Asia

• 21 November 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Enhance the network of religious congregations for aid to the population: a testimony from Cebu Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest figures released by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), typhoon Hayan in the Philippines has affected at least 10 million people, of whom 4 ...
• 21 November 2013
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Bogor and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, on 21 November 2013, accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Bogor (Indonesia), by His Exc. Mgr. Cosmas Michael Angkur, O.F.M., in accordanc ...
• 21 November 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Ecumenical and simultaneous prayer across India, for justice and reconciliation New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A great ecumenical and simultaneous prayer, in over 6,000 Christian churches across India: the initiative is scheduled for November 30 by the Union. As reported in a note sent to Fides by the ...
• 20 November 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - Deputy Premier Arinc: Ayasofya could once again soon become a mosque Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arinc again hinted at the imminent possibility of reopening the Islamic worship, the Ayasofya Museum in Istanbul. This was announced by Turkish press sourc ...
• 20 November 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The army arrest two Christian activists of the Assyrian Democratic Organization Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - A team of National Defence Forces - the army loyal to the regime of President Assad - raided the headquarters of the Assyrian Democratic Organization of Hassaké, in the northeastern Syrian pro ...
• 20 November 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops and Ulema of Mindanao are offered to mediate in the peace process Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - Bishops and Muslim ulemas propose themselves as actors in dialogue and negotiation for the Southern Philippines: This is what emerged from the 41st meeting between Bishops and Ulema (Islamic r ...
• 19 November 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Over 2,000 newly displaced people in Kachin areas: alarm on behalf of Caritas Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the ongoing peace negotiations, the skirmishes between the government and the armed forces of Myanmar the "Kachin Independence Army" (KIA ) are increasing and have created over 2,000 new ...
• 19 November 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - Suicide bombing in Beirut. Father Karam: sectarian violence is plaguing the Middle East Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - More than 20 people were killed in the suicide bombing this morning in the south of Beirut, not far from the Iranian Embassy. The dead - refer Lebanese agencies - are 23 and nearly 150 wounded. ...
• 19 November 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishops: social networks to tear down the corruption-risk regarding aid to the victims of the typhoon Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The widespread problem of corruption in the Philippines is likely to pollute and slow down the donations for the victims of Typhoon Hayian: "The flow of money that arrives in the Philippines can ...
• 18 November 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Closing of the Year of Faith in the diocese of Yi Bin with a commitment to continue to spread Lumen Fidei Yi Bin (Agenzia Fides) – To continue the spread of Holy Father Francis’ Lumen Fidei encyclical so that it reaches all: this is the commitment made on the occasion of the solemn closing of the Year of Faith in the Dio ...
• 18 November 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Conclusion of the Year of Faith: the challenges of priesthood in the modern world Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of the Year of Faith, the Church of Pakistan reflects on the role and charisma of priesthood. After several ecumenical initiatives dedicated to the theme of peace and unity, the ...
• 18 November 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - President Sleiman: Christians in the Middle East do not follow the theories regarding "alliance among minorities " Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The Christians of Lebanon and the Middle East, worried about their future, should avoid giving credit to fallacious theories such as the "alliance among minorities" and would do well to choose t ...
• 15 November 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - India needs a "Magna Carta" for children's rights New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Every month about a hundred thousand Indian children die from causes related to malnutrition. Many die because of infectious diseases that could be cured, but malnutrition has lowered childre ...
• 15 November 2013
  ASIA/THAILAND - Children used in boxing combat: a new form of child slavery Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - They train 10 hours a day, sleeping under the ring, and weigh just 30 pounds. We are talking about 30,000 small Thai children, only 8 years of age, involved in the illegal boxing fighting with t ...
• 15 November 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Chemin Neuf Community: let us rediscover the figure of Charles de Foucauld Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - The figure and the message of Charles de Foucauld should be freed from the "caricatures which present him as a rich, dissolute young man who was suddenly overwhelmed by the Grace of God and the ...