 58 Palestini ...
• 30 January 2014
  ASIA/IRAN - A Christian, in prison because "converted", has been released Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - Davoud Alijani, an Iranian Christian who converted from Islam to Christianity and leader of the "Assembly of God" in the city of Ahwaz, was released from prison in Karoon on January 13. As report ...
• 30 January 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ – A Christian killed for his refusal to build silencers for firearms Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Laith Hadi Behnam was a 57-year- old and was a Christian of Syriac Orthodox confession of Mosul. On Wednesday 29 January, his unknown assassins killed him with a gun in his workshop located in the ...
• 29 January 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Christians took to the streets for religious freedom: 18 Buddhists on trial for attacks against churches Colomba (Agenzia Fides) - The Sri Lankan Christians, of all denominations, marched through the streets of the capital Colombo to protest against the attacks carried out lately by Buddhist extremists and for the lack of p ...
• 29 January 2014
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Peace and reconciliation: the expectations of the Afghan civil society Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - The Afghan civil society firmly believes that the "military solution" is ineffective and that it is essential to pursue the path of political dialogue, implementing a plan of "national reconciliat ...
• 28 January 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - 25 years of priesthood for some of the first priests ordained after the Cultural Revolution Zhi Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - More than 4000 faithful of Shaan Xi Province in mainland China took part in the solemn celebration for the 25th anniversary of priesthood of 8 priests of the Diocese of Zhou Zhi. The celebratio ...
• 28 January 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Masses and vigils for father Dall'Oglio six months after his abduction Raqqa (Agenzia Fides) - On 29 July 2013, the Roman Jesuit Paolo Dall'Oglio was kidnapped in Raqqa, Syria's largest city controlled by Islamist militias of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Since then, we h ...
• 28 January 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Unity for an "effective evangelization": reflection of Church leaders Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - If Christians want to offer and carry out effective evangelization, the assumption is unity among them: is what emerged from a seminar held in Lahore which brought together priests, Pastors, cate ...
• 27 January 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarchs Kirill and Yohanna X’s appeal at Geneva 2: only dialogue among Syrians can open glimmers of peace Moscow (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, January 26th Patriarch of Moscow, Kirill and the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, Yohanna X Yazigi made a joint appeal to the "Geneva II" international Conference on the Syrian c ...
• 24 January 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA – Newly appointed Cardinal Yeom Soo-jung visits the homeless Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Seoul, Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, made his first pastoral visit to "Eun-Pyong" Village, a hostel for the homeless, the sick, the marginalized, run by Caritas Seoul. As reported to Fid ...
• 24 January 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - President of the Iraqi Parliament Najafi delivers Obama a letter on the plight of Iraqi Christians Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Iraqi Parliament Osama Najafi, during his meeting on Wednesday, January 22 in Washington with Barack Obama, delivered two letters to the U.S. President, one of which is dedi ...